"This I Believe" Introduction

Today's Goal:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

The Plan:

1. Read!
2. "This I Believe" Introduction - Assignment is accessible on Google Classroom
3. Ketchup Time

Reminders/Homework:

• READ!
• Finish your Book Review if it is not already completed
• No Red Ink "Choosing the Right Word"
• Due Friday, 13 December, 4pm
• Typing.com Intermediate #9-12
• Due Friday, 19 December 4pm
• No Red Ink "Capitalization and Conjunctions"
• Due Friday, 10 January, 4pm

"This I Believe" Introduction

"This I Believe is an international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives. Over 125,000 of these essays, written by people from all walks of life, have been archived here on our website, heard on public radio, chronicled through our books, and featured in weekly podcasts. The project is based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow." - from the website ThisIBelieve.org

We are going to be reading and analyzing the original introduction to this project, explained by Radio Host Edward R. Murrow.

You will be using a platform called Go Formative, but the assignment is assigned in Google Classroom, and it will take you to the appropriate place. You will be working with a partner, and you will need to read each section aloud to each other before answering the questions.

1. Open the assignment.
2. Read the title and byline and answer the first question.
3. Read the first section aloud to each other, then work together to answer the question that follows.
4. Work through the reading and the questions (there are 8 questions) together with your partner. You can work together but you must still complete the assignment on your own computer as well. 
5. Answer in complete sentences. Do not forget the RA strategy. Be specific and do not use personal pronouns unless the question specifically says you can.

 This is not an easy text. It is not meant to be. Ask questions, support each other, talk to the guest teacher, and see if together, you can figure out what difficult sentences mean. That's the task of being a careful reader. You are capable and you can do it.


Ketchup Time
When you finish, you have some time to make like a tomato and CATCH UP.

You have options, IN THIS EXACT ORDER. Do not move on to the next one until you are positive that the first is complete:

1. Finish your Book Review
2. Finish the No Red Ink Assignment "Choosing the Right Word" that is due this Friday
3. Revise your essay (there may or may not be comments, but all of your documents do have a rubric at the end of the document. Please go look at it. All students who want a revised score should make time to meet with Ms. Black for a few minutes at RAM or after school one day to go over some suggestions, though it is not required.)
4. Complete Typing.com Intermediate #1-8
5. NoRedInk "Capitalization and Conjunctions" Assignment.