1. English Hon 9a, Day 39 * Wed = A
#55: Q2 Book Talks
Format your paper for today’s presentations into 4 columns:
Name of presenter
Title & author
Made-up
Cereal Name
Read it or no? Why?
1A = 32 1B = 28
2A = 31 2B = 32
3B = 31
then . . .read for a few minutes!!!!

2. Since I’ve seen you . . .
I’ve sent out 16 whole-group Remind texts, responded to 100+ texts/ s.
Due today:
* CECE#7
* Book Report Box
* Essay RD
Due Fri/Mon
* Vocab 12
* Notebooks
Due Tues = “hard due date”
* Essay final draft

3. Classtime, rest of sem:
Book talk presentations CECE Review Finish movie Review a smidge for final Take final

4. OLD = No Bueno!!!! FINAL 3A, 4A A = 3 TKAM ch. 25-26 by next class B A
typed current event exploration # 7 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 7 A
Q2 book talks
TKAM ch by next class
A = 9
BOOK TALKS
Computer lab
TKAM ch by next class
typed current event exploration # 8 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 8
EVERYONE: turn in CECE7
Peer review essay
SOUTHERN FOOD FEST
Vocab #12 due & quiz
Q2 writing sample due*
B = 16
B = 17
*Q2 writing sample due = still full points
FINAL 3B, 4B
typed current event exploration # 9 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 9
FINAL 3A, 4A
FINAL 1B, 2B
FINAL 1A, 2A
Snow days
OLD = No Bueno!!!!
Snow days

5. ------ Snow days ------
BOOK TALKS
Computer lab
TKAM ch by next class B A
typed current event exploration # 8 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 8
EVERYONE: turn in CECE7
Peer review essay
SOUTHERN FOOD FEST
Vocab #12 due & quiz
Q2 writing sample due*
B = 16
B = 17
*Q2 writing sample due = still full points
typed current event exploration # 9 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 9
B FINAL 3B, 4B
A FINAL 3A, 4A
B = 23
FINAL 1B, 2B
HALF DAY
FINAL 1A, 2A
Start of 2nd Semester
Snow days

6. Final Exam
TKAM Grammar (kinda like the post test) Reading / comprehension Lit terms (matching defs & ex) Vocab

7. In yer Notebook #53: TKAM trial #54: TKAM summary through ch. 24
Table of Contents:
#47 Map of Maycomb
48) Scottsboro Trials
49) Mob Mentality
#50: Diagram / POS / Objects
#51: Considering Multiple Perspectives
#52: Trial Evidence Chart = full page
#53: TKAM trial
#54: TKAM summary through ch. 24
#55: Q2 Book Talks
Next turn in =
LAST NOTEBOOK GRADE OF SEMESTER

8. 2nd quarter CECE Last one for quarter!! 7 entries = on own page header
Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph.
Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph. Paragraph.
Works Cited
Last name, First name. “Title of article.” Title of Publication. Day Month Year, pages.
2nd quarter CECE
Last one for quarter!!
7 entries = on own page

9. Vocabulary 12 = quiz Wed/Mon
ch 17-31
scrutiny
expunge
3. volition
4. indicted
5. cynical
6. vehement
duress
eccentricity
notoriety
10. acquiescence
BFHS for all!!

10. Southern Food Fest
CANCELED

11. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Please find your rubric (what color?)
. . .and YOUR RD!!!!!!
intro
concl
front: Body #2
Back: Body #3
Back: Body #1

12. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Staple rubric on top of RD

13. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Peer Review
Yes/no checkoff
Two diff reads / comments on back

14. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay each body paragraph
2-3 sentences of background / context, ending in topic sentence which identifies area of character growth clearly ans specifically
Restate the character growth, restate something from the prompt, point on to the next area of analysis

15. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
intro
concl
front: Body #2
Back: Body #3
Back: Body #1

16. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Workshopping the Introduction Great Resource: 12 Ways to Hook an Audience in 30 Seconds

17. (Attention Getting Device)
Type of Hook
(Attention Getting Device)
Examples
Quotation
- General Patton once said, “If a man does his best, what else is there?”
- When Hillary Clinton said “we must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society,” she highlighted one of the biggest issues in American politics.
Anecdote
- There was nothing more isolating than being alone in a foreign country, with no cell phone, no money, and no ability to speak the language.
- It was Christmas of 1995 when my parents taught me a valuable lesson: always expect the unexpected.
Rhetorical question
- Have you ever wondered what you would do if you couldn’t fail?
- What’s the one thing you can do to make the world a better place?
Interesting fact
- China is going to spend $850 billion to clean up its water supply over the next decade.
- Ancient Egyptians used heavy eye makeup to keep evil spirits at bay and to protect their eyes from infection.
Simile or metaphor
- When I first went to Japan, it was like a baby bird trying to fly for the first time.
- The high rate of poverty in America is the country’s elephant in the room.

18. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Intro
Hook / Attention-Getting Device
Transition sentence mentioning title & author
Thesis
3-5 sentences, ~ 50 words
BUUUUUUTTTTTTTTT

19. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Mr. Borman’s Awesome Intro
Longer than previous example
Obviously . . .
Better than previous example
Attention-Getting Device = tell a story, include a part of a poem, make a startling statement, etc.
Link = connect your AGD to the overall topic. What is the purpose of your story / poem / statement / etc.? Include title & author here.
Thesis = State your argument or purpose CLEARLY and DECLARATIVELY in one sentence. This is the one sentence that tells the reader what your essay will cover.
Statement of Significance = Why should your audience listen? Provide a warrant (facts / statistics) that proves this topic is important to all listeners.
Road Map = Tell your audience where you will take them in your essay. How will it be organized (i.e., chronologically, topically, geographically, problem/cause/solution, etc.)?

20. Write your introduction:. make your first impression
Write your introduction: make your first impression . . .move from general to specific . . .invite the reader to “stay for more” introduce your source (title in italics) and author.

21. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Workshopping the Conclusion

22. Again, for this essay, mention both title and author.
VERY APPROPRIATE to apply to current political situation!!

23. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Conclusion
Restate thesis
Summarize main ideas
Extend / provoke thought
3-5 sentences, ~ 50 words
BUUUUUUTTTTTTTTT

24. Q2 Writing Sample = Essay
Mr. Borman’s Awesome Conc
Not terribly much diff than previous example maybe
Longer than previous example
Better than previous example
Review = What did you cover in your essay and why?
Re-State Thesis = What was the primary claim of your essay (what does it prove, what is its purpose)?
AGD Callback / Mic Drop = Go back to your attention getting device, but look at it taking into account what we learned over the course of your essay. Does this make us interpret the story / info differently or better? Then, give the bigger picture: with this new info, how does the world / reader change? Leave us with hopeful or thought-provoking words of personal importance.

25. Q2 Book Talk

26. English Hon 9a, Day 39 * Thurs/Fri
#55: Q2 Book Talks
Format your paper for today’s presentations into 4 columns:
Name of presenter
Title & author
Made-up
Cereal Name
Read it or no? Why?
1A = 32 1B = 28
2A = 31 2B = 32
3B = 31

27. HOMEWORK Next class (and always): BYOB & TKAM TKAM: DONE
BOOK TALKS & Cereal Projects = (presentations continue)
Vocab #12 due Fri (a) or Mon (b)
Q2 essays FD due F (soft), Tues (due due) 