Thursday, October 27, 2016

Fri (A) 10/28
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Novel check -- finished and notes taken

Start work on essay
 - literary criticism
 - brainstorm activity
 - sentence outline

HOMEWORK:
 - Sentence outline Thu 11/3
 - Rough draft in class Tue 11/8
 - Final paper (include outline and rough draft(s)) Tue 11/15

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Thu (A flex) 10/20
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My Student Path survey

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by MLK, Jr.
 - small groups work on letter
 - practice quiz

HOMEWORK:
 - read author novel + notes - finish by 10/28
 - read "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Thoreau in Language of Composition pp. 276-281



Thursday, October 13, 2016

Tue (A) 18 Oct

Image result for letter from birmingham jail imagesIssue Groups -- discuss process -- presentation dates

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 - p. 260 in Language of Composition
 - accusations / analysis

HOMEWORK:
- read 1st author novel + notes -- finish by 10/28
- continue work on MLK on Thu 10/20

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Thu (A) 10/13
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Warm Up - write about JFK speech

Argument Timed Write
 - process and guidelines
 - read and mark prompt -- discuss -- outline
 - 40 minutes to write in-class response.

HOMEWORK:
- Read "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by MLK, Jr. for Tue (A) 10/18 -- letter in The Language of Composition on p. 260
- Read author novel + take notes - finish by 10/28
- Get organized for author study

Monday, October 10, 2016

Tue (A) 10/11

Warm Up - burkini ban

Author biography due

JFK Inaugural Address
 - read and mark text
 - answer questions
 - write

HOMEWORK:
 - read 1st author novel and take notes - finished by 10/28

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Fri (a) 10/7
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Collect group project evaluations

Terms Quiz on pages 1-3 of terms packet

1st Author Novel Assignment

Plagiarism Lesson

JFK Inaugural speech
 - watch, read, mark
 - explore his argument

HOMEWORK:
1st author novel +  marking + notes by 28 Oct
author bio due Tue 10/11

Monday, October 3, 2016

Wed 10/5 (A)

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 -- distribute evaluation forms

Note Taking / organization for author study / MLA format

Plagiarism

HOMEWORK:
- Terms quiz on pages 1-3 Fri 10/7
- Group evaluations due Fri 10/7
- author biography due Tue 10/11