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DROP EVERYTHING and READ Pull your novel from your backpack, choose a book from our class library, get out a magazine – doesn’t matter what you read, but you must read until the timer sounds DEAR time is QUIET time – NO TALKING, ONLY READING Classroom library – IF you choose to BORROW a book from the classroom library, PLEASE treat it well. – Do not write in books – Do not bend pages or tear/bend covers – If you are removing the book from the room to continue reading, please make sure you sign it out.

FREE WRITE Please put away your reading, open your IN to page 19, 20, or 21, and get out a writing utensil. – Write – Write about the picture or about anything you wish to write about. Continue to write until the timer sounds.

PICTURE DAY Please gather your belongings Please line up at the door. We will walk quietly to the auditorium.

Costa’s Questions This is the time to ask any and all questions you have about “On Self-Respect” You can work on your questions for the Socratic Seminar You may work on your FREE WRITE You may READ SILENTLY You may not socialize

Bell Work Please sit in alphabetical order by FIRST NAME – Use teamwork to figure it out Get out a writing utensil – Black pen or Pencil At the back of your IN, please date the last blank page, and take a moment to define FREEDOM and HERO Then read the 2 obituaries with the class.

9/11 Obituary G-09DESPERITO.html?pagewanted=print G-09DESPERITO.html?pagewanted=print G-09SMITH2.html?pagewanted=print G-09SMITH2.html?pagewanted=print G-09IVANSTOF.html?pagewanted=print G-09IVANSTOF.html?pagewanted=print murder-on-sept remains- unsolved.html?pagewanted=print murder-on-sept remains- unsolved.html?pagewanted=print

Bell Work Watch the video Pay special attention to how the Australian Associated Press edited the footage Carefully consider the events taking place in the video and how they relate to today’s words – Freedom and Hero Welcome to English Class

Narrative On page 28 (the left), write these instructions – Write a 1 page narrative on page 29 (the RIGHT) about the video you watched about 9/11. – The narrative can be A short story in FIRST PERSON about 9/11 An essay discussing the video – Your grade will be based on your word choice (diction), grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, organization, and focus. See the ESSAY RUBRIC.

Socratic Seminar Reflection Please write these directions on the LEFT of your IN – List 3 things you learned during the SS – Write complete sentences of discussion/reflection about the Socratic Seminar and “On Self-Respect” – You will be graded based pertinent areas of the essay rubric – Before starting with your reflection essay, ask yourself a couple of questions, such as: how do I feel about this topic? How does it affect me, if it does at all? If it doesn't affect me, why? Notice that the questions are all personal. That is because a reflection essay asks you to express your insights. Knowing the answers to these personal questions can help you begin your reflection essay. Do not limit yourself to these three questions. Explore more that asks you to state your opinion. Leave out the facts first. Concentrate on your insights. Splice. "Essay Tips." : How to Write Reflection Essay. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Sept

In the back of your IN, discuss, again, the words HERO and FREEDOM, considering what you’ve learned and discussed this week. Also discuss your thoughts on Patriotism WARM UP

{Pre-Reading} Please spend the next 5 minutes SKIMMING the two texts you were given. Circle any words that you find unfamiliar AND that you believe may be important Underline words that recognize and know are important ideas within the texts

{Reading} As a class, we will read and discuss the two articles you’ve been given We will take time to talk to our shoulder partners AFTER READING In your IN, please write the instructions on the LEFT and your compare/contrast on the RIGHT – Compare and Contrast the articles/videos you read/watched and the obituaries for 9/11 with the articles/obituaries from WW1

Have a Wonderful Weekend!