Room 7 Edublog

BELLRINGERS
T: Global Warming: http://www.cross.tv/51987
W: Handshakes: http://www.wimp.com/handshakeawareness/
Th: Gaffigan’s Bottled Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2mdFB7UTqc
F: Snow in Houston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhHr7LCVQRw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQhHr7LCVQRw&app=desktop

OBJECTIVES
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to writing

AGENDA
T: Complete satire PowerPoint
Hand out and discuss persuasive rubrics
Read persuasive handout and discuss essay prompts
Brainstorm essay idea
W-F: Open lab for essay writing

HOMEWORK
Essay due Tuesday the 26th
Continue reading Jane Eyre and filling out study guide

BELLRINGERS
T: Global Warming: http://www.cross.tv/51987
W: Handshakes: http://www.wimp.com/handshakeawareness/
Th: Gaffigan’s Bottled Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2mdFB7UTqc
F: Snow in Houston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhHr7LCVQRw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQhHr7LCVQRw&app=desktop

OBJECTIVES
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to writing

AGENDA
T: Complete satire PowerPoint
Hand out and discuss persuasive rubrics
Read persuasive handout and analyze sample essay
Brainstorm essay idea
W-F: Open lab for essay writing

HOMEWORK
Essay due Monday the 25th

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate and recognize modes of persuasion
To reflect on the propaganda behind persuasion
To investigate types of persuasion
To apply persuasive strategies and propaganda to reading & writing
To critique writing for editing errors

BELLRINGERS
T: Selling Planet
W: Expired Relationships
Th: Shark vs. Polar Bear
F: Announcements

AGENDA
T: Caring for the Kenai essay edits
Discuss MLK questions as a class
W: Things Fall Apart Discussion and project
Th-F: Class time given to write persuasive essays on any school-appropriate topic of your choice. Remember: You may choose to enter the ferry essay contest and write a persuasive essay explaining what glacier the new ferry should be named after.

1/19/16: Bring CFTK essays to class!!!! Consider what persuasive topic you would like to write an essay about
1/20/16: Come to class with chapters 5-10 of Things Fall Apart read, and the 12 proverbs on page 35 of your text written in your booklet

and

rephrased in your own words
1/26/16: Persuasive essay due AT THE END OF THE CLASS!