November 21-22, 2016

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~ Thanksgiving Traditions~

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Unit Objectives:

Students will log on to Newsela.com and choose one of the following topics for their reading assignment: 

• lesser known facts about the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States (or)
• shopping on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday

ELP Standards:
Standard 1: Social and Instructional Language
Standard 2: Language of Language Arts
Standard 5: Language of Social Studies

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Appetizer (Reading):

• Read one of the two assigned articles on Newsela.com
• Complete the quiz questions as well as the writing assignment for the selected topic
• Prepare to discuss the topic in class and respond to a speaking prompt that will be recorded on letsrecap.com

Entree: (Writing):

• After discussing your reading with classmates, prepare a blog post to summarize and express  your thoughts about what you had read.  
• Use the 3-2-1 summary format.
• Three things learned.
• Two things you found most interesting.
• One thing you don't understand or still have a question about.

Dessert (Speaking):
Using the letsrecap.com, respond to a question on the selected article.

• "Time Machine (1899): When Thanksgiving Was Weird"
• If you could restore some of the old Thanksgiving traditions you read about, what would you bring back and why?
• "Thanksgiving Day Shopping"
• If you were a store owner, would you be open or closed on Thanksgiving Day? Explain why.

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