Vocabulary-Grade 9

A Quilt of A
Country Essay

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 Objectives
Begin With the End In Mind
• Identify the context of “A Quilt of a
Country”
• Identify the meanings of the new
vocabulary words.
HA
 Think time: 30 seconds
Warm-up Time: 1:30 minute
• The one with the name that
Real Life Application comes first alphabetically
starts
Random pick

What is one thing your family passed through generations?

Kagan: Stand up – Hand up – Pair up

- Teacher says “Stand up, hand up, pair up!”
- Students: stand up with one hand in air until you find the closest partner who is not your teammate.
- Teacher asks a question or gives an assignment.
- Teacher provides “think time”.
- Partners share using:
RallyRobin
6. Partners praise one another.
 Think time: 30 seconds
Time: 1 min
B Starts

Essential Question
What does it mean to be American?

Kagan: Rally Robin

 Research the following questions to know all about a
patchwork quilt. Share your answers with your groups as
1+4: What is a patchwork quilt?
2: What makes it different from other quilts?
3: Are the components valuable or just the quilt?

Kagan: Round Robin Research time: 1 minute

Time: 1 minute
Students take turns talking with their teammates:3 starts
1. Teacher announces topic/ gives “think time”. Random pick
2. Teammate ____ begins with a clockwise rotation.
3. Each teammate gives his/her short _____ answer to the topic.
4. Sharing is over after each teammate has spoken.
Feedback

1+4: What is a patchwork quilt?

A quilt with a cover made of small pieces of cloth in different designs, colors, or textures sewn
together.

2: What makes it different from other quilts?

A patchwork can be summed up as a technique to put together different pieces of cloth

3: Are the components valuable or just the quilt?

Valuable
Think time: 30 seconds
Buzz In

Critical Thinking Question

Why do you think the author of our selection
has named it so?
Why do you think the author of our selection
has named it so?
In our selection, we will discuss the
diverse yet united nature of American
society from Anna Quindlen’s point of
view.
 Vocabulary words
1.A Quilt of a Country
Each group is going to be assigned one of the vocabulary words:
1. Each group is going to be assigned one of the 6 vocabulary words.
2. Each group should create the following map on a large newspaper:

Student 2 Student 1

Student 4 Student 3
3. One Stray (next slide)
4. When time is up, leaders who should be pre-assigned by the teacher should
be visiting other groups to teach them points 1,2,3 about the new
vocabulary word.
Time: 2 minutes
Stray is student number 3
Kagan: One Stray
1) A number is randomly called and that student from each team stands up. The
remaining three teammates remain seated but raise their hands.
2) Teacher calls, “Stray.”
3) Standing students stray to a team that has their hands up.
4) Teams lower their hands when a new member joins them.
5) Students work in their new teams to share or gather information.
6) Students return to their original teams to share what they learned when they
strayed.
 Answers
Word Disparate Pluralistic Diversity Discordant Interwoven Coalescing

variety of
having coming
essentially different
multiple unrelated; intermingled together in
Definition different in
parts or
ethnic or
out of place ; combined one body or
kind cultural
aspects place
groups
Unite, join
Multicultur Intertwine,
Synonym Diverse Varied Different together,
alism combined
merge

Uncombin
Antonym Similar Monism Same Similar Separate
ed

Sentence
IRS
A country is "pluralistic" when it has:
1) Single-minded people
2) Multiple ethnic groups
3) Many cities
IRS
A country is "pluralistic" when it has:
1) Single-minded people
2) Multiple ethnic groups
3) Many cities
 Kagan: Numbered Heads Together Think time: 30 minutes
Stray is student number 3

Which concept vocabulary words contribute to the idea of

unity, and which contribute to the idea of fragmentation?

1. Students number off.

2. Teacher asks a question and gives “think time”.
3. Students privately write own answers [solo time].
4. Students stand up, put heads together [huddle up], show
answers, discuss, and coach if necessary.
5. Students sit down when everyone knows the answer or
has something they can share.
6. Teacher calls a number; that numbered student from
each group stands to answer the teacher’s question.
7. Teammates praise [CELEBRATE] students who responded.
Answer
Words that emphasize unity include interwoven and
coalescing.

Words that emphasize fragmentation include disparate,

discordant, and diversity.

The word pluralistic emphasizes both fragmentation and

unity.
IRS
A stunning doll hat from the 1800s is made from
______________ natural straw.

1) Pluralistic
2) Disparate
3) Interwoven
IRS
A stunning doll hat from the 1800s is made from
______________ natural straw.

1) Pluralistic
2) Disparate
3) Interwoven
Exit Ticket
Use the concept vocabulary words to complete the paragraph.

America is a _____ society, a nation in which groups of people from

many _____ backgrounds come together to live. The members of
these groups often raise their voices in disagreement, but their _____
opinions are essential to our democracy. Despite the great _____ of
America’s population, Americans find ways to bridge their
differences, usually by _____ around important social, economic, or
political principles. Indeed, the strength of our nation seems to
originate from the _____ strands that create its fabric.
Answers
• Pluralistic
• Disparate
• Discordant
• Diversity
• Coalescing
• Interwoven