World Literature and Composition

16 September 2014

Content Language Objective

• Students explain in writing author’s use of imagery using citation language (The speaker states, Acosta explains, Mora indicates) after completing text-dependent questions

Warm-upAcademic LanguageNorth: East: West:

Discourse RolesNorth: East: West:

TASK:Describe something you possess (own) that holds

significant memories for you and describe its importance

and why you keep it

Agenda

• Seating/Attendance/Warmup• Learning Objectives• Close Reading “My Mother Pieced Quilts”• Wrap-up, reflection on learning objectives

Dialectical Journal

• A strategy for recording thoughts and textual evidence while reading a text

• See Handout for format/procedure• This weeks entries should focus on the

concepts we’ve been covering in the culture unit—review the cultural vocabulary

• You should make at least 5 entries to your DJ over the next week

Quilt Square and written response

• Due Monday 9/15/14 at the beginning of class

Culture Quilt Square written response

• Write an 8 to 11 sentence explanation of the most significant images on your quilt square, how and why they are significant/important, and how they connect or relate to you personally. Use our culture vocabulary as much as possible. Don’t forget the correct MLA formatted heading.