Words From Watson

Monday: Letter to the Editor Final Draft Handout.  Discuss Opposing Viewpoints Animal Farm Book Check Animal Farm -- active Listening /Annotation pages 3-11 Analysis of Old Majors Speech for Persuasion - Due Tuesday Typed Rough Draft for Letter to the Editor Due Tuesday Tuesday: Check and Discuss Old Major Analysis Peer Edit of Letter to the Editor:  Final Draft Due Feb 3rd PEER EDIT Read through the letter one time BEFORE you start the edit 1.     Write out the topic: 2.     Write out the claim in their letter: 3.     Write out the first sentence in the letter: 4.     Does the first sentence grab your attention? (remember, the first sentence DOES NOT have to be the Claim)If yes, how/if not--how could they improve the sentence? 5.     Have they utilized: Logos, Pathos, Ethos? a.      Identify the type/s of support they used for Logos: stats, facts, quotes, experts, example b.     Have they used emotion/Pathos?  How? c.      Identify any persuasive technique

Monday Jan 23rd _ PRINT AD ANALYSIS DUE Watch MLK JR. Deliver "I have a Dream" speech. Add to annotations- identify:  Theme, anaphora, repetition, loaded language, claim, opposing viewpoint, imagery, analogy Persuasive Terms Quiz Thursday:  study 24,25,26 in Notes side of Writers notebook Tuesday Jan 24 4 hr STAAR practice in the AM -- see 5,6,7,8 for abbreviated time 7th - Ck 159-160 of MLK jr speech analysis Wed Jan 25 4 hr STAAR practice in the AM -- see 4,3,2,1 for abbreviated time Parallelism Worksheet  Thursday Jan 26 Persuasive Terms Quiz Essay Map example -- Reality TV REad " The WEak shall Inherit the Gym in Lit textbook pg 1008 and complete Essay Map for the piece.  Identify Claim, Main ideas, Support Friday Jan 27 Ck Essay Map Parallelism Practice Pass out Letter to the Editor Rubric Pick Topic -- Must be debatable Look at Gale on Library Website -- Opposing viewpoint links Rough Draft of Letter Due Tuesday for Peer

Monday - Holiday Tuesday Jan 17  Complete Idiom assignment - Final due on Thursday Begin Print Ad Analysis --Make sure and bring in a full page magazine AD MEMBEAN WINDOW #3 due on the 18th Wednesday 18th -- High School Visits through 4th period 7th Period --Work on Idioms and Ad analysis 8th Period-- ELA LAB HMWK LATIN ROOTS SET 3 Test on Thursday the 19th.  Make sure and review the roots from Set 1 and Set 2 as well as the Roots and Words from Set three.  Same format as Sets 1 and 2 Thursday 19th Idiom Poster due - quiz grade Latin Roots Set 3 Exam--  Friday 20th Discuss Rhetorical Devices - Notes 24 Pass out " I have a dream" speech Discuss Tone and Mood and context of speech Annotate IHAD" for Monday:  Theme, claiM, Repetition, Allusion, Analogy, Anaphora, alliteration, Repetition, Rhetorial Questions, opposing viewpoint, Loaded Language, connotation word list Work on Print Ad analysis PRINT AD DUE MONDAY/ ANNOTATION DUE MONDAY

BEGIN PERSUASION UNIT MEMBEAN Window #3 Jan 4 - Jan 18th 90 minutes at 70 % accuracy -- please change Membean class codes if you are in a different period this semester 1: M6LQEKK 2: M6LQCD8 3: M6LQC2D 4: M6LQED4 7: M6LQEXD January 4th - Wednesday Reorder Writer's Notebook.  Spring Semester Sections Add:  LR set 3, Persuasion Notes, Logical Fallacy Notes Notes side Journal:  Argument with your Parents:  analyze for Claim, Support, Opposing Viewpoint, Counterargument Notetaking:  Elements of an Argument-- fill in Claim /Support/counterargument Jan 5th Thursday Notetaking:  Types of Support- fill in and discuss ARI - Ethos, Pathos, Logos Lit Book: 983  French Fries - Read, discuss, analyze Persuasive Techniques:  Powerpoint, Fill in the blank notes in Writer's notebook Jan 6th Friday: Persuasive Techniques:  Powerpoint, Fill in the blank notes in Writer's notebook - continued Read ZOOS 990-993 Zoos 994-996 Complete worksheet analyze of Argument i

PREAP ELA Jan 9- Jan 13 MEMBEAN DUE JAN 18th 90 minutes @ 70% accuracy Jan 9th: Check Zoos - discuss analysis Ethos/Pathos/logos Worksheet - 10 minutes, grade for accuracy "Open Note" Introduce MLK Jr "Letters from Birmingham"  5 minute Youtube background video Pass out " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" LOGOS  pgs 227-228 Annotate, answer questions 1-9 Due Tuesday Jan 10th Pair and Share Just laws, Unjust Laws Check and discuss annotations and questions 227-228 " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" PATHOS pgs 229-230 Due Wednesday Jan 11th Pass out Commercial Analysis Worksheet -- Explain give examples-  DUE FRIDAY " Interpreting Logical, Emotional, and Ethical Appeals" ETHOS pg 231 Read Lit Book Paired Text Analysis 986-987 "Driving Age"  Answer Close reading questions 1-4, 1-3 in Writers Notebook Journal side 26 Jan 12th Discuss Ethos in " In