Reference Resources and "Surviving Alone in Alaska"- 8/19

Opening Warm-up AND/OR Activator (highlight one):
-Students will take brief notes and the class will have a discussion on the different types of reference materials

-Students who scored a perfect score on the nonfiction assessment will be given a card that has the definition of one of the reference materials.
-The rest of the students will receive cards with examples of research topics
-Students with definition cards will read them aloud
-Students with topic cards must drop the appropriate card with the correct definition
-Students with definition cards will flip them to reveal the type of reference book they represented
-As a class we will go through the stacks of cards for each definition, correcting errors as we go
-Students are told to review reference material in their interactive notebooks

Work Session:

-Students will use the advanced graphic organizer handout (attach in the IN) as they view the Youtube video, "Surviving Alone in Alaska."
-Students will complete the organizer to use for a discussion after the video
-The class will discuss the video in relation to thematic ideas presented so far for Into the Wild 
-Students will take brief notes on theme

-If time permits, students should begin their reading assignment

Closing/Summarizer:

-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today’s lesson