Wednesday, November 3, 2010

THURSDAY November 4

Objective: Students will use technology to conduct background research on cultural rites of passage.  Students will connect their research to the theme of the story they read in class.
Journal: Think of a time when you felt you needed to prove yourself by achieving something that was difficult and challenging.  What did you have to go through to reach your goal?  Did you get or do what you wanted?  How did you feel at the end?
***We will be working with laptops today.  If you are caught on any webpages other than the pages for the classwork assignments, your laptop will be taken***

Agenda: 1) Start up your laptop and go to http://winbergenglish.blogspot.com

2) Activity#1: Use either the computer's dictionary or dictionary.com to correctly answer the sentence completion questions on Section 1 of the PSAT (pg. 2 Questions #1-8).  Bonus points will be awarded to students who have ALL EIGHT questions answered correctly.


3) Activity#2: Researching Rites of Passage: Use Google.com or another search engine to look up "Rites of Passage."  Your assignment is to read about the Rites of Passage for FIVE different cultures/religions.  On a separate sheet of paper, write down the name of the culture/religion and write a 2-3 sentence summary of the Rite of Passage a person from that culture/religion goes through.  Make sure to include details such as the age a person experiences this rite, how long the ritual lasts, the steps a person must go through, and how, ultimately, he/she proves him/herself to be a man/woman.


Homework: PSAT Reading Passages (pg. 3) Questions #9-12

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