Monday

Quarter 3, Week 4 of 10

Change of Plans! 
Revise, type, and submit your Peace Poems by clicking here and following the directions, or click on the link in the bar above.  Poems are due by next Monday, Feb. 3!
Monday, January 27
Classwork
Learning Objective: L.11-12.6, acquire and use accurately new academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
  1. Do Now: Vocabulary Unit 9, Quiz B
  2. After: Grammar Activity #3: Phrases and Clauses (p. R57 in the orange textbook)
  3. Then: Score Quiz
  4. Next: Review Phrases and Clauses activity
Target Practice: I can use new words in phrases effectively to enhance my writing. +/0/-

 Homework
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28 and 29
Classwork
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.1, cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says.
  1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice.  Then, use a computer to login to your school Google account that was created last week and open your annotated bibliography.  If you have not created the annotated bibliography yet, you may do so by clicking here and making a copy.
  2. After: Creating an AB entry for a sample article (Juvenile Justice) using the RADCAB method of verifying the source.
  3. Then: Creating an AB entry of your own using the Google Scholar search engine.
  4. Next: Review AB and RADCAB on pp. 9-10 of the packet 
Target Practice: I can use the RADCAB method to determine the validity of a source, as well as identify and extract textual evidence in support of or refuting my research paper topic. +/0/-

 Homework
  • Continue adding another source to your Annotated Bibliography, or AB, using the Google Scholar search engine OR any of the school library web-based resources
  • Change of Plans! Revise, type, and submit your Peace Poems by clicking here and following the directions.  Poems are due by next Monday, Feb. 3!
  • Continue Independent Reading (Feb. 7 is the early turn-in date)
Thursday and Friday, January 30 and 31
Classwork
Learning Objective: RI.11-12.6, determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text.
  1. Do Now: Copy the learning objective and target practice.  Then, write and respond to the following prompt in your journal: In your presearching of topics so far, how close are you to deciding on a topic for your paper? Use the following scale to show how many you've narrowed it down to: 1 or 2, 3-6, 7 or more.
  2. After: Looking at sample Thesis Statements (p. 11 in packet)
  3. Then: Looking at a sample 'A' paper
  4. Next: Using the sample questionnaire to create your own interview questions OR adding sources to the AB
Target Practice: I can identify the difference between a thesis statement that is arguable and one that is not. +/0/-

 Homework 
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