Week 6: September 9-13

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
• Friday September 13: Vocab Unit 1 Quiz and Grammar Quiz (homonyms and apostrophes)
• Wednesday September 25: Georgia High School Writing Test

 

 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
• Grammar Practice:
• Homonyms and Commonly Confused Words
• Apostrophes
• Optional Practice to review for quiz
• Native American short stories:
• "The Red Convertible" by Lousie Erdrich
• "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona"
• Native American poems (choose one)
• Native American Nonfiction articles -- choose one:
•  Mascots: Insult or Honor?
• Tribal Rights or Racial Justice
• Native American Boarding Schools -- I also have a video with audio and pictures that will let you hear the voices of the Native Americans affected by these boarding schools:

Hi students and parents, I apologize for getting behind on updating the blog!  It turned into an avalanche, which is what we tell kids happens when they get behind as well! Procrastination is bad.

Monday 9/9

• Finish practice essay for GHWT
• Vocab Activity for Unit 1
• Finish work on Real World Topics for debate/discussion and to turn in tomorrow

 

Tuesday 9/10

• Homonym practice
• Debate on Real World topics

Wednesday  9/11

• Apostrophe rules, logic and practice
• Native American texts -- reading to discuss the big questions:
• How does a society preserve and maintain its culture?
• What happens to a society when their heritage and culture is destroyed?
• What happens to a person when their heritage and culture is destroyed, when he/she loses touch with his/her culture?

Thursday 9/12

• Independent work on Native American texts
• Read and write about poem and nonfiction.  
• Begin reading "The Red Convertible"

Friday 9/13

• Vocab and Grammar Quiz
• Read and review peer's practice essay.  Highlight for parts of an argument. Give positive and constructive feedback.