1. Review Learning Targets:
(a) I can determine the central ideas in one section of an informational text about the Vietnam War.
2. Differences between Informational Text and Literature/Historical Fiction
(a) Informational Text: Real events, research, author wants to inform or teach, straightforward/objective, many central ideas.
(b) Literature-Historical Fiction: made-up story based on real events (research), author wants to bring readers into a real or imaginary world, from a character's perspective.
3. inferring based on a map - Map of Asia
4. Article - "The Vietnam Wars"
5. "The Vietnam Wars" questions and notes
6. Homework preview - read excerpts from sections 2, 3, 4
Homework:
1. Reread section 1 and add to notes
2. Reread excerpts of sections 2,3,4 read in class and add to notes
(a) I can determine the central ideas in one section of an informational text about the Vietnam War.
2. Differences between Informational Text and Literature/Historical Fiction
(a) Informational Text: Real events, research, author wants to inform or teach, straightforward/objective, many central ideas.
(b) Literature-Historical Fiction: made-up story based on real events (research), author wants to bring readers into a real or imaginary world, from a character's perspective.
3. inferring based on a map - Map of Asia
4. Article - "The Vietnam Wars"
5. "The Vietnam Wars" questions and notes
6. Homework preview - read excerpts from sections 2, 3, 4
Homework:
1. Reread section 1 and add to notes
2. Reread excerpts of sections 2,3,4 read in class and add to notes