1. Hi! You need: Pencil/pen Research stuff Warm Up: Everyone: Get a laptop. Work on your paper or your presentation. If you’re conferencing: Look over your paper. What are you most concerned about?

2. Agenda: Journal: Best/Worst Presentation Workshop time: – Environmental Research Paper Presentations – Environmental Research Paper (due next Thursday) Student/Teacher Conferences – Mod 3: Alec – Mod 5: Adam, Zach, Justin, Chris Homework: – Draft 2 is due at the time of conference – Final draft is due 1/22 When you leave you will have: -generated a 5-minute presentation about your environmental research project.

3. Hi! You need: Pencil/pen A Long Way Gone Packet Journal (1/13/15): Cassandra Callender is a 17-year-old from Hartford, Connecticut who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma last year. While Cassandra and her parents want to refuse treatment, doctors argued otherwise. Yesterday at court, the judge ruled that Cassandra lacked the maturity to understand the severity of her prognosis and sided with doctors and the Department of Children and Families. The DCF have since taken temporary custody of the teen to mandiate that the teen receives medical care. D, C, Q: A minor’s medical decisions should be the responsibility of the minor and the parents.

4. Agenda: Journal: Cassandra, 17-year-old Chapters 1 & 2 Vocabulary – Synonyms – Sentences Chapters 1-5 Review – Surprise, Confusion, Likes, Dislikes, Extra Credit Opportunity Learning Log: How is your reading going? Are you able to stay on track with the schedule? HOMEWORK: – Finish Chapter 1-5 Review for tomorrow. – Quiz Thursday (on reading & vocab)! – ONE PAGERS (chapters 1-4) are due WEDNESDAY! (Savannah C, Livvie M, Ivonne L, Lindsey N) When you leave you will have: -analyzed the vocabulary used in A Long Way Gone chapters 1 & 2.

5. Group Rhetorical Analysis RHETORICAL DEVICE: Evidence of it in use:How does this device contribute to the tone? Effect it creates:How does this device help accomplish their purpose for writing?