Standard:
ELAGSE7RI2: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE7RI3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g. how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Essential Question: How does an analysis of how ideas, people, and events reveal a deeper meaning in a text?
Warm-up: Write a short summary of Ch.7 of Outliers. You may use bullet points.
Work Session:
-Discussion:
How much do you think culture impacts an individual’s success?
What events, people and ideas in Ch. 7 work together to prove Gladwell’s argument?
-Silent reading -Ch.8
Closing: In what ways have we seen Gladwell prove his argument about the factors that lead to success?
Homework:
Finish reading Ch.8 in Outliers.