Warm Up: 100 Most Common SAT Words!
In your notebooks, define these words in your own words. Then choose two to use in two separate
sentences. Make sure you define your words. We’ll be having vocabulary quizzes this six weeks!
1.abbreviate -2.abstinence -3.adulation -4.adversity -5.aesthetic --
Today is Costa Rica by Asaaf Gavron
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Background… The story takes place in modern day Jerusalem.
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It is an area of much controversy and conflict. To understand the
background, we’ll watch a quick video. Please understand, this
video is a very simplified version of a complicated issue. It’s mean
to help you understand the cultural context of the story we’re
going to read.
Today is Costa Rica Mini Socratic Seminar!
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Today we will read the story as a class. Then in your groups, you will look at the
analysis and short answer questions. Divide the questions amongst your group
members. You will prepare them for our Socratic Discussion of the story. Your
group must have an answer for each question prepared. You will turn in your
notes.
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Your grade for today will be based on your contribution to the discussion and
your written preparation. Remember to receive full credit, you must contribute to
our discussion in a meaningful way.
Discussion Questions (You have 30 Minutes to Prepare)
Analysis Questions (You don’t need text evidence, but you need paraphrased examples):
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Why do you think the author envisions accidents when he’s driving?
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What do you notice about the narrator’s dreams? What significance do you think they have?
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There are concepts/ images that keep repeating in the story. Why does the author repeat these images/ details?
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What do you think the overall theme is of the story?
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Given the background of Israel, what do you think the author is trying to say?
Short Answers: (Choose two questions below to answer. For these you need actual textual evidence)
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How is the narrator in the like the bird at the end of the story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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How would you describe the narrator’s mental state in this story? Support your answer with evidence.
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How has the “setting” of the story affected the narrator? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
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What is the theme of this story? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
Exit Ticket! Three Levels of Reading
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Across the top of the paper, write the title of the work and the author’s name.
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Draw three large concentric circles on the poster paper (one circle inside another circle inside a larger
circle).
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For the innermost circle, concentrate on the concrete level of meaning – reading on the lines.
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Write the most significant word from the part of the work assigned. (If you can find a word that is also a symbol,
use that!)
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Quote the entire sentence in which the word appears – or enough of the sentence to reveal the word’s use in
context.
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Write multiple dictionary (this means use the dictionary) definitions of the word (denotation).
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Explain why the word is important to the meaning of the work.
In the middle circle, concentrate on the abstract level of meaning – reading between the lines.
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Referring to the text, draw four images from the poem.
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Write an explanation of the link between each image and the word you have written in the innermost circle.
In the outer circle, concentrate on the thematic level of meaning – reading beyond the lines. Write two
thematic statements drawn from the significant word you wrote in the innermost circle and the images you
drew in the middle circle. Tie everything to the work as a whole.