Planning your week:
Tues. 9/7 - Final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Gandhi’s “On Civil Disobedience by 11:59 p.m. to Turnitin.com
Upcoming Due Dates:
Mon. 9/13 - Rough draft of your argument essay due for a peer review
Link’s to This Week’s Resources:
Things Fall Apart - novel PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
SpringBoard TFA Unit PDF
Monday, September 6 - NO SCHOOL for observance of Labor Day!
Homework:
Tuesday, September 7
Learning Goals: Analyze speakers’ uses of rhetoric to argue claims and address counterclaims. Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. ELAGSE9-10RI8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Agenda:
Opener
Wednesday, September 8
Learning Goals: Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
Opener
Thursday, September 9
Learning Goals: Students will plan, outline, draft, revise, and edit an argument essay. Find resources to answer research questions. Analyze speakers’ uses of rhetoric to argue claims and address counterclaims.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. ELAGSE9-10RI8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Agenda:
Opener
Friday, September 10
Learning Goals: Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
Opener
Tues. 9/7 - Final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Gandhi’s “On Civil Disobedience by 11:59 p.m. to Turnitin.com
Upcoming Due Dates:
Mon. 9/13 - Rough draft of your argument essay due for a peer review
Link’s to This Week’s Resources:
Things Fall Apart - novel PDF (here).
Things Fall Apart - Audiobook (here; hint: view the pinned comment for chapter start times)
SpringBoard TFA Unit PDF
Monday, September 6 - NO SCHOOL for observance of Labor Day!
Homework:
- Final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Gandhi’s “On Civil Disobedience due Tues., 9/7 by 11:59 p.m. to Turnitin.com
Tuesday, September 7
Learning Goals: Analyze speakers’ uses of rhetoric to argue claims and address counterclaims. Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. ELAGSE9-10RI8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Agenda:
Opener
- Introduce the argument essay and begin brainstorming your topic - here is an outline template if you need it
- Also, feel free to review this presentation to help you do this essay step-by-step
- Introduce Things Fall Apart
- Watch Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” & discuss as a class: what is her primary claim? How effective is Adichie’s use of argument?
- Read “An African Voice” (an interview with Chinua Achebe) SB pp. 177 - 183.
- Ponder & Respond: Using details from both “An African Voice” and “The Danger of a Single Story,” respond to the following question: What is the relationship between storytelling and power? How does storytelling contribute to our understanding of the world? Consider the following proverb: “Until the lion has a voice, stories of safaris will always glorify the hunter.”
- Ponder & Respond: Pick one of the following phrases to explain:
- A picture is worth a thousand words.
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- Actions speak louder than words.
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
- When it rains, it pours.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
- Read the background information on proverbs and folktales on page 134 in SpringBoard; answer questions 1 & 2 in your book. Be prepared to share your answers!
- Read the two folktales “Why the Bat Flies at Night” and “The Lucky Fisherman.” Analyze “The Lucky Fisherman” in a paragraph response: What does the purpose of this folktale seem to be & what does its message reveal about early Nigerian culture? Provide evidence to support your claim.
- Review the pronunciation guide on page 137.
- Final draft of your Rhetorical Analysis Essay: Gandhi’s “On Civil Disobedience due TONIGHT by 11:59 p.m. to Turnitin.com
Wednesday, September 8
Learning Goals: Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
Opener
- Introduce Vocab Journal (First journal due Sep. 15: improvident, capricious, malevolent, arduous, brusqueness).
- Read chapters 1-4 of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. You may want to listen to the audiobook as you read. Hint: view the highlighted comment for chapter start times.
- As you read, look for notes on the father/son motif to complete the venn diagram graphic organizer on SB p.137 - be prepared to discuss
- Also as you read, complete the double-entry journal on SB. p.140
- Read the “Language & Writers Craft: Active v. Passive Voice” on SB p.139 and complete the activity
- Complete the graphic organizer on SB p.141 - what are Okonkwo’s greatest achievements despite his negative actions and traits?
Thursday, September 9
Learning Goals: Students will plan, outline, draft, revise, and edit an argument essay. Find resources to answer research questions. Analyze speakers’ uses of rhetoric to argue claims and address counterclaims.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose. ELAGSE9-10RI8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Agenda:
Opener
- Review goals for Lab Day
- Meet in lab 9129 to draft argument essay.
- Use this time to research credible sources to help enhance your credibility on the topic of your research - be sure to send yourself your sources so you can create your Works Cited page
- Review date for peer review (Monday, Sept. 13)
- Rough Draft of the argument essay due Monday, Sept. 13 for peer review
Friday, September 10
Learning Goals: Explore perspectives from works of literature outside of the United States. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL6: Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Agenda:
Opener
- Welcome to Magic Lens Level 2 - Parts of the Sentence (guided notes here) (presentation here) (flow chart here)
- Magic Lens Levels 1&2 practice sentence
- Read Chapters 5-6 of Things Fall Apart - As you read, use the chart on SB p.143 to track character relationships between Okonkwo and his family members
- Discuss all findings
- Answer any questions about today’s content and review homework
- Rough Draft of the argument essay due Monday, Sept. 13 for peer review