Jan 7–8

Warmup:

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." — B.B. King

Reflection: Write about one goal you have for this semester. What is one thing you hope to be able to do or understand better by the time we finish this class? Write your responses into the chat.

Newsela reading assignment:
https://app.newsela.com/view/cmk1eqsnh000c3b6osq0v4lby/?selectedAssignmentId=cmk4o47xr000j1kn855py85gl

Warmup:

The following is the Bliss version of the Gettysburg Address:

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure... It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

What is the primary purpose of Lincoln's speech, based on this text?

Please write 1 or 2 complete sentences and put your response into the class chat.

The primary purpose of Lincoln’s speech is to remind his audience that the United States was founded on principles of liberty and equality and to encourage them to hold on to those values as they continue to fight the war.

IXL Practice
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-8/analyze-passages-from-the-outsiders-part-1