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Describe a time when you, or someone you know, had to learn something “the hard way”.
* What happened?
* What did you learn? (“The hard way” = tried something and had it go badly)
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Why Bother?
What How Why
Learn new vocab
Notes, hand motions
A wide vocabulary increases our understanding and ability to communicate.
Investigate Narrative Nonfiction
Definition, find text examples of Narr. NF elements
Knowing how text is organized helps us to find information
Read for information
Begin ‘Exploring the Titanic’
Gaining info helps us to make decisions in our own lives
Travelers enjoyed the novelty of the ship’s first voyage.
novelty
Definition: new, original or unusual
Travelers enjoyed the novelty of the ship’s first voyage.
novelty
Definition: new, original or unusual
Pick two words and invent a hand motion to
go with each one
Why? Because movement makes brain connections to
ideas! (This is called kinesthetic
learning.)
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Prepare to Read
Read the Literary Analysis section
on p99.Cornell Notes
Essential Question: What are characteristics of NARRATIVE non-fiction works?
Notes
Active ReadersFollow along in the textPay attention to detailsAsk questionsLook for qualities of narrative
text
Read and Respond
Where will you fall? Chart the people on the Titanic by class
on a piece of notebook paper.
Star where your passenger would be. What kind of job could your person have?
Read and Respond
Lines 100-112 on page 105
In today’s money… Tickets were expensive! How much
would your ticket cost today?
Read and Respond
Class Then Divided by..
Now
First (Parlor Suite)
$4350 .05 $87,000
First Class $150 .05 $3000
Second Class $60 .05 $1200
Third Class $40 .05 $800
In today’s money… Tickets were expensive! How much
would your ticket cost today?
Read and Respond
Class Then Divided by.. Now
First (Parlor Suite) $4350 .05 $87,000
First Class $150 .05 $3000
Second Class $60 .05 $1200
Third Class $40 .05 $800