How do the events in My Ántonia connect to actual events in American history?
Objective: Students will identify textual details that connect a piece of literature and its historical setting.
1. We completed vocabulary cards for extol and strut.
2. Language Lab #26
3. In small groups, we discussed our reading responses to My Ántonia and nominated representatives to share each group's ideas with the class.
4. We drew questions for response assignment #6 and looked at several student examples of quality response paragraphs.
5. In groups of three, we completed a group quiz by connecting specific passages in My Ántonia to specific facts in our three pages of background information.
For next time: Read pages 116-137 of My Ántonia and complete reading response assignment #6.
Objective: Students will identify textual details that connect a piece of literature and its historical setting.
1. We completed vocabulary cards for extol and strut.
2. Language Lab #26
3. In small groups, we discussed our reading responses to My Ántonia and nominated representatives to share each group's ideas with the class.
4. We drew questions for response assignment #6 and looked at several student examples of quality response paragraphs.
5. In groups of three, we completed a group quiz by connecting specific passages in My Ántonia to specific facts in our three pages of background information.
For next time: Read pages 116-137 of My Ántonia and complete reading response assignment #6.