February 5, 2016

Objective:  I can find golden lines and uncover road blocks in the article about the Flint water crisis.

BW:  Make a list of all of the activities that you use water for during the day.

Activities:

  1.  Share Out:  Discuss the video presentation of the Flint water crisis.
  2. Promethean Board:  Convert the title of the article into a question and read to find the answer(golden line).  Underline it.
  3. Share Out:  Use context clues to uncover the meanings of “notorious” and “tributary.”
  4. Independent Study:  Convert the subtitles into questions.
  5. Hover Read:  Box any unknown words or terms, like “Department of Environmental Quality”.
  6. Read the article.
  7. Think Pair/Share:  Find golden lines and uncover the meanings of road blocks for the first page of the article.