1. Week 1-3

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

3. 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

4. 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.

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

6. Tone:
The overall mood or feeling of the story

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

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

9. Theme
The overall message of the story

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. Agenda
Warm-up
Finish Foldable
Song inference assignment

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

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

17. 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?