Ideas
The kids have shared meals and and intentional, loving community which acts as a transformative, healing force for marginalized or at-risk teenagers (The Power of the Dinner Table)
What is the main idea of the story The Power of the Dinner Table?
A personal belief that is unique to each person. It can't be verfied by evidence.
What is a subjective opinion?
To analyze similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
David Brooks
Who is the author of The Power of a Dinner Table?
West Africa
Where is Sierra Leone located?
The most important idea in a text, it can be stated directly or you may have to inter.
What is the central idea of a text?
A perspective based on verifiable facts, data, and evidence rather than personal feelings, biases, or tastes.
What is an objective viewpoint?
To explore relationships between events or ideas. What was the ______ of the event? What _____ did the event have?
What is cause and effect?
He works for the New York Times. He writes about ordinary people trying to improve society.
What are fun facts about David Brooks?
A tropical climate with wet and dry seasons.
What is the climate of Sierra Leone?
Look for key ideas, text evidence and supporting details.
An opinion piece that presents a subjective vieowpoint that is often found in a news paper or news article.
What is an editorial?
To analyze problems and pose solutions
What is problem and solution?
Witness death first hand. Have experienced homelessness, abuse and poverty.
What are the issues the kids deal with that show up at Kathy and Davids. (All Our Kids)?
1991-2002
When did the war in Sierra Leone take place?
Examples and quotations, facts and descriptions
What are examples of supporting evidence?
To present a claim (position) and support it with evidence.
What is an argument? (Argumentative essay)
To arrange events in the order they occur, from beginning to end.
What is sequential/chronological order?
A word that means wierd, abnormal, odd.
What is anomalous?
Diamonds
What natural resource in Sierra Leone played a role in the civil war?
The way an author organizes their writing that shows relationships between information, themes, main ideas
What is text structure?
To deduce or conclue through thought and reasoning. Requires information and evidence.
What is the definition of infer?
The Power of a Dinner table - The kids need a safe place to stay and hot meals. They need support and friends. The people who created all our kids provide this.
What is an example of problem/solution?
Something that is complex, confusing, fragile, have many parts.
What is intricate?
Children were easy to control and influence. They had no money. The schools were shut down.
Why were children targeted for recruitment by soldiers?