Informational Texts

Learning Goal: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says and to help determine theme (main idea) and the author's purpose in writing the text.  

Objective: Students will be able to write a summary of the text along with descriptions of characters and a symbol as the first step in determining meaning in Night or Farewell Manzanar.

We are starting our unit on nonfiction.  The class will be either reading Night or Farewell Mannzanar.  Both are memoirs of events that happened during World War II.  You have the option to choose your book (unless you are Trevor or Richard), but I do have groups listed below.  If you change books you must find someone to switch with you.  

You will be keeping a journal that records summaries, descriptions of characters, parts of plot, major symbols every 10 pages.  This journal will be posted on your blog every night and is to help you determine the author's main theme and the author's purpose in writing the memoir. 

Today's Assignment:

 

Students need to read the first 10 pages and record the following:

List of characters with descriptions of who they are and/or what they look like

One Major image or symbol

Summary of what happened

READING GROUPS:

 

Farewell Manzanar

Trevor

Ethan

Richard

Night Group 1

Colton

Kiara

Alex

Night Group 2

Dainean

Dominique

Hailey