Write for 10 minutes about things that are important to you.
Use at least 7 vocabulary words.
Underline the vocabulary words.
Jigsaw Group Activity - Social Injustices
Students were grouped according to 4 different issues of social injustice (corporal punishment; gender inequalities; healthcare inequalities; civil rights and the American with Disabilities Act). They read information, spent 20 minutes immersing themselves in their subject. After 20 minutes, they moved back to their original groups of 4 where they shared their information. Information was written on a sheet and turned in after 20 minutes.
Active Reading - "When senior year is canceled, adulthood hits with a jolt" (article can be found here: http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/when-senior-year-canceled-adulthood-hits-jolt)
- Actively read the article.
- Highlight and make notes next to characteristics of teenagers in 1959.
- Identify injustice. Who was being unjust? Why? Who was affected? How did the closing of Granby High School affect students’ lives, even 50 years later?
- What would you do it you suddenly were told there was no more high school (and there was not another school for you to go to)? Think reasonably, rationally, and logically. What would happen to your life? What would you miss out on?
- Compare and contrast teenagers in 1959 with teenagers today. Compare and contrast “those in charge” in 1959 with “those in charge” today. Make a Venn diagram for each.
HOMEWORK: Finish active reading if you didn't in class. Study for vocabulary test.
I will be here after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for those who need extra test credit.
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