COLLIDING WORLDS

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

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

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

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

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

PERSUASIVE WRITING PROMPT To what extent does one’s background affect his or her perception of a given situation? Write a paragraph that answers this question 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.