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Immersion 5. Objective: To connect to stories personally in order to help them generate ideas for thesis statements C.C.S.S .: W8.9 Do Now: 4 minutes of quick write (your pen does not stop moving) – pick one
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Immersion 5 Objective: To connect to stories personally in order to help them generate ideas for thesis statements C.C.S.S.: W8.9 Do Now: 4 minutes of quick write (your pen does not stop moving) – pick one 1. Have you ever been with a friend or sibling and you are both trying out (for the same sport, the same position, the same play, the same part, or the same job)? Who was the better candidate? Who got the spot? How did you feel? 2. Have you ever quit something that you knew you shouldn’t have? How did you feel after? 3. Have you ever disappointed a friend or teammate before? How did you feel? How did it affect the relationship? 4. Has a friend or teammate every disappointed you? How did it affect the relationship?
“Baseball in April” Stopping on page 16 – WHO DO YOU CONNECT MORE WITH: MICHAEL OR JESSE? WHY? (in notebook) At the end of the story – Turn & Talk: How does your experience as the reader of a piece of literature change when you can connect with the text? What happens to you as you connect?
Personal Connections to stories… Complete the “Connecting with Books” graphic organizer using either the mentor texts and/or books that you’ve read (including any summer reading books)