May 11-May 15
English 1 Digital Learning Activities
Day One
Title: Is Survival Selfish?
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Google Classroom Instructions: Today you will analyze an image using the 5 W’s Strategy and complete a Sensory Details Chart in order to connect with the theme, “A Matter of Life or Death”. You will watch a video about the frontline workers of the COVID-19 crisis using guided questions. You will preview and expand critical vocabulary with a word study chart. You will review the Using Synonyms strategy to reinforce word meaning in preparation for reading the argument, “Is Survival Selfish” by Lane Wallace on Day 2. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.
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Links to Assignments:
Google Slide Deck: Is Survival Selfish?
Graphic Organizer: Sensory Details Chart
Vocabulary: Using Synonyms
Day Two
Title: Determine Theme/Central Idea
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Google Classroom Instructions: Today you will take a gallery walk and reflect on what you know about the historical event, the sinking of the Titanic. You will watch a video about the highly criticized Titanic survivor, J. Bruce Ismay. You will review the Critical Vocabulary and characteristics of an argument in preparation for reading the text “Is Survival Selfish?” by Lane Wallace. You will close read the selection and answer guiding questions in order to determine the author’s purpose, central idea and theme of the text. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.
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Links to Assignments:
Google Slide Deck: Determine Theme/Central Idea
Guiding Questions: Guiding Questions Part 1
Day Three
Title: Is Survival Selfish? Part 2
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Google Classroom Instructions: Today you will analyze an image related to the theme, A Matter of Life or Death. You will review the Critical Vocabulary in preparation for reading the argument “Is Survival Selfish?”. You will close read the selection and answer the Guiding Questions, citing evidence from the text. You will analyze the text, identifying the use of rhetoric, in order to determine the author’s purpose and the central idea. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.
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Links to Assignments:
Google Slide Deck: Is Survival Selfish? Part 2
Guided Questions: Guiding Questions Part 2
Day Four
Title: Truth at All Costs: Tracing an Argument
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Google Classroom Instructions: Using what you have learned about author’s argument, read the text, Truth at All Costs, and analyze the author’s argument through the use of a claim, or position, supported with reasons. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.
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Links to Assignments:
Google Slide Deck: Truth at All Costs: Tracing an Argument
Guided Notes: Student Note-taking Guide
Graphic Organizer: Tracing an Argument
Day Five
Title: Performance Task: Writing the Argument
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Google Classroom Instructions: Using what you have learned about author’s argument along with reading the texts, Is Survival Selfish? and Truth at All Costs, write an argumentative essay based on a specific position that is supported with logical reasons and evidence. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.
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Links to Assignments:
Google Slide Deck: Performance Task: Writing the Argument
Performance Task: Writing an Argument
Pre-Writing: Planning the Details
Writing Assignment: Writing Template