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Embracing the Dream

Embracing the Dream. Winter Quarter. Agenda. DGP Test on 1/17 TODAY!! Reader’s Notebook due 1/28 Extra Credit due 2/20 What parts are required in a multi-paragraph essay?. DGP Week 20. though we didnt know each other last year taryn and I are best friends Regular tenses of did.

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Embracing the Dream

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  1. Embracing the Dream Winter Quarter

  2. Agenda • DGP Test on 1/17 TODAY!! • Reader’s Notebook due 1/28 • Extra Credit due 2/20 • What parts are required in a multi-paragraph essay?

  3. DGP Week 20 though we didnt know each other last year taryn and I are best friends Regular tenses of did

  4. Embracing the Dream • What is meant by the American Dream? • Shared Inquiry: Matthew Henson at the Top of the World • Informational Text vs. Literature

  5. Harold Syntax • Take out the Clause/ conjunction handout from many weeks ago if you have it. • What is required of a clause? • What are three types of conjunctions? • What are four types of sentences?

  6. Remember: • Ask a question • Cite evidence from the story • Answer a question

  7. Objectives: • What is Shared Inquiry? • What is meant by an interpretive question? • What is the difference between level one and level 2 Costa questions?

  8. Focus Question • What is meant by The American Dream? • Did Matthew Henson attain the American Dream? • What makes people achieve the impossible?

  9. Active Listening • Keep in mind: • Read aloud • Record notes/ Costa Questions as you listen. • Think about the time period of the story. • Think about any new vocabulary in context. • Be ready to ask Costa level 2 and three questions.

  10. Remember to take notes. • What are time element clues? • Write Costa questions/ interpretive questions • Write clues/evidence of importance from the story.

  11. Focus Question: • What makes someone attempt the impossible? • What is the American Dream today?

  12. Interpretive Questions: • Is exploration a worthwhile effort for the costs? • What causes Matthew Henson to desire adventure? • What made the exploration so impossible during the time? • Was Matthew Henson entitled to equal honor as Robert Peary? • Why were opportunities to travel scarce in Matthew Henson’s lifetime?

  13. Interpretive Questions: • Why did Robert Perry ignore Matthew Henson after the POLE discovery? • How are ambitious adventures financed during the time period of the adventure? • Why do some people desire adventure? • What other discoveries can compare to this one? • What type of discovery in today’s world would be equal to this one? Find evidence to explain how valuable Matthew Henson was during the adventure to the North Pole.

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