“What sin has been committed here?”

English III “It’s a Strange Thoughts Thursday!” March 6, 2014 Mr. Houghteling

“What sin has been committed here?”

Would this qualify as a Top 10 apostrophe error?

AGENDA Using The ACT Writing rubric ◦ Evaluating an argument Possessives Anticipation Guide / “Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood”

Apostrophes / Possessive 61C QuestionCorrect Answer

Apostrophes / Possessive 61C 1. C / America’s great poets 2. J / Dickinson’s 3. D / Dickinson’s last twenty years 4. H / her 5. B / girls’ faces

Give it a score! Read the sample essay from our prompt from yesterday. Look at all five categories. Cite places for improvement. Give the essay a score!

Choose some nouns. SingularPluralSingular Possessive Plural Possessive 1bookbooksbook’s cover books’ prices 2deer deer’s tail deer’s antlers

Anticipation Guide 1. The American high school, as it is now constructed, is not working. 2. Teenagers are much more mature now than they ever have been. 3. It is more likely that a student treated like an outsider in high school will be more successful as an adult than other students. 4. Individuality and dissent are discouraged in an American high school. 5. Most adults don’t like adolescents. 6. Students should enter college at age A high school is one of the only places in which people are segregated by age so restrictively.

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.

HOMEWORK Review Possessives possessives.htm Wednesday, March 5 Quiz 96: Plurals and Possessives quiz_list.htm Wednesday, March 5 Quiz 98: Possessives and Irregular Plurals quiz_list.htm Thursday, March 6 Choosing the Correct Form of the Irregular Verb / Self- tests I-V es.html es.html Thursday, March 6