Monday, September 1, 2014

September 2nd - 5th

I hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend.  I got a chance to read your "Day in the Life" papers, and I appreciated all of the creativity and effort that many of you put into them.

This short week, we'll work on our annotation skills -- how to make notes on a text you're reading to help uncover an author's purpose and main ideas.  We'll continue to work on our writing skills by focusing on outlining, using the "universal outline" tool, and then drafting a persuasive essay. 

TUESDAY:  Kindred quiz.  Peer review of universal outlines, fine-tuning and then turning in.  Annotation work on short articles. Due: Universal outline response in phrases about spying on teen article.  HW: finish annotation work, Hip hop article vocab for Wednesday. 

WEDNESDAY:  Silent, sustained reading of your independent reading book with "whiparound" exercise. 

THURSDAY:  Annotating and vocabulary work in groups.  HW: Finish vocabulary work for Monday. 

FRIDAY:  Current events/issue in an article.  Universal outline response in class. HW: Finish universal outline and write out essay for Monday.

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