National Poetry Month

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41

The Works Cited & Self-Evaluation

Today we spent most of the period on the works cited, and a few students got to the self evaluation at the end of the period. Typed drafts are due for revision on Monday.

The Conclusion

Today, after a quick review of citation, we looked at a sample conclusion and students had the period to write. Complete first drafts should be ready for class tomorrow.

2013 Redwood Writing Contest

Here's the link to the writing contest I mentioned in class.
https://sites.google.com/site/humboldtcountywritingcontest/

Countering the Opposition

Today we looked at examples of the opposition paragraph, took a few notes, and had writing time. By tomorrow, students should be done with the body of their persuasive essay.

The Body Paragraphs

The Introduction

PODs

Today we revisited parallel structure (parallelism) as students prepared to write Plans of Development (PODs) for their essays.

Reasons

Today students started considering reasons to back up their claims. After the warm-up, we talked a bit about the PE handout and then started (and mostly finished) the persuasive essay graphic organizer (below).

Your Claim

Wrapping Up "The Privacy Debate"

Today we finished "The Privacy Debate" and charted Ahalt's argument. This work, along with the "How Private is Your Private Life?" work was collected.
Bring PE reasearch notes tomorrow!

Navi Lab

Today we were in the Navi Lab with the counsellors. Bring your PE research folders to class tomorrow.

Friday!

After a quick warm-up reviewing bias, we finished up “How Private is Your Private Life,” doing margin questions B through E (only B and E in writing, but if you weren’t here, you should do them all). Then we got started on “The Pricay Debate.” We’ll finish that Monday.

Bias and Some Vocab

Today we looked at the term "bias" and added the vocabulary on page 621 to the selection vocabulary section of the binder.

Is Privacy Possible?

Today we spent much of the period talking about the modern conception of privacy and if we can really have privacy in our ever-connected, digital world. After that, we reviewed the concepts of fact and opinion, with students taking notes and practicing.

Debate

Today's warm-up, in-class debate, and exit ticket were all related to the claim and support students came up with at the end of class on Monday.

Claim & Support Practice: The Dream Today

Today we checked the homework, discussed it, and then students handed in all three parts of the MLK analysis. After that, we turned our focus to King's dream in our modern context, with students taking a stand and supporting their opinion in a graphic organizer. They should finish this for HW if necessary.

More "Dream"-ing

Today students had the chance to finish up the graphic organizer from yesterday, which we shared, and then they started on the SMM activity below. This should be completed for HW.

More "Dream"

Today we started by looking at how King addresses his opposition. After that, we completed and discussed the annotation activity from yesterday, and students began the graphic organizer activity below.

"Dream" Annotation

After a short vocab review, students had most of the period to annotate their copy of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

"I Have a Dream"

We began the day with the vocabulary for MLK's "I Have a Dream" from page 601 in the textbook. Next, we reviewed the homework, which was collected, and then we listened to the first part of the speech while following along in our textbooks.

Rhetorical Devices

Today we reviewed rhetorical devices in the warm-up, did half the close reads on page 598 together and got started on the close reads on page 599. Students should finish these for HW.

Persuasion & Rhetorical Devices

Students began the day by analyzing and sharing the persuasive examples they brought from home (or were given, if they forgot). We then finished up the rhetorical device notes on page 598.