Objective: I can identify and write down the claim sentence of the Desiree Cooper AOW by changing the title into a question and reading for its answer.  Also, I can add inferences to my SSR book by following the steps of 4-Column Inference Journal.

BW:  Students will independently write down the question posed by the title and place an asterisk or star by the sentence that answers it.

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  What was your question?  What is the answer?  Does it answer the question?
2. Promethean Board: Argument Subject:  Should The Help be used to teach about the civil rights struggle in the United States?  Students will look at both quotes by Roake and Cooper.  Turn-and-Talk:  What is the “Pro” position?  What is the “Con” position?  As a whole class, the quotes will be labelled.
3. View the last part of the movie:  Identify details of the “Pro” and “Con” positions.
4. SSR:  Students will add inferences to their 4-Column journals.
5. Reminder:  For those students who did not write the Final Draft of the smartphone essay, a last chance for make-up will occur after school today from 2:20 until 3:15 pm.  There have been 5 or more opportunities for this make-up before the holiday break, so this will be the last one.