The next thing we are going to do is practice Categorization.

Pg. 14A- Defining Categorization• Categorization: Identifying qualities that allow

items to belong to a group specific enough so that other related items are excluded.

• All of the items below are shapes

What categories could ALL three of these go into…

Please do not talk at this time Aug 31HW: No HW!

Please take out your Guns Germs and Steel Cornell Notes

Do you have a summary on pg.13A?

Staple your notes and chart and BSQ answer together and turn them in to the Turn In Box!

Make sure you have your name on it!

• To create categories from this collection of shapes below qualities need to be identified that would include at least two of the shapes and exclude any remaining shapes.

• While stars, bolts and clouds are all shapes because they have a perimeter, a cloud is not a pointy shape because it lacks jagged edges.

What category could only two of these objects fit into, while the third one didn’t fit?

Why we look for more specific categories…?

• When you look for something that parts of a group have in common, you are going Below the Surface. You are doing more advanced thinking.

• This makes your thinking, your argument and your writing better!

This is a process…• Today, you are learning a process for identifying

categories and what goes in them.• There is more to this process that you will learn later

to make your writing even more advanced. • This is the first step.

Organization Practice:

Get an envelope with colored shapes in it….

Make a group of 4 with your pod.Together decide the following:

Which of these shapes belong together? Put these shapes in groups according to how they are similar. You decide what the shapes in each group have in common.

For each group, explain what the shapes have in common. Why did you put them together.

What shapes would you put in the following groups?

Round shapesRegular shapesLight colored shapes

Categories and sub categories are like Russian Nesting Dolls

The Purple Doll is part of the Red Doll. ________ is a subset of the whole pile of shapes.

More General

More SpecificOur shapes Our Shapes

Our shapes

Draw these Babushkas on Pg. 14A!

Think about the way we organized the shapes…

• Category 1 • Category 2 • Category 3

Put this chart on pg. 14A and fill it in with the shape categories we came up with and what goes in each one…

What’s Up?

• On a half sheet, tell me how you are doing!• How is High School treating you? • What are your concerns?• Is this class going ok for you? Other classes

going well?• What could I do differently to help you more?

• You have the option of making this anonymous.

Newish seats1. 2. Kyle C3. Lars4. Katie5. Cristian6. Kylie7. Elizabeth8. Maddy9. Stacey10. Luis

11. Yezlinn12. Colton13. Stephen14. Eva15. Isa16. Ricky17. Will18. Kyle G19. Chris 20. Nikki

21. Shayda22. Anne23. Gloria24. Alyssa25. Mei26. John27. Alex28. Sylvie29. Christina30. Hailey31. Kyle P

Categorizing Chinese InnovationsThink back to all the cards you saw on China in the Cultural Diffusion Activity.

These are all things invented or developed by the Chinese before 1400.Background:

In the 1400’s Chinese goods were the best goods being produced anywhere.

Chinese quality was legendary and their technology was the most advanced in the world.

1. As we watch this short Video on the innovation of China, use the cards in the envelopes to put these innovations into categories.

2. Then, give each category a title.

3. Be ready to explain why you put the inventions in the category you chose.

Video title on United Streaming: Journals Through History: Ancient China: Contributions to the World

Please do not talk at this time Sept. 4

The Purple Doll is part of the Red Doll. Luxury goods are one sub category of Chinese innovations.

More General

More Specific

1. Now that you have some ideas about cards that match, create groups of cards that fit together.

2. These groups are categories. Give each category a title. Write your titles on the bottom of 15A of your notebook with space underneath to write in the items on each card.

3. Be ready to explain why you put the inventions in the category you chose.

Share out…

Back on…15A Chinese Innovations: Categorizing…

Category title:

Category title:

Category title: etc….

15A

What categories did you choose?

Which items seem to go together?

Video on the silk road-Preview: Answer this question on pg.16AWhat do you remember about the silk road from 6th grade ancient historyAlso on pg.16A Silk Road Focus

Question:What problems did Europeans face trying to trade with the East?Video Title on United Streaming: Trade Route to the Indies: Genoa, Venice, and the Great Silk Road

Please get a text book and get out your paper from Yesterday, Pgs. 15-16

Please do not talk at this time Sept. 5/6HW: Finish your Columbus Paragraph- Must Be Typed!

Columbus is here

Silk, Tea, India and China are There

Consider this map, and the map on pg. 71 in your book. How many empires must a merchant cross to get from Italy to

China?How will paying taxes to each empire affect the merchant’s

success?What can merchants do to solve this problem?

Pg. 17A Writing Great Thesis Statements- Levels 1 and 2Please glue your half sheet on the top of pg. 17A

There are three levels of thesis statements. Here are the first two:• Level one- restate the prompt as a statement.

Prompt: Why would Columbus risk his life to find a sea route to Asia?

Level 1: Columbus did risk his life to find a sea route to Asia.

• Level two- restate the prompt as a statement but include the word “because” and say why.

Level 2: Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ____________, ________________, and ___________________.

Level 2 thesis statements are so useful because the things you include after your “because” as the answer to your “why” become the three body sections of our essay or outline. This kind of thesis gives you a clear road map for where the essay and your reasoning are going.

