Saturday, September 28, 2013

September 30, 2013 - October 4, 2013 10th Grade English Agenda

Monday, September 30th:
Short quiz on Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

PERSPECTIVES in MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
Pages 15 - 16
Page 15:
Choose an Issue
State Your Opinion
Consider Your Purpose and Audience
Page 16:
Support Your Opinion: Logical Appeals, Emotional Appeals, Ethical Appeals
Types of Evidence: Facts, Examples, Expert Opinion, Analogies, Case Studies, Anecdotes
Page 17:
Opinion: Reasons and Evidence
Organize Your Essay

For homework: Write a rough draft of a persuasive essay based on an issue you have strong feelings about. Follow the procedures in pages 15 - 17 in your Perspectives book.


Tuesday, October 1st:
No 2nd period today.

Wednesday, October 2nd:
Please bring your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP: Level C; Unit 2
This will be due on Monday, October 7th.

PERSPECTIVES in MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
Pages 18 - 21
Page 18 - 19: A Writer's Model
Read and analyze
Page 20 - 21: Revising
Peer Editing:
Rubric: Writing a Persuasive Essay
Evaluation Questions, Tips, Revision Techniques
Page 21: Analyzing the Revision Process

Thursday, October 3rd:
Warm-up:
Using five of your Unit 2 Vocabulary words, write complete grammatically correct sentences.
Continue working on the persuasive essay

Friday, October 4th:
Your persuasive essay will be due today.
PERSPECTIVES in MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
Pages 24 - 25:
Before You Read
Primary Sources and Secondary Sources
Using the Sources:
Analyze
Evaluate
Elaborate
Pages 26, 27, and 28:
The War Escalates

 Excerpts from The Things They Carried,
Journals from a Young VietCong Woman Doctor
Letters Home: Letters from Young American Soldiers in Viet Nam




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