Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Thursday, January 28 - The Titanic

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze secondary source of informational text in order to improve reading comprehensive and writing skills.

DO NOW

Quizlet - primary and secondary sources

Direct Instruction

How to write a Constructed Response
Restate
Explain
Quote 
Conclude

Guided

PROMPT
Analyze the human errors made by the Titanic crewman and the Californian ship that resulted in the sinking of the Titanic and the loss of over 1,500 lives.

1st Sentence = Human errors made by the Titanic crewmen and the californian ship resulted in the sinking of the Titanic and the loss of over 1,500 lives.
2nd Sentence = The Titanic crew's error was that _______________________. The Californian's human error was that ____________________________________________.
3. (provide quotes here from the text that support your "errors")
4. Concluding sentence = This tragedy could have been avoided if ........

Independent

Complete constructed response using the graphic organizers provided.

Check for Understanding - 

Individual Student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review for multiple choice part of test tomorrow.

Exit Pass

Do you think the captain was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic? What about Ismay, the ship designer that survived?




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