Wednesday/Thursday, December 7/8, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                            If you haven't signed up for your book of the month, do so now.  Please make sure it is nonfiction.  If you have not finished or revised and edited your essay, do that right away! If you need to retake the Argument Vocabulary Test, study for it!  We will take it next week -- Tuesday during Cavetime.  Argument Terms/Vocabulary.  Plan to retake it if you received 13 points or less.  Santa letters are now available for the Macy's Make-a-Wish Fund Raiser.

Targets for Today:  Writing Standard 1  Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.

Today’s  Agenda: About the Pledge of Allegience  (A2/B2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM  or  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/redskeltonpledgeofallegiance.htm Red Skelton January 14, 1969 -- The events he tells about took place before 1954. or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVp8uCtwJP0   John Wayne) Review, then --  Computer Lab 224:   This is a test, so talking or otherwise disturbing other students will lose points on Skyward, and could reduce your grade on this to a zero.  Sit at your folder number. Log into MyAccess. Find the prompt for "Separate Schools for Boys and Girls."  Read the stimulus materials (the article),  take a side, and write your essay in response to the prompt.   Do your best.  We are looking for improvement from the last time you were tested.   You have ONLY this period to complete the test.  Do NOT submit until you are finished with your essay -- you have only ONE submission.       You could outline it first: listing the parts and then writing a sentence or phrase for each.  Remember:  You need all the parts of  an essay:         If You Were Absent: You will need to arrange a time -- an hour -- after school to take the argument writing test.   I will be available on Thursday the 8th and Friday the 9th.  DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME!!!

#1    ?????????

#1    Introduction!                with????????

#1    Introduction!     with  hook, background, and thesis               sentence (claim and reasons)

#2    ?????????

#2    First body paragraph               Topic sentence, evidence, and elaboration

#3    ?????????

#3    Second body paragraph                      Topic sentence, evidence, and elaboration

#4    ?????????

#4    Counterclaim and Rebuttal

#5   ?????????

#5    Conclusion

Do not forget citations, transitions, and formal style!

Revise as needed and edit carefully. 

If You Were Absent: You will need to arrange a time -- an hour -- after school to take the argument writing test.   I will be available on Thursday the 8th and Friday the 9th.

Vocabulary: