NY Landmarks: October 5, 2016

Focus: What role does the New York landscape play in this part of the novel?

PLC: Shortened Class Today

Note to self: In 6th hour, assign note-takers and other fun fishbowl roles.

1. Warming up with a map of NY's boroughs, and image of Central Park, and a virtual tour of the Empire State building

The Boroughs

Central Park

Making Predictions:

• Why might Foer include a chapter about an imaginary 6th borough?

• Why might the Empire State Building symbolize in the story?

2. Reading, journaling, and conferencing

• What does the idea of the 6th borough represent to Oskar? (Revisit the image on pages 60 and 61 after you read that part)

• What symbolic role does the Empire State Building play in this part of the story?

3. Writing a quick exit ticket by clicking here

HW:

1. Read pages 208-259 for tomorrow in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; spend 30 minutes this week with your journal.

If you miss a Fishbowl or Socratic, you must make it up. Read over the syllabus and blog comments, then add an extended comment to the class blog. 

2. We will continue our READING JOURNAL CONFERENCES in class next week. Click HERE for the rubric.