Tuesday, January 22, Into thin Air

Objective: By the end of class, students will be able to identify cause / effect and situational irony in text and make real life connections.

DO NOW
If someone offered you $65,000 to lead them into a situation you knew they were not prepared for and could possible get hurt or killed, would you do it? Why or why not? What kind of responsibilities, if any,  do we have to each other as human beings?

Direct Instruction

Continue reading Into Thin Air - pages 357-359.

Guided

1. Identify three examples of cause / effect so far from Into Thin Air.  Then change the cause and predict a new effect for each.

2. Identify 3 examples of situational irony.

Independent

3. Use Double Journal Entry graphic organizer to identify 5 quotes or short passages to which you relate.  Explain the revelance to yourself on the right hand side of the organizer.

 Closure

Review examples of cause/ effect and changes / predictions.  List the examples of situational irony to date. 

Exit Pass 


Have you ever started doing something and then felt it may go very wrong? When do you decide to "cut your losses" if ever? 

 

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