Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Tuesday 1/17/2012

Starter: Collecting all Friday
1.      List everything you know about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict or about Palestinian refugees.
2.      Write down at least 3 questions you have.

Exhibition Locations: Get committee set up.

Issue Briefs and Snowball Activity Starter
1.      Read and annotate both texts quietly.  You should be marking:
a.       Questions you have
b.      Items that seem to be most important (make a note in the margin about WHY they are important)
2.      Snowball:
a.       In pairs, decide on the 10 most important facts or events, and condense into a list
b.      Merge to 4s, repeat
c.       8s, repeat
d.      Lists on board, discuss and winnow
3.      Create the quiz topics.


For Refugee Issue – Israel Palestine Two Perspectives
1.      Pairs – each pair gets one split monologue – summarize their side, and come up with a single sentence that contrasts both perspectives – use joining words – concessives, fanboys, subordinators.
2.      Once yours is written, find at least 5 other sentences and put them all in chronological order.
3.      Synthesis: Describe two themes you see based on the sentence summaries you have collected. 


 Homework:
·         Read an international news article.

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