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aCTiviTy 1.7
Plan
Materials: Peer Editing Graphic Organizer
Suggested Pacing: 2 50-minute class periods
California English Language Development Standards
ELD.PI.8.1 Exchanging Information and Ideas
ELD.P1.8.2 Interacting via Written English
ELD.P1.8.4 Adapting Language Choices
ELD.PI.8.5 Listening actively
ELD.PI.8.10a-b Writing
ELD.PI.8.11a Justifying/Arguing
ELD.PI.8.12 Selecting Language Resources
ELD.PII.8.1 Understanding Text Structure
ELD.PII.8.5 Modifying to Add Details
DaY OnE Teach
1 Call on a volunteer to read the Learning Targets on page 155. Call on a different volunteer to read the directions that follow.
2 Collaborate: Have students look back at the second box in the chart
on page 7. Put them in homogeneous pairs to review the information they discussed in this activity. Have pairs retell (summarize) the jokes that they discussed in that activity. Point out that the work students did on page 7 can help them to do the activity on page
12. They can use the same joke they worked with before, or they can choose a different one. Allow students time to complete the chart individually.
DIFFErEnTIaTE Interactingin Meaningful Ways: Writing
3 Read the directions for Planning an Expository Essay on page 156. Make sure students know what to write in each column of the chart, and give them time to complete it individually. Bridging and Expanding level students
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Interact in meaningful Ways: Writing to Sources
Learning Targets
• Express and justify opinions about a text in conversation and writing by providing text evidence. PI.8.11a
• Write a short expository text collaboratively and independently. PI.8.10a, PII.8.1
The essay “Made You Laugh” includes a number of jokes. Which joke did you think was funniest? In the chart below, summarize the joke. Then tell why you think it is funny. Finally, cite any information in the essay, such as one of the theories in paragraphs 20–25, that suggests why the joke is funny.
aCTIVITy 1.7
Joke
Why I Think It’s Funny
Information in Essay That Explains Why It Is Funny
Quick Conversation
Share your work with your partner. Compare your ideas about the joke and why it was funny. Next, read aloud this sentence from the last paragraph of the essay:
Theories and techniques aside, much about humor remains a mystery.
Discuss the sentence. What does it tell you about attempts to understand humor scientifically? Record notes from your discussion.
It’s important to try to understand the sources of humor because .
Based on the theories the author describes, I think .
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I agree with this statement because .
Could you please explain to me why ?
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