Hiroshima

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Reading Assignments

Reading Assignment • 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 • 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, 1945Hiroshima, Japan

Characters

• 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, 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)

• 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 Have

fewer fights

Traffic Problems

Circle Map with details

Better Security(not one or your choices)

Reduce Class Disruptions

-Teacher dealing with bathroom vandals

for 20 minutes

-Kids missing class being called to office

-More learning, better grades, becoming

a “School of Distinction”

Have fewer fights

-Fights everyday for 3 weeks

-kids with weapons

-Afraid to come to school

Traffic Problems

-Wrecks in front of

school

-Wreckless driving

-Conjestion

-parking lot vandals

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:

• 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)

Reduce Class Disruptions

-Teacher dealing with bathroom vandals

for 20 minutes

-Kids missing class being called to office

-More learning, better grades, becoming

a “School of Distinction”

Have fewer fights

-Fights everyday for 3 weeks

-kids with weapons

-Afraid to come to school

Traffic Problems

-Wrecks in front of

school

-Wreckless driving

-Conjestion

-parking lot vandals

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.– 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

1. 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?

2. 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.

3. 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?