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Language Arts. September 9, 2013. Don’t Forget!. Essential Question: Reading. How do authors use reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text?. Let’s Think About It….

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Language Arts

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  1. Language Arts September 9, 2013

  2. Don’t Forget!

  3. Essential Question: Reading • How do authors use reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text?

  4. Let’s Think About It… As you watch the video, be thinking about author’s point of view? Does the author of the video agree with the colonists or King George? What evidence can you provide to verify your answer?

  5. Reading • We will be reading Can’t you make Them Behave, King George?over the next two days. • From whose viewpoint do you think this text is written? • What evidence did you use to determine your answer? • Write your answer on your half sheet

  6. Can’t you Make them Behave, King George? • The story we will be reading today is Narrative Non-Fiction. • Last week’s story, A Dangerous Crossing, is Narrative Historical Fiction. • Based on what you know, how would you describe Narrative non-fiction? • Write your answer on your half-sheet, be prepared to share with the class.

  7. Can’t you Make them Behave, King George? • Turn to page • 359

  8. Can’t you make them behave, king George? #1 Page 360 #2 Page 360 In the last paragraph on page 360, who do you think is asking the questions-the narrator or King George? Quote accurately from the text as you explain your answer. • Why do you think the author begins this selection with historical background?

  9. Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? #3 Page 361 #4 Page 361 Why did King George have to accept the repeal of the stamp tax that resulted from the colonists’ protests? • Summarize the assumptions King George made about the nature of the relationship between a king and his subjects.

  10. Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? #5 Page 362 #6 Page 363 Why did the king say, “I wish nothing but good; therefore everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor or a scoundrel”? • Summarize how King George tried to be firm with the colonists. Explain whether he was successful.

  11. Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? #7 Page 364 #8 Page 365 What details portray King George as a normal man? How does this contrast with what you would expect of a king? • Identify two main ideas about being king and summarize how the author provides support in the text.

  12. #9 Page 365 Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? Why was George unable to forget that he was king? Give detailed evidence and quotes from the selection to explain your answer.

  13. Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? #10 Page 366 #11 Page 366 The king uses the proverb, “No peace without honor.” What does he mean? • Why do you think the British government’s opinion about the war was different from the king’s?

  14. Can’t you make them behave, king George? Can’t you make them behave, king George? #12 Page 369 #13 Page 369 In what way did King George’s outlook on the war change? How is the change related to the actions of his own government? • Do you think this selection gives an accurate view of who the king was? Explain.

  15. Summing it up • How did people’s differences in opinion lead to the American Revolution? Use text evidence to support your answer. • Write a paragraph explaining your answer. This is your ticket out the door.

  16. Page 359

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