WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.1E, 1.3C, 1.3D, 1.1G, 1.5B, 1.6D, 1.6E
TOPIC: Cause/Effect Relationships & Introduction to Poetry
Objective: Students will examine cause/effect relationships and irony in a first-person narrative.
Journal: What types of activities do people do that are potentially dangerous? (Think: Climbing a mountain, bungee jumping, sky-diving, etc.) Why do people attempt things they know might kill/harm them? Have you ever attempted to do something you knew might hurt/kill you? What motivated you to do this? Why do people get a “thrill” from doing things that are dangerous?
Agenda: 1) Review cause/effect relationships and irony:
CAUSE: the reason why something happens
EFFECT: the result of some event (the result of a cause)
*NOTE*: A single effect may have many causes and/or a single cause may have many effects
CAUSE: the reason why something happens
EFFECT: the result of some event (the result of a cause)
*NOTE*: A single effect may have many causes and/or a single cause may have many effects
2) Read “from Into Thin Air” pp. 349 – 362. Complete “Cause and Effect” questions #1-6.
Closure: List the MAIN EVENTS in the story.
Homework: Pg. 364 # 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
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