September 7-8, 2016 Content Objectives: Today I will review one of our new vocabulary words so that I may use these words in an composition I will also dissect the English II STAAR EOC test design in order to better understand what I will be tested on this year In addition, I will brainstorm a list of similarities and differences between myself, my group members, and Malala Language Objective: I will discuss with my classmates similarities and differences between myself and Malala and record my ideas on a graphic organizer Find the 10 mistakes and answer the multiple choice questions below

The U.S. Constitution (1) The birthday of the United State Constitution is on September 17 1787. (2) The constitution created our countries first laws and said how America’s new goverment wood work. (3) It explained how we have a president whose in charge, a Congress to make laws, and a Supreme Court to decide if people are following the laws. (4) over the years, we have made “amendments” (changes) to the Constituton to protect everyone’s fredom. (5) The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.

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STAAR TEST DESIGN

Point-by-Point or Block? Point-by-Point: presents one point of comparison at a time, comparing and contrasting both subjects on the basis of that point before moving on to the next point Block: presents all of your assertions and supporting details about one subject at the beginning of the essay and is followed by all of your assertions and supporting details about the second subject

BRAINSTORM

BLOCK METHOD Planning Similarities between ourselves and Malala 1. -proof: 2. 3. 4. *Proof on AT LEAST two Differences between ourselves and Malala 1. -proof: 2. 3. 4. *Proof on AT LEAST two

Compare and Contrast Essay Comparison shows similarities between persons, places, things, ideas, or situations. Contrast points out the differences between persons, places, things, ideas, or situations. * You may write it in either block or point-by-point method (choose your preference) In a compare and contrast paragraph, you write about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, things, or ideas. The following words can help you to write a good compare and contrast paragraph: Helper Words: Similarities Differences while is similar to the other hand unlike both however also but too in contrast as well differs from