Hiroshima
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Reading Assignments
Reading Assignment
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You need to fill in the reading assignment sheet to let students
know by when their reading has to be completed. You can either write the assignment sheet up
on a side blackboard or bulletin board and leave it there for students to see each day, or you can
"ditto“ copies for each student to have. In either case, you should advise students to become
very familiar with the reading assignments so they know what is expected of them.
Extra Activities Center
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The Unit Resource portion of this unit contains suggestions for an extra library of related books
and articles in your classroom as well as crossword and word search puzzles.
Activities center in the room where you will keep these materials for students to use.
(Bring the books and articles in from the library and keep several copies of the puzzles on hand.)
Explain to students that these materials are available for students to use when they finish reading
assignments or other class work early.
New Novel Study
• Hiroshima by John Hersey (not Hershey)
• First published in the New Yorker
Magazine, as a series of articles.
• The story is an investigative report
following 6 people from the day of the
bombing throughout almost 50 years.
People the story
follows…
Mrs. Nakamura, Dr. Sasaki, Father
Kleinsorge, Dr. Fujii, Rev. Tanimoto, Miss
Sasaki
Hiroshima
• Starting with Chapter 1
• Finish reading Chapter 1 for homework?
– In class on Monday…
Chapter One
• Write a summary for the chapter….
The Enola Gay
plane that dropped the bomb
August 6, 1945
Hiroshima, Japan
Characters
• Who?
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Miss Sasaki (young woman works at East Asia Co.)
Dr. Fujii (has private hospital, wealthy)
Mrs. Nakamura (widow with 3 kids, poor)
Father Kleinsorge (German priest)
Dr. Sasaki (young doctor at Red Cross hospital)
Rev. Tanimoto (Studied at Emory, Methodist
preacher but of Japanese ethnicity)
• What, if anything, do these people have in
common?
• What did they do to survive the blast?
Map
Wednesday
Warm-Up
List 3 criteria for a great teacher
Introductions
• Just like meeting someone for the first
time, your paper should introduce the
reader to the subject and content of the
paper.
• Lead sentences, or hooks, what ever you
call it an attention getting sentence is a
good place to start. (See example paper)
Previous State Prompt
(I shortened it for us)
At the end of every school year, your principal chooses one
way the school could be improved. Your principal bases the
choice on recommendations from students. This year students
have proposed the following improvements:
• An outdoor lunch area.
• New sports equipment for the gym.
• Laptop computers for student checkout.
Write a letter to your principal justifying which improvement would
be best for your school.
Create Criteria
• Work with a partner to create criteria,
reasons, to support your choice.
Sample
Circle Map
Better Security
(not one or your choices)
Reduce Class
Disruptions
Traffic Problems
Have
fewer
fights
Circle Map with details
Better Security
(not one or your choices)
Previous State Prompt
(I shortened it for us)
At the end of every school year, your principal chooses one
way the school could be improved. Your principal bases the
choice on recommendations from students. This year students
have proposed the following improvements:
• An outdoor lunch area.
• New sports equipment for the gym.
• Laptop computers for student checkout.
Write a letter to your principal justifying which improvement would
be best for your school.
Characters Foldable
• Who?
– Miss Sasaki (young woman works at East
Asia Co.)
– Dr. Fujii (has private hospital, wealthy)
– Mrs. Nakamura (widow with 3 kids, poor)
– Father Kleinsorge (German priest)
– Dr. Sasaki (young doctor at Red Cross
hospital)
– Rev. Tanimoto (Studied at Emory, Methodist
preacher but of Japanese ethnicity)
• What else could you say?
Reading Chapter 2
• Look at the handout for Hiroshima.
• Let’s read in partners.
– Please list any vocabulary words that you
may need help with.
Discussion
Warm-up
Create a hook, or attention getter, for each
of the following partial prompts:
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Prompt about choosing your favorite
book.
Prompt about evaluating the best
dessert.
Prompt about your favorite TV show.
Essential Question
• Evaluative Writing:
– How do I add details to my criteria?
Evaluative Writing
• Please take out your writing notes from
yesterday.
• We made a choice about the school
improvement that we wanted to suggest.
• Next, we determined what criteria made this a
good choice.
• Now I want us to add in some details! (Next
slide)
Circle Map with details
Better Security
(not one of your choices)
Adding Details
• Add at least 3 details to each criteria.
• You have a limited time, so work quickly
and quietly.
Sharing Ideas
• Who picked outdoor lunch area?
• Who picked gym equipment?
• Who picked laptops?
