Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda 9/4/2018 – 9/7/2018

Essential Questions for the week… How does a writer’s use of language create a distinct voice? How do we use textual evidence of voice to support inferences about a speaker?

Tuesday 9/4/2018 Review counterclaim: Before you get back to outlining, we will discuss how to write your last evidence statement, the counterclaim. Essay Outlining: Continue working on your outline on Edmodo. At this point, you should be focused on adding evidence and interpretation sentences.

HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS! Wednesday 9/5/2018 NO Warm Up UNIT 1 TEST: 1) Place all cell phones in the collector or in your bookbag/backpack. All bookbags must be placed in the front of the room. 2) Write your name, date, and block on the BLUE side of the scantron you were given. Independent reading: Once you have finished your test, take out your independent reading book and read quietly and independently. No phones yet! HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Thursday 9/6/2018 Warm-up What is a counterclaim? What is the purpose of including a counterclaim in an argument? Do you think counterclaims add value to an argument? Why or why not? REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS! Thursday 9/6/2018 Introductions and Conclusions: Before you get back to outlining, we will discuss how to write your introduction and conclusion paragraphs. Essay Outlining: Continue working on your outline on Edmodo. At this point, you should be focused on adding the details for your introduction and conclusion. Essay Writing: Once you have completed your outline, you may move on to typing your essay. Using the template provided for you on Edmodo, you can copy and paste your work from your outline to create a full essay. HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Friday 9/7/2018 Essay Writing: Continue typing your essay. Using the template provided for you on Edmodo, you can copy and paste your work from your outline to create a full essay. YOUR ESSAY IS DUE TODAY! Independent reading: Once you have finished your test, take out your independent reading book and read quietly and independently. No phones yet!

This week’s standards… ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI.9-10.1): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. CCRS L.9-10.6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words. CCRS L.0-10.5b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Unit Assessments… Formative Summative College Article Questions Unit Test Lit terms chart Argumentative Essay TED Talks