Columbus ParagraphPg. 18A

Write these useful words and phrases next to your green sheet

Making a claim words:• Because• On account of

Example Words:• for example• for instance• such as

Explanation Words:• because• in order to• so that

Please highlight/underline the prompt on your

half sheet

Get a Green Columbus ¼ sheet… and glue it to a piece of binder paper on the top left.

All writing has 3 parts

1.Claim- Thesis- Answer to the prompt2.Evidence- Facts and details that prove your

claim/thesis3.Explanation- Say HOW your evidence proves your

claim

1.Claim- Aunt Matilda was murdered2.Evidence- Gun, bullet3.Explanation- The gun fired the bullet that killed

Aunt Matilda

Columbus Paragraph- Pg 18

Sailing to Asia involved many life threatening risks: drowning, starvation, madness, illness, rats, and the potential to sail off the edge of the earth…

Prompt: Why would Columbus risk his life to find a sea route to Asia?

Please label all pages you use for

this essay Pg. 18…

Pg. 18A, B, C, etc

Now on that paper use what we have learned (and taken notes on) to answer the prompt…

Turn your prompt into a Thesis.1. Start with your Level 2 Thesis with between

1 - 3 reasons after “because…”2. This matches the first part of your guide.

1. Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ______________.

Please use the Guide for this paragraph if you need it. It is there to let you know what you need to include.

Now on that paper use what we have learned (and taken notes on) to answer the prompt…

Turn your prompt into a Thesis.1. Start with your Level 2 Thesis with between

1 - 3 reasons after “because…”2. This matches the first part of your guide.

1. Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ______________, ___________ and __________________.

Please use the Guide for this paragraph if you need it. It is there to let you know what you need to include.

Now on that paper use what we have learned (and taken notes on) to answer the prompt…

Turn your prompt into a Thesis.1. Start with your Level 2 Thesis with between

1 - 3 reasons after “because…”2. This matches the first part of your guide.

1. Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ______________, ___________ and __________________.

Please use the Guide for this paragraph if you need it. It is there to let you know what you need to include.

Think of it like this…

Write some Level 2 thesis statements now

Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ____________________________

Write some Level 2 thesis statements now

Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because ____________________________

Now on that paper use what we have learned (and taken notes on) to answer the prompt…

Turn your prompt into a Thesis.1. Start with your Level 2 Thesis with between

1 - 3 reasons after “because…”2. This matches the first part of your guide.

1. Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because he wanted to get rich.

Please use the Guide for this paragraph if you need it. It is there to let you know what you need to include.

Now on that paper use what we have learned (and taken notes on) to answer the prompt…

Turn your prompt into a Thesis.1. Start with your Level 2 Thesis with between

1 - 3 reasons after “because…”2. This matches the first part of your guide.

1. Columbus risked his life to find a sea route to Asia because he wanted to get rich, the silk road was dangerous and he wanted to be famous.

Please use the Guide for this paragraph if you need it. It is there to let you know what you need to include.

How many reasons?

• 3 is the standard number of reasons given for something in history.

• However, I would rather have 1 really well done, well supported reason with lots of details than 3 poorly supported reasons.

• Think about what you know and use the amount you know to guide you.

• Don’t forget to look at your notes for ideas!

Now, on the same paper, list some examples of each one…

Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3

These Reasons are categories just

like you did before! You will use

them to write your answer to the

prompt!

Pgs 12A, and 14A both have good information to use. Think of the videos we’ve seen too.

Pgs 15A, and 16A both have good information to use. Think of the videos we’ve seen too.

Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3

How many details and specifics can you list for the Blue Babuska?

• Details and specifics on how a sea route could make Columbus rich:

Now, on the same paper, list some examples of each one…

He wanted to get rich

He could buy and then sell silk, spices, fireworks, porcelain and tea for lots of money.He would have a monopoly on the trade route and he could sell the rights to the map!He would not have to pay taxes to the empires of the Silk Road

The Silk Road was dangerous

BanditsDesert travelRunning out of water and foodWild animals

Reason 3

These Reasons are categories

just like you did before! You will

use them to write your answer to

the prompt!

What categories did you make?What did you put in them?

Which ones have the best details?

Now, on the same paper… Explain

• Answer: Why is getting rich enough to make Columbus risk his life?

• ANSWER WHY!• Use the model: Getting rich is worth

Columbus risking his life because _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, on the same paper… Explain

• Answer: Why were these reasons enough to make Columbus risk his life?

• ANSWER WHY!• Use the model: These things were worth

Columbus risking his life because _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, on the same paper… Explain

• Answer: Why were these reasons enough to make Columbus risk his life?

• ANSWER WHY!• Use the model: These things were worth

Columbus risking his life because if he could make it home to sell his goods, he would never need to work again. This was his only chance to get rich as a poor peasant.

• He also wanted to prove his theory correct.

What I am looking for…• 1 clear Thesis/Claim, level 2 with “because”

and at least 1 reason to risk his life• 3 pieces of evidence to support your thesis• For the A: Details and specifics to add to

your evidence• 1 explanation• For the A: a Deeper explanation saying

Why your evidence was worth risking his life• Academic language, organization and proper

spelling and grammar

Index so far

Pg. 14A- Defining Categorization15A Chinese Innovations: Categorizingpg.16A Silk Road Focus Question:Pg. 17A Writing Great Thesis Statements- Columbus Paragraph Pg. 18A