This week we will start our Titanic unit. We will begin by reading an excerpt from "Exploring the Titanic" by Robert Ballard. After we finish the story, we will start our passenger projects. (See Titanic Unit tab on top of page.)
Key Question: What can we learn from disasters?
Objectives
Literary Analysis
Reading
Vocabulary
Grammar and Writing
Key Question: What can we learn from disasters?
Objectives
Literary Analysis
- explore the key idea of a disaster
- identify and evaluate characteristics of narrative nonfiction
Reading
- read narrative nonfiction
- identify patterns of organization: chronological order
Vocabulary
- build vocabulary for reading and writing
- complete analogies
Grammar and Writing
- use subject and object pronouns correctly
- use writing to analyze literature