Tuesday,+December+13,+2011

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**Learning Objectives (copy into journal):**

 * 1) Create an Argument Map
 * 2) Identify main claim and call to action
 * ==== __MATERIALS__: ====
 * ==== Planner ====
 * ==== Journal ====
 * American Dream text
 * Scan for Vocabulary Chart
 * pencil ||

** IMPORTANT WEEKLY DATES (copy into Planner): **

 * 1. "Wealth, Well-being, and the New American Dream"**
 * **Review/Complete Paragraphs 8-10**
 * Whole class
 * Go over claims and evidence in paragraph 8-10 (see KEY on center teaching console)
 * Show on docucam or project on whiteboard and mark for them, eliciting student responses
 * **Students Complete Paragraphs 11-13 in their groups of 3**
 * Circle key terms
 * Read paragraph again
 * Summary Sentences
 * Main Claim in Paragraph 13 (__underline__and label MC)
 * __Hint__: Does the author state his opinion/belief about a new American Dream?
 * Call to Action in paragraph 13 (__underline__and label CTA)
 * __Hint:__ What does the author say needs to happen in order for this new American Dream to happen?