Unit 1
What was the big idea for unit 1?
Community
What was the big idea for unit 2?
Adolescence
What was the big idea for unit 3?
Brown Girl Dreaming
What was the big idea for unit 4?
Social media
What was the big idea for unit 5?
Influential voices
What are the four elements needed to write a complete paragraph?
Claim, Context, Evidence, Reasoning
What movie did we watch to introduce unit 2?
A Goofy Movie
Name one section of your notebook that you needed to keep for Brown Girl Dreaming.
Vocabulary, DRQ's, Character Analysis, Poems
What are the two things that strong pieces of evidence should have or do?
Answer the question, be objective or free from personal opinions.
True or false? When you are summarizing evidence, you do not need context.
False.
Name one story we read in unit 1.
The Stolen Party, Where I'm From, Island Rodeo Queen, The War of the Wall
Name one piece we read in unit 2.
How the Teen Brain Transforms Relationships, The Party, Hanging Fire, Saturday at the Canal, First-Day Fly, Teens' Penchant for Risk Taking May Help Them Learn Faster, Popularity
Name three characters from Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline, Mama, Daddy Gunnar, Hope, Dell, Roman etc..
Name one text we read in unit 4.
This is Your Brain on Instagram, Teens Say Social Media Isn't as Bad for you as you Might Think, This Muslim-American Teen Turned His Suffering Into a Full-Fledged Battle Against Stereotypes, Why Young Adults are Taking a More Mindful Approach to Social Media
There were three choice board texts that you could have chosen to read in this unit. Name one of them.
Steve Jobs's Stanford University Commencement Speech, Malala Yousafzai's Address to the United Nations, July 2013, Second Annual Back to School Speech (Obama).
What vocab word from unit 1 does this definition match with? "a story".
Narrative
What vocab word from unit 2 does this definition match with? "to move away from".
Recede
What vocab word from unit 3 does this definition match with? "able to be eaten".
Edible
What vocab word from unit 4 does this definition match with? "to force someone to do something".
Compel
Which vocab word from unit 5 does this definition match with? "damaged or spoiled"
Marred
Which article from unit 1 did you need to reference in your first essay?
How to Increase Your Sense of Belonging
Which story from unit 2 did you need to reference in your second essay?
Popularity
What was the culminating task for unit 3?
Writing four poems.
Which side of the argument had more support from your final presentations? Social Media being more harmful or helpful?
Harmful.
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos