Monday 2/10:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Into the Wild"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Write SAT essay practice prompt #2 "Let There Be Dark" Introduction and Body Paragraph #1
-->Reference tan handout for help along with PASTA sheet and annotations
*HW: Reader's and Writer's Notebook Check for entries 1-5 Wednesday/ See above/ Read
Tuesday 2/11:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Marley and Me"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Partner feedback for Introduction and Body Paragraph #1
-->Discuss
-->Revise
-Write Body Paragraphs #2 and #3
*HW: See above/ Read/ Reader's and Writer's Notebook Check for entries 1-5 TOMORROW
Wednesday 2/12:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Outliers"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Write conclusion paragraph for SAT practice essay #2 "Let There be Dark"
-Partners score one another's essays using SAT rubric
-->Take your time and provide SPECIFIC feedback
-Submit completed practice prompt #2 to turnitin.com
-READERS AND WRITERS NOTEBOOK CHECKS #1-5
*HW: See above/ Read
Thursday 2/13:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "The Other Boleyn Girl"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-"Let There Be Dark" sample student essays and scores with explanations
-->Take you time to read through multiple essays and scores to get a good feeling for what you need to do in order to achieve the score that you desire
*HW: See above/ Read
Friday 2/14:
-Good Things?
-Academic Review Day
*HW: Have a great break :)
“Be sure that your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage.”
Methods of persuasion in order of strength:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Into the Wild"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Write SAT essay practice prompt #2 "Let There Be Dark" Introduction and Body Paragraph #1
-->Reference tan handout for help along with PASTA sheet and annotations
*HW: Reader's and Writer's Notebook Check for entries 1-5 Wednesday/ See above/ Read
Tuesday 2/11:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Marley and Me"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Partner feedback for Introduction and Body Paragraph #1
-->Discuss
-->Revise
-Write Body Paragraphs #2 and #3
*HW: See above/ Read/ Reader's and Writer's Notebook Check for entries 1-5 TOMORROW
Wednesday 2/12:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "Outliers"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-Write conclusion paragraph for SAT practice essay #2 "Let There be Dark"
-Partners score one another's essays using SAT rubric
-->Take your time and provide SPECIFIC feedback
-Submit completed practice prompt #2 to turnitin.com
-READERS AND WRITERS NOTEBOOK CHECKS #1-5
*HW: See above/ Read
Thursday 2/13:
-Good Things?
-Book Talk "The Other Boleyn Girl"
-Silent Read 10 Minutes
-"Let There Be Dark" sample student essays and scores with explanations
-->Take you time to read through multiple essays and scores to get a good feeling for what you need to do in order to achieve the score that you desire
*HW: See above/ Read
Friday 2/14:
-Good Things?
-Academic Review Day
*HW: Have a great break :)
“Be sure that your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage.”
Methods of persuasion in order of strength:
- Appeals to universal/audience’s values (pathos) AND/OR personal anecdotes
- Quotes from/references to experts AND/OR counterarguments AND/OR rhetorical devices
- Figurative language AND/OR allusions to well-known concepts/things
- Numbers & stats
- Extreme/absolute language