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Humanities 8: Understanding Conflict through StoryOver the next few weeks we will be journaling our experiences while we interact with different texts. Over the unit, you will be responding to journal prompts. You can decide the order of which prompts you choose to respond toYou can decide the level of complexity that you want to respondYou must have at least 9 complete entries by the end of the unitMy Goals for this UnitI must respond to these promptsI could respond to these promptsI can respond to these promptsI know and can use reading strategiesWhat reading strategy did you try today? Is this a strategy you will use again, why or why not?How did a reading strategy help you to understand something in the text?How have you used a reading strategy in another context?I know how context shapes how we use languageHow do characters in the text use language in different ways? How does context effect the language that characters use?I can determine the causes (reasons for) that influences (create) a decision, action or eventI can determine the short and long term consequence (effects) of a decision, action or eventDescribe a major event in the text, what were the factors that led up to the event?How did the event effect the characters?I can make ethical judgement about past events, decisions or actionsI can consider why we need to be careful about learning life lessons from the pastDescribe a major conflict in the text, what was the response? Explain how you would have handled the conflict differentlyWhat is a life lesson from the textExplain if this life lesson can still be applied to todayI can identify the creators of a narrative, or other text, and describe what they think is significant in the storyWho is the creator of the text? How does that influence how the story is told?What is a conflict or event? How is might this event or conflict be told from another perspective?What is a conflict or event? How does the narrator describe it? How does the narrator influence how the account is told?I can recognize how language creates personal, social and cultural identityHow does dialogue help us to understand the setting of a text?How does dialogue help us to understand characters?What is the role of language and dialogue in creating identity?I can create meaningful personal connection between myself, other texts and the worldDescribe an event that is similar to something you have experienced?ORDescribe a character that you relate to or reminds you of someone and explain why?Describe how a character or event/ conflict connects to another character/ event in another text?Describe some similar issues/ conflicts in the text that are still relevant today?I can think critically, creatively and reflectively about ideas in a text, between different texts and the worldConstruct a creative response to a big idea in the text (poem, song, drawing, collage)What is a life lesson can I take away from an event in the text?Describe how a character’s response to an event might be bias?I can use ideas and information that shows how my thinking has developed, to create original text (visual, written, oral)Complete the prompt about the text: “I use to think…… but now….”Explain how your thinking has changed about a character in the text because of an eventExplain how your thinking has changed because of a discussion you have had with another personA GREAT Journal Entry! Co Constructing CriteriaA great journal entry has…This looks like…Feedback and Next Steps ................
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