10.10.12+and+10.11.12

Complete this Self-Reflection about your memoir:

Turn in Memoir in the following order:

Top: 1) OAKS cover sheet (ask me for a copy) 2) Rubric I gave you when I explained the assignment 3) Self-Reflection (see above) 4) Peer-edit sheet (The one that your peer completed about your memoir last class. If you were absent on that date, get someone in your life to edit for you.) 5) Memoir Map (even if your topic changed) 6) Rough draft 7) Polished final Memoir

Pre-Assessment Questions: By the end of //Warriors Don't Cry// you should be able to answer the following 1) What was the Civil Rights Movement?

2) When did the Civil Rights Movement begin?

3) Who is Rosa Parks? What did she do?

4) What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

5) What is the NAACP, and what does it do?

6) Who were the Little Rock Nine?

7) What does integration mean?

WU: Title Predictions What do you think the title of this book means? What does it suggest about the subject matter that we’ll read? What do you think will happen? What conflicts do you think will arise?

Read: Introduction to // Warriors Don't Cry // Watch: Power Point presentation about Civil Rights and Melba Patillo Beals **Take notes on slide 3 HW: Read Ch. 1 of //WDC// and complete the following reading journal

HW: Read Chapter 1. Then, complete an entry in your journal where answer the following questions in ½-1 page.

1) What you notice about Melba and her family. Who does she live with? Where does she live? What type of family are they, or what is important to them?

2) What is Melba like? Select a quote that provides evidence for your findings. Make sure to write the page number of the quote down and connect it to the main ideas that you write about.


 * You can take notes as you read, but your journal entry should be in paragraph form in complete sentences.