Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To review persuasive techniques
To review essay form
To review thesis statements

AGENDA:
Students will hand in green reading logs
Hand out a new reading log
Provide a few minutes for students to read their novels
Review persuasive notes
Review essay sandwich format
Review thesis statement formula
Create sandwiches, time permitting

HOMEWORK:

Read 10-15 minutes every night
Green reading logs due Monday, Feb. 17, 2014

OBJECTIVES:
To analyze literature through literary perspectives
To apply lenses to reading and explicating text
To assess and critique to construct meaning
To implement persuasive writing to convince
To utilize poetry analyzation process

AGENDA:
Students will choose a poet and a poem most representative of their author
They will write a persuasive paper either supporting or refuting T.S. Eliot’s statement that poets do not write to express themselves.
Papers will include outlines and bibliographies and an analyzation of the poet’s life and poem.

HOMEWORK:

Novel Reading and Lesson Plan Project
Persuasive Poetry Papers due Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2014

OBJECTIVES:
Analyze learning experiences and providing useful feedback
Write arguments to support claims using valid reasoning and relevant & sufficient evidence
Develop claims fairly and thoroughly
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone
Working with peers to respond to questions that probe reasoning, refining arguments
Demonstrate knowledge of essay editing including organization, sentence fluency, and conventions

AGENDA:
In pods, students will research a topic
They will keep a t-chart of pro and con
Write a thesis statement for both sides of the chart
Independently, complete a persuasive essay either for or against

HOMEWORK:

Persuasive Papers due at the beginning of class Wednesday, Feb. 12th, with the t-chart and any other brainstorming papers.
Graffiti project (book report) due March 3rd