How do I pick the
criteria order for my intro?
• Good, weak, Strongest
• Reasons: You want the paper to begin
well and end strong. It is better to bury the
weaker criteria in your paper. The reader
tends to forget the middle (if the paper is
well-written).
Write an intro for this
prompt.
At the end of every school year, your principal chooses one
way the school could be improved. Your principal bases the
choice on recommendations from students. This year students
have proposed the following improvements:
• An outdoor lunch area.
• New sports equipment for the gym.
• Laptop computers for student checkout.
Write a letter to your principal justifying which improvement would
be best for your school.
Warm-Up
What makes Thanksgiving unique in your
home? List at least 3 things.
Clean Sheet of Paper
• Spelling test:
– Spell the following words:
– You thought I would put the words here!!!!
Spelling Test
1. The first episode of Scooby Doo ever shown
on TV was called, “What a Night for a Knight.”
2. Their family is going to visit the crystal blue
sea over the long holiday weekend. We are
going, too.
3. There is the hole! Unfortunately, I don’t know
where our ball went.
4. The storm blew their whole tent apart. They’re
going to need a new one for their two kids.
5. It was eight in the evening, far too late an hour
for all the food devoured, everyone already
ate.
Extra Credit
1. The crew ate (there, their, they’re) supper.
2. I’m going (there, their, they’re) today.
3. (There, Their, They’re) going to Grandma’s house for
the holidays.
4. (There, Their, They’re) is the man of my dreams!
5. Please put your shoes (there, their, they’re).
6. I want you to meet (there, their, they’re) family including
siblings.
7. Many people visit (there, their, they’re) each year.
8. She is going (to, too, two).
9. I really wanted (to, too, two) go with the family.
10. The (to, too, two) children are in that class.
Once you have finished
• Take out your Hiroshima book and the foldable.
• Add any details that you have learned about
each character in chapter 2.
• Please read, I will call you up to talk about your
introductions.
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Miss Sasaki (leg injured)
Dr. Fujii (saved some people by the river)
Mrs. Nakamura (kids are ok)
Father Kleinsorge (saved parish money)
Dr. Sasaki (only doctor not hurt)
Rev. Tanimoto (trying to help and find his family)
Monday
Warm-UP
• Take out your activity for chapter one.
1. Write 2-3 sentences to describe your
pet. For example: My cat, Socks, is yellow and white striped with
white socks. My daughter gave him the name Socks.
2. Write 2-3 sentences that would describe
your weekend. For example: With the weather being cool, I
spent the weekend indoors. I enjoyed a basketball game and did
laundry.
3. Which of these questions, number one
or number two, would be a descriptive
segment.
Writing Strategies
• Anecdote: a personal experience told in no
more than 3 sentences. It helps to make your
point.
• Descriptive Segment: describes an event or
situation. Creates a picture in the reader’s
mind.
• Statistics: Only use these if you know they are
accurate.
• Bandwagon statements: says everyone agrees.
Pink Sheet in File
• Look at the Wal-Mart prompt. Create one
of the following for this prompt:
– Anecdote
– Descriptive segment
– Statistic
– Bandwagon
On Your Own
• Choose one of the prompts and use the 4
strategies for it. You may not use the
Wal-Mart one.
Revise each
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There is a lot of pollution and traffic around. Here’s
the controversy. Do we make carpooling a law or
leave it up to the individual?
I don’t like big ugly billboards and neon signs. They
make our town look bad. We need to decide whether
to have our town council and our zoning board create
guidelines for advertising signs here in Durham ridge.
Motorcycles are really cool and cheap to run. You can
get around town easily and look cool. The question is,
wouldn’t you be in favor of encouraging the use of
motorcycles as a way to reduce traffic and lower the
use of gasoline?
Continuing with
Chapter 3 and 4
• While you are reading, I will continue to
read and check your introduction
paragraphs. You may want to change
them.
• Continue to work on your activities for the
novel.
• Novel should be completed by tomorrow!
• AR test in library at end of class tomorrow.
Warm-Up
1. For what are you thankful? Create a
well-thought out response.
2. Are you thankful for your country?
3. How have your feelings changed about
nuclear warfare?
Reviewing Chapter 4
• What happened to each character?
Chapter 5
• Dividing the chapter by character.
• Read the section on the person you are
assigned.
• As a group be prepared to tell the
important events in their life.
Conclusion
• Let’s go to the library and take an AR test.
Class Discussion
• What would the effects of a nuclear bomb
hitting Charlotte be on us?