Vocabulary
Synonyms of Conflict
Syn.- problem, issue, difficulty
What are the Coordinating Conjunctions
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
What is apartheid?
"Historians today bemoan the ascendancy of a kind of prideful apartheid in America, saying that the clinging to ethnicity..."
system of racial segregation and discrimination.
This Units Essential question...
What does it mean to be an American?
Colors of the American Flag...
Red
White
Blue
Explain, visualize, describe, information
Simple Sentence Elements
A Single independent clause
Definition of discordant.
unrelated; out of place.
What summative assessment did we have for group learning?
Podcasts
In the Immigrant Picnic, what music were they listening to at the picnic?
Hint: they were able to dance around to it
polka
Synonyms of Dialogue
Conversation, talking, speaking, words, quotes
Compound Sentence Elements
Two or more independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or coordinating conjunction
What unified America's diverse ethnic groups before the end of the cold war (according to Quindlen)?
Everybody did not want to keep fighting, they wanted it to stop.
What are some American Ideals?
Rights, liberty, opportunities, equality
What were the poems read in this unit?
Morning Talk & Immigrant Picnic
Sequence Synonyms
order of operations, way things happen, process, chronological order
Complex Sentence Elements
One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What familiar object serves as an ideal representation fo America (according to Quindlen)?
A quilt; one of great folk-art forms
What kind of essay did we write for this unit?
Non-fiction Narrative
What president lived from 1917 to 1963, attended Harvard University, and served in the US Navy in WWII.
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Exposition Synonyms
Details, Information, Description
Compound-Complex Sentence Elements
Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
In the first sentence, what idea does Quindlen refer to America as?
Improbable idea.
What was the prompt for this unit's essay?
How is an American Identity Created?
What were the 3 anchor texts we read in this unit?
A Quilt of a Country
The Immigrant Contribution
American History