March 11, 2014 Mr. Houghteling “It’s a Fine Tune Tuesday!” English III March 11, 2014 Mr. Houghteling “It’s a Fine Tune Tuesday!”

No, I am NOT the next cob of corn that will pop with “flavour,” you silly Brit!

Not exactly Boyz II Men, but still wrong.

AGENDA Possessives—practice. “Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood” Tracking his argument through annotation and summary statements. Revising the charter schools essay. Reviewing the ACT Practice Set

1. Identify Leon Botstein’s main idea: 2. Analyze Leon Botstein’s tone. How would you describe Botstein’s attitude toward teachers? Use descriptive adjectives to discuss his tone. Explain your answer, using references from the text when possible. 3. Based on the information presented in the passage, identify one reason teenagers should enter the real world and explain whether you agree or disagree with Botstein’s reasoning.

4. Analyze and explain the meaning of Botstein’s statement that “…the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life” (para. 3). 5. Explain why Botstein makes a reference to the Columbine High School tragedy (“Littleton shootings” para. 1). 6. Raise one counterargument to Botstein’s argument and discuss it in depth.

English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers” Question Correct Answer Type / Rule 61 A RTFQ 62 G Go Short 63 C Meaning of Words 64 65 Look Left

English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers” Question Correct Answer Type / Rule 66 H Stop-Go 67 D Stop-Go / Sentence Structure 68 Adverbs 69 B RTFQ 70 F Idioms

English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers” Question Correct Answer Type / Rule 71 A Transitions 72 J Look Left / Misplaced Modifiers 73 B Stop-Go 74 G Verb tense / it’s vs. its 75 C RTFQ

HOMEWORK Do all of these this week! Review Possessives http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/possessives.htm Do all of these this week! Quiz 96: Plurals and Possessives http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm Quiz 98: Possessives and Irregular Plurals Choosing the Correct Form of the Irregular Verb / Self-tests I-V http://www.cengage.com/devenglish/discipline_content/grammarquizzes.html