Persuasive Practice

Today we reviewed the persuasive appeals with a short video analysis, a look at last night's homework, and a bit of revision of yesterday's warm-up.

On to Persuasion

We began the day by reviewing claim and support in the warm-up. After that, we moved on to the notes on page 596. Students should do the close reading questions on 597 for homework (add them to the work we did with the article on page 595).

Claim & Support, Cont.

Today we practiced analyzing claim and support with a couple short articles on cyberbullying. After that, and a few more examples, we went over the homework from last night, especially number 4, which students had a chance to work on in class.

Unit 6

Today we got started with Unit 6, taking the notes from page 594, and then working with the text on page 595. Students read the text, paraphrasing the claim and summarizing the author's reasons and evidence in a graphic organizer like the one on page 594. They should finish this, along with Close Read #4, for homework.

"Mango Street" Continued

Today we finished our work with "The House on Mango Street" and just started "My Name."

Two Stories

Today we finished our look at Pat Mora's "Sonrisas" and continued with Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street."

"The Open Window" & "Sonrisas"

In the first half of the period, we finished our work with "The Open Window," and students handed this in.

We then transitioned into our work with Pat Mora's poem "Sonrisas." We will continue this tomorrow.