Exploring Colliding Worlds: Text Structure Analysis & Persuasive Writing

Dive into the theme of encountering new environments, analyzing text structures, and exploring the impact of backgrounds on perceptions through a series of learning targets, reflective prompts, and analytical paragraphs. Unfold the ideas presented and engage in thought-provoking discussions to enhance comprehension and critical thinking skills.

• Analysis
• Text structure
• Colliding worlds
• Persuasive writing
• Learning targets

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2. COLLIDING WORLDS Learning Targets: Learning Targets: Analyze the structure of a text to explain how Analyze the structure of a text to explain how the author unfolds a series of ideas for effect. the author unfolds a series of ideas for effect.

3. BEFORE READING Have you ever found yourself in a completely new Have you ever found yourself in a completely new environment? Though you may have viewed pictures or a environment? Though you may have viewed pictures or a brochure depicting the location, suddenly you are taking brochure depicting the location, suddenly you are taking it all in it all in in person! What was that experience like? Were in person! What was that experience like? Were you comfortable or uncomfortable? Overwhelmed or you comfortable or uncomfortable? Overwhelmed or pleasantly surprised? Disappointed or overjoyed? pleasantly surprised? Disappointed or overjoyed? Explain your experience in a Explain your experience in a quickwrite quickwrite. (Journal Section) . (Journal Section)

4. WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE During reading: Mark the text for allusions and During reading: Mark the text for allusions and details that suggest the perspective of the details that suggest the perspective of the new arrivals. new arrivals. Allusion Allusion: a reference to a well : a reference to a well- -known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work. another literary work. known person,

5. WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE Answer the Key Ideas and Details Answer the Key Ideas and Details questions in your notebooks in your questions in your notebooks in your Unit 1 tab. Unit 1 tab.

6. ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS Clear Clear topic sentence topic sentence that includes the title, author, that includes the title, author, and genre and the writer s central claim. (thesis) and genre and the writer s central claim. (thesis) Support in the form of Support in the form of textual quotations details complimented with details complimented with analysis/commentary textual quotations and specific analysis/commentary. . and specific Use of a sentence structure utilized by Use of a sentence structure utilized by Iyer Iyer. .

7. PERSUASIVE WRITING PROMPT To what extent does one s background affect his or her perception of To what extent does one s background affect his or her perception of a given situation a given situation? Write ? Write a paragraph that answers this question a paragraph that answers this question using Where Worlds Collide as your primary source. Be sure to: using Where Worlds Collide as your primary source. Be sure to: Start with a TAG (title, author, genre) statement that presents your claim. Support your claim by referencing multiple pieces of textual evidence from the essay, including juxtaposed images and allusions. Emulate the complex syntactic structure that Iyer uses by using a semicolon to combine two related sentences.