<table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; padding: px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 6.65in; background: #1F497D; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;" colspan="2" valign="top" width="638"> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: white;">Welcome and Essential Questions</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 318.6pt;"> <td style="width: 239.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 318.6pt;" valign="top" width="319"><span style="line-height: normal;"><br /><br /></span> <p><img src="Path_5b17ffb9b97c3.jpg" alt="" width="305" height="171" id="" title="" /></p> </td> <td style="width: 239.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height: 318.6pt;" valign="top" width="319"> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Welcome to a new week! In this week’s session, we’ll finish reading your non-fiction book and do some critical thinking about the different viewpoints in the text.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Here are a few essential questions we'll consider in this session:</span></p> <ul style="margin: 0.5em 2em; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial;"> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">How do I know when I’ve read “well enough”?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">What stays the same and what changes when I read different types of texts?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">How do I determine what information to retain, remove, combine and restate when note-taking?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">How does note-taking help me summarize and synthesize the message or theme of literary non-fiction?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">What are my options for stretching, compressing, and focusing my interpretations of an author’s message or theme? Is one option better than the others? Why or why not?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <p>What clues has the author provided about his/her viewpoint?</p> </li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">How do I know when I have done enough to prepare for small group discussions?</li> <li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px 0px; outline: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">When is my participation in small group discussions just right? Too much? Too little?</li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click to the next page to begin!</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>