Thursday,+March+20-+6th+and+7th

Today's Objectives:
RI.10.1. Cite strong textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RI.10.3. Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced an developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.

Activate Prior Knowledge
__Groups 1, 3, and 5 from Monday:__ What have you heard about the conflict in the Ukraine? What do you know about Russia's involvement there? What is the US position? On the K/W/L chart, jot down what you know in the K (Know) column.

__Groups 2, 4, and 6 from Monday:__ What have you heard about the Malaysian Air Flight 370? On the K/W/L chart, jot down what you know in the K (Know) column.

Discuss and Form Questions
Off the bat, what are some questions you would like to have answered about the situation you are looking at? Generate some questions in the W (What do you Want to know?) column of your K/W/L chart.

Watch the video on the Malaysian flight. Answer your questions in the L (Learn) column. You might also generate some new questions in the W column. The groups that studied the Malaysian flight explain the situation using the questions you answered. Clarify and correct misconceptions that students have in the L column.

Watch the video on the confict in the Ukraine. Answer your questions in the L (Learn) column. You might also generate some new questions in the W column. The groups that studied the Ukrainian crisis explain the situation using the questions you answered. Clarify and correct misconceptions that students have in the L column.

Exit Pass: Quick Write
Do the Quick Write. Predict what will happen in the Ukraine. Infer what may have happened to Flight 370. Support your statements with evidence from the text.