Week 1-3

Friday September 14th 2012 Make sure you have all grades in your spiral Vocabulary TART Foldable Reading Reaction over your personal novel

One of the highest paying professions in this country is a Professional athlete. Professional athletes can make anywhere from $466,000 to 56 million dollars in one contract. While the average middle class income is $35,000 Per Year. Think about how much athletes get paid. Write an essay explaining whether or not athletes deserve to be paid what they do. Be sure to Clearly state your thesis Organize and develop your ideas effectively Choose your words carefully Edit your writing for grammar, mechanics, and spelling

Monday September 8th, 2013 Section: Warm-up Combine the two sentence pairs below using the word and. 1. the storm clouds are gathering. It looks like rain. 2. Liam is the president of the student council. Edward is the captain of the football team.

Objective: Identify Major Components of Literature Agenda Warm-up Grades due overview Foldable TART INTRODUCTION

Tone: The overall mood or feeling of the story

Audience Who the writer is writing to. Who the author is trying to appeal to

Rhetorical Device Any creative use of words or writing that the writer uses to paint a better picture or get his point across

Theme The overall message of the story

Wednesday September 11th 2013 Warm-up What is theme? Can characters affect what the theme of a story is?

Thursday September 12th 2013 Warm-up What does it mean to empathize?

Objective: Identify Major Components of Literature Warm up Foldable Reading reaction

Friday September 13th 2013 Section: Writer’s Notebook Write about what luxuries you want to have after high school. Include cars, houses, special services etc.

Agenda Warm-up Finish Foldable Song inference assignment

Wednesday September 12th 2012 Define the following terms Looming Dignity lynching

Agenda Warm-up “A Raisin in the Sun” TART Chart

Thursday September 13th 2012 Section: Warm-ups 1. Briefly tell what you think an expository essay is? 2. What is a thesis statement? 3. What is a conclusion 4. What is a transition word?