Post on 31-Dec-2015
Journal 11-13-14Word of the Day - Exhume
“The student exhumed the missing assignment from the depths of the backpack that spewed math practices, worksheets, and term papers.”
Word-of-the-day1. Write the word and the sentence below. 2. Determine the word’s meaning. We will discuss this first 3. Write a new sentence with the word exhume. Be sure to add
context clues to your new sentence.
Today you will: listen to an audio recording, “Fun Bat Facts” and
collect (exhume) bat facts in Note Cloud fashion. Then you will read the text, “My Life as a Bat” to
cross-reference the two texts, checking to see if Margaret Atwood was factually accurate.
Your goal is to write a thesis statement for an essay you will write tomorrow:
PROMPT: Write an essay determining whether the story details of “My Life as a Bat” are factually accurate with the facts you collected from the “Fun Bat Facts” audio.
Your Task
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Write your heading on the back of your paper (subject: Bat Facts).
Listen to the “Bat Facts” audio. Collect facts and create a ONE
COLOR Note Cloud.
Exhuming Evidence (directly quoting the
text)
Which “Bat Facts” does Margaret Atwood embed in her story, “My Life as a Bat,” that you can confirm with your collection of facts from the audio?
Choose a second color and add these to your Note Cloud next to the “Bat Facts” you heard on the audio.
PROMPT: Write an essay determining whether the story details of “My Life as a Bat” are factually accurate with the facts you collected from the “Fun Bat Facts” audio.
On the back of your paper create a thesis statement for your essay.
Turn in your masterpiece.
Bats Note Cloud