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1st quarter Daily Assignments
August 13th - Class Syllabus
August 14th- WNB: Write a paragraph about a current event that occurred this summer and what your opinion about it is.
Class Letter- Write a three paragraph letter in response to the letter I wrote to you.
August 17th- Summer reading test
WNB: How do writers use strategies of definition to define a concept?
What is the american dream?
August 18th- WNB: Write down 10 words that come to mind when you hear the word patriot ? For 3 of the words explain the connection.
Spring Board Unpaclking the Assessment of a definiiotn essay.
Lesson 1.2- "Veteran's Day: Never Forget Their Duty" John McCain
Identify examples of exemplification in McCain's essay.
August 19th- WNB: What does it mean to define through exemplification?
Spring Board essay: "A cause greater than self"
Compare the two different styles of essays. Evaluate which is more effective at demonstrating patriotism.
August 20th- Springboard 1.3 Statue of liberty (primary source )
New Colossus- Poem
50th Anniversary of Stature of liberty
Gave out vocab unit 1- 10 sentence and 4 images due 8/27 test 8/28
August 21st- ACT Reading Pre-test
August 24th- WNB: Out of all of the things we read and learned last week what do you think helped you the most or do you remember the most? Why?
Springboard 1.3- Stature of liberty 50th anniversary. Annotation and soapstONE
August 25th- Everyday Edits Zuckerburg
ACT reading rationales. Choose 5 of the answers you got incorrect and write rationales explaining why the correct answer is correct.
August 26th- WNB: What is your opinion about banning the confederate flag? Why?
History of the Confederate flag article. Annotate chunks in groups. Identify main idea, supporting facts, and significant information.
August 27th- WNB: Did you try on your ACT Reading test?? What are your goals for the ACT this year. .How will you accomplish these goals?
Confederate flag. Modern article Banning the flag. Read, annotate, Soapstone
Choose one quote from the article and write your reaction
Vocab due
August 28th- Vocab quiz. SSR. WNB:Choose 2 of the reading thinking stem boxes to react to your reading.
August 31st- ACT English Pretest.
Writer's notebooks due
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September 1st- Read Flag banning editorials. Soapstone and a paragraph response for the editorial you agree most with. Write a thesis statement WNB: "Should the confederate flag be banned in public and governmental property? Why or why not?
September 2nd- How to incorporate evidence APA style. Write 2 body paragraphs using support.
September 3rd- Write down, in the correct format, 4 quotes from any of the articles we have read about the confederate flag that support their opinion. They need to explain how each quote supports their point of view. Students should then write down, in APA style, one quote that supports the opposing view point. They should write down their rebuttal to this quote.
Vocab unit 2 due
September 4th- Vocab quiz SSR Reading and thinking stems in WNB
September 8th- Argument organizer and evidence organizer
September 9th- Write the essay with support and a counter argument
Should the confederate flag be banned on public and governmental property? Why or Why not?
September 10th- WNB: Connotation of words: fat/ overweight: cheap/ thrifty: arrogant/
Tone and diction power point
Annotate for tone and diction in America and I chunk 1&2
September 11th- Vocab quiz unit 3. Finish Confederate flag essay
September 14th- Everyday Edits- Muppets
Split into groups read assigned chunk of America and I essay. Annotate for tone, diction and imagery. Do question for your passage and identify the tone.
September 15th- WNB Are students in your school being worked too hard? Do you feel the pressure? Why? What are some examples of this you are seeing at your school?
America Poems Springboard 1.4- Annotate poems for tone, imagery and literary devices. Answer all key ideas and detail questions. After reading chart and # 5. Choose one of the two writing prompts. Write a paragraph response.
September 16th- WNB: A day in the Life of the person sitting next to you. 2 paragraphs
America Poems Springboard 1.4- Annotate poems for tone, imagery and literary devices. Answer all key ideas and detail questions. After reading chart and # 5. Choose one of the two writing prompts. Write a paragraph response.
Second period complete. 5th period flow chart for America
September 17th- WNB: Who is the person you look up to or respect the most? Why?
Vocab unit 4 due
Read They Live the Dream answer the following questions for each of the 6 people introduced in the essay.
1. What did the American Dream look like to each person?
2. What obstacles did each person face?
3. How did each person gain access to the American dream?
4. Who/What do the people credit for their success?
5. Only answer this question after reading about all of the people: Which story did you most identify with? Why?
September 18th- Vocab quiz unit 4 and SSR Thinking and reading Stems
September 21- WNB: Free Write
Analyze ACT English test
Discuss Confederate Flag Essays issues in writing. Students may revise the essay by Friday for more points.
September 22. Subject verb agreement ex 1 (1-10) ChompChomp.com
