1. SMALL THINGS…
This year you will each have 3 accounts you will need to sign up for and access throughout the year.
1. Quizlet- for vocabulary review/virtual flashcards and games
2. Turnitin.com – plagiarism detection website for essays
3. Remind- app for class notifications
Information for each of these is located on my website.

2. Red = Hard= 5 point Green= Medium= 3 point Blue= Easy= 1 point 2 Teams
9TH GRADE SAT Vocabulary Quick Game! SEEING WHAT YOU LEARNED AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER
Red = Hard= 5 point
Green= Medium= 3 point
Blue= Easy= 1 point
2 Teams

3. HOW TO PLAY HOW DO YOU DECODE WORDS TO DETERMINE A GENERAL MEANING?
1. Nominate a Recorder in your group.
2. Get out a piece of paper or grab one from back of room.
3. The recorder should write down the teams definition of each word according to color. You must come up with some sort of definition.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION OF THE DAY:
HOW DO YOU DECODE WORDS TO DETERMINE A GENERAL MEANING?

4. WRITING INTRO SURVEY Q AND A
1. List as many types of writing as you can.

5. QUESTION 2
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT/NECESSARY TO WRITE WITHOUT USING “I” OR OTHER PERSONAL PRONOUNS?

6. QUESTION 3
LIST 2 PERSUASIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES

7. QUESTION 4
LIST THE STEPS YOU KNOW FOR HOW TO WRITE AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH IN AN ESSAY.
ALL OF THEM THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER IN THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS.

8. QUESTION 5
PROVIDE 1 ANALOGY OF THE WRITING PROCESS….WRITING AN ESSAY IS LIKE A ____________.

9. QUESTION 6
WHEN I THINK OF A CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH I THINK OF… _____________. (FILL IN BLANKS TO PROVIDE PURPOSE)

10. QUESTION 7
WHAT DO YOU THINK A “PLOPPED” QUOTE IS?

11. QUESTION 8
IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO SOMEONE’S ARGUMENT OF A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC HOW MANY PIECES OF EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES WOULD YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY TO BELIEVE THEIR SIDE?

12. QUESTION 9
BRAINSTORM 1 POSSIBLE CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC THAT COULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT

13. QUESTION 10
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE OF AN ESSAY OF WHICH YOU MUST REFER BACK TO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME YOU WRITE A PAPER?

14. TASK TODAY
You will continue to read, highlight, and annotate each article at each station today, you will rotate stations with your groups. Sit with who you want to sit with.
LABEL your articles by author FIRST AND LAST NAME and number them to keep your facts organized.
Be sure you are looking for pros and cons, yes and no’s to the question of the prompt.
Do not get “Highlighter Happy” 
Strive to identify MAIN IDEAS and KEY WORDS for the reasons you come up with for either side of the t-chart.
HOMEWORK- Vocabulary unit 1 notecards due Tuesday, Independent reading book due Tuesday.

15. Journal #1 Weighing in on Tech Today September 15, 2016
Is technology making us dumb and distracted or turning us into expert information finders and magnificent multi-taskers?
Provide your opinion in a well-written, thoughtful 7-10 sentence paragraph.

16. Journal # 2- PERSUASIVE REFLECTION September 21 (A) 22, (B) 2016
In a 1 paragraph (5 sentences) response, review your t- charts and determine which side you will choose. In your paragraph explain WHY you are choosing this side and what your top 3 potential strongest arguments will be.
Question 2: What does a strong topic sentence have to have and what does it have to do?

17. POSITIVES Positive avenue for visual learning/the visual learner
Increased motivation and self esteem
Additional source of communication
Enhances the learning environment (students can set their own goals, research skills, work at their own pace, etc. etc.)
Increases positive learning place – students excited to learn/go to school
Exposure to tech. at young age increases knowledge on own
Prepares for the future
Increases global communication

18. NEGATIVES
Over-loading on social media “consumption” can lower student achievement levels.
Increases distraction and impairs learning ability (attention span).
Expensive; if not used correctly may not be beneficial.
Has created an increase in negative adolescent behavior (cyber-bullying)
Decline/hinders student/child social skills (makes student socially inept).
Detracts from individual privacy

19. TOPIC SENTENCE GOOD OR BAD T.S.?
The controlling idea of the paragraph. The main idea. It is not a detail and it needs to be broad enough to support the supporting details.
GOOD OR BAD T.S.?
First, technology is negatively impacting student growth and development because students are no longer learning or practicing cursive handwriting.

20. TOPIC SENTENCES GOOD OR BAD T.S. ?
In addition, technology is not affecting adolescents’ growth and development because it enhances student learning.
WHICH ARE THE KEY WORDS?

21. TRANSITION WORDS First Body Paragraph = Second Body Paragraph =
Third Body Paragraph=
The conclusion =
Do not use “NEXT” to start a body paragraph. It is small and weak. Remember this.
Notice that each transition word has a COMMA after it. Do not forget to use commas after transition words.
First,
Additionally, In Addition,
Lastly, Furthermore,
In summation, To conclude,

22. The Big Bad THESIS STATEMENT
Technology is positively affecting students in our world today because it is increasing global communication, fostering motivation and self esteem, and enhancing student learning in the classroom.
Technology is a pervasive force that is negatively impacting students’ social skills, their mental health, and their overall school productivity and development of important skills.