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 * __Directions__:**
 * **Get your notebook.**
 * **Copy today's Learning Objectives in your planner.**

=__**Learning Objectives**__ (copy in your planner)=
 * Students will:**
 * =Be able to read silently for a sustained time.=
 * =Practice organizing and sharing thoughts concerning the Essential Question.=
 * =Ask and answer interview questions.=

=__Agenda__ (do not copy)=

3**. Essential Question**

 * What expectations do your friends (or others) have of you? How do you challenge those expectations?
 * Create a list of the expectations others have of you and then explain how you challenge those expectations.

**4. Essential Question group work, in pairs**

 * Each pair read the two quotations on page 116.
 * Ask each other the two interview questions below. Be sure to take notes on what your partner says for when we share this as a group.
 * 1) On whose expectations do you base your life--your own or someone else's? Explain and/or give examples.
 * 2) If your life is a ship, are you in port or at sea? Explain and/or give examples.
 * ===Random pairs report answers to the class.===

5. How To Read p.120-123
Cornell Notes

6. Cultural Perspectives (How are these expectations challenged?) (What is the reaction from the culture when these expectations are challenged?)
1. Social 2. Familial 3. Academic/Career