MULTIDISCIPLINRY NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.pptx
A Long Walk to Water: Lesson1 unit2
1. DO NOW
First, we’ll finish our TESTS from Friday
Find your folders!
When you are done…
• Independent reading book
• Try to get a least another 5+ pages
read…
2. DO NOW
Today we will be having
“Discussion Appointments”
Guess!
• What could a “Discussion Appointment”
be?
• How might they be different than
partner work?
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Learning Objectives
I can effectively engage in discussions with
different Discussion Appointment partners.
I can identify a central theme in A Long
Walk to Water.
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New Protocol
Discussion Appointments
• Talk about text with many partners
• Sign up for five (5) “appointments”
• Meet with five (5) different partners
• You MUST accept appointments if asked
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Discussion Appointments
Set up your appointments!
• Three (3) minutes to meet with
classmates
• When you ask, both sign each other’s
sheets
• Be sure to sign for same location!
• You MUST say yes if someone asks
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Discussion Appointments
Set up your appointments!
• Each “location” appointment will be on
a different day
• If your partner is absent, see me for
further instructions
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Theme
“Themes in Literature”
Read the definition on the handout
• What does this definition mean?
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Examples?
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Vocabulary
Have you figured it out?
Back of the notebook!
Theme= the message(s) the author is
trying to give a reader.
** The same theme might appear in many
different books, movies, poems, etc.
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Discussion Appointments
Juba Partner
• Re-read the 12 themes listed on the
handout
• Highlight three (3) that match A Long
Walk to Water
• Be ready to explain your answers
• 5 minutes!!!
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Discussion Appointments
Themes that fit the novel:
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Discussion Appointments
Themes that fit the novel:
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Discussion Appointments
Themes that fit the novel:
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Discussion Appointments
Central Theme – focus on one theme
• Individuals are able to survive in challenging
environments in remarkable ways. (#10)
** Write this down in your notebook! **
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Discussion Appointment
Juba Partners
• What are some challenges that these two
characters have faced so far in the novel?
Discuss and write in notebooks on new
page.
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Discussion Appointments
SURVIVAL ANCHOR CHART
Challenges Nya and Salva Face:
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Discussion Appointments
SURVIVAL ANCHOR CHART
Challenges Nya and Salva Face:
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Learning Objectives
I can effectively engage in discussions with
different Discussion Appointment partners.
I can identify a central theme in A Long
Walk to Water.
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Exit Ticket
Exit Ticket!
• Circle the learning target YOU think you
have made the most progress meeting.
• Explain WHY.
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Homework
Homework: Read on…
• Read Chapter 6
• Add to your Reader’s Notes in notebook.
(Columns # 1, 2, 4)