Week 5: September 2-6

UPCOMING DUE DATES 

• The Soloist reading checkpoints
• Monday 9/9: Part 1, pages 4-119
• Monday 9/16: Part 2, pages 124-203
• Monday 9/23: Part 3, pages 207-286
•  Georgia High School Writing Test -- Wednesday September 25

RECENT HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Parts of an Argument -- Claim, Reasons, Evidence 
• Real World Writing Prompts -- choose one of the following articles:
• Concussions in Football
• Chemical Weapons in Syria
• Sweatshops and Factory Collapse in Bangladesh
• Reading Notes Chart
• Seven Planning Steps for the GHSWT: Make the Most of 100 Minutes

Tuesday 9/3

• Staking a claim on a real world problem -- you read an informative (non-opinionated) article on a very timely topic in America today, and then you devised a claim that presented your view of this topic with supporting reasons and examples.

Wednesday 9/4

• Planning steps and techniques for the 100 minutes of the GHSWT

Thursday 9/5 and Friday 9/6

• Writing first practice essay for the GHSWT