Sunday, September 7, 2014

September 8 - 12

Welcome to week four already! Below is the agenda:

MONDAY:  Finding theme in The Sniper short story and textual evidence.  Challenge discussion. Due: Bring your annotated copy of The Sniper to class.

TUESDAY:  (shorter day due to Back to School Night). Go over rubric for timed writing essays, vocabulary practice and review.  DUE: Universal Outline and essay about Abercrombie and Fitch's "look policy."

WEDNESDAY: Silent sustained reading and book conferences.  Whiparound exercise at the end of class. Due: Bring independent reading book and logs.

THURSDAY: Finish Challenge Discussion and introduce "Response to Literature" short essay style, answering prompt with claim and textual evidence. The prompt is:

What is the theme of O'Flaherty's short story The Sniper? Provide textual evidence in your response.

FRIDAY:  Current event/issue discussion.  HW: Complete RTL paragraph in response to The Sniper prompt and check it against the rubric.  Bring it to class on Tuesday.

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