1. You may want to jot these words down in your writer’s notebook to help you remember the subordinating conjunctions.

2. On your grammar chart in your notebook, write an example sentence where it says: commas after beginning phrases/ clauses.
The Opener comma!

3. Now, Let’s look at some examples!

4. Grammar Focus: Punctuation The Opener Comma
Today’s Entry:
write an entry using at least five opener comma sentences. Try and use the subordinating conjunctions. Circle each coma and write (beginning phrase) above. Underline any AAWWUBIS words you use.
After Before
Although If
As Since
When
While
Until
Because

5. Civil Disobedience Article #1:
Eric Reid: Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee

6. Read the article on google classroom & Mark for the following
THESIS Statement E
EVIDENCE to support the thesis statement D
Mark DEVELOPMENT of ideas (expanding on the evidence)

7. Persuasive Paragraph Response
Were Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid justified in defying NFL regulations? Why or why not? Use evidence from the articles to support your claim. Your response should be like a body paragraph for a persuasive essay. You can use evidence, but PARAPHRASE do not directly quote it.

8. Antigone: Prologue
As we read, do the study guide questions, these are on your test!

9. Exit Ticket What do the motives of Antigone
and Kaepernick have in common? Use evidence from both the play and the article to support your claim. (You need to use direct quotes for this one!)