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1. Read chapters 29-30 of Unbroken
2. Summarize chapters and define unknown vocabulary 1. Do Now: Invisibility and Resistance Quotes
2. Review of Rubric Criteria Homework: 1. Rubric in your own words 1. End of Unit Essay Prompt: “During World War II, what were the efforts to make both Japanese-American internees and American POWs in Japan ‘invisible,’ and how did each group resist?”
2. Understanding Invisibility - Anchor Chart (Sticky Note Examples, Class Debate, Synonym Strips) 3. How might this Invisibility Anchor Chart be useful to you when you begin to write your essay? 4. Understanding Resistance - How did each group resist? a. What might 'resisting invisibility' look like? b. How does Louie resist efforts to make him invisible? c. How does Mine Okubo resist efforts to make her invisible? 5. Gathering Evidence from the text: 8 pieces of evidence total (4 about POWs and 4 about Japanese-American internees) Homework: 1. Gathering Textual Evidence - Finish gathering the 8 pieces of evidence regarding Invisibility and Resisting Invisibility 1. Drama warm-up
2. Review chapter 26 summaries 3. Vocab for chapters 27-30 4. Read aloud: Chapter 27 Homework: 1. Read chapter 27 2. Summarize chapter 3. Define unknown vocab and provide page numbers 1. Independent Reading
2. Frayer Model - Propaganda - Louie's Tokyo Radio Broadcast 3. Written Conversation - Louie vs. Mine Okubo Homework: 1. Finish reading chapter 26 2. Summary of chapter 3. Define unknown vocab and provide page numbers 1. Three Threes in Three (Group work on Resilience)
2. Full Class Discussion - The Bird - why is Watanabe the way he is? 3. Preview of homework - Chapter 24 Homework: 1. Read chapter 24 2. Structured notes 1. Subjunctive and Conditional Mood
2. Vocabulary for chapter twenty three 3. Focus Question for chapter twenty three Homework: 1. Finish focus question 1. Drama warm-up (Written Voice)
2. Review chapter twenty three - Summary Homework: 1. Research Paper due by 3:00 PM |