Thursday/Friday, March 2/3, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                           Do not forget to study your word parts!  http://cavemanenglish.blogspot.com/p/vocabulary-2014-2015.html Test today!!! No intervention Cavetime in this classroom either Thursday or Friday of this week. Your argument essay about Water for South Sudan is due by March 7 -- next Tuesday.  Today will be our last day to work with computers in class.

Targets for Today: I can use word parts such as prefixes, roots, and suffixes to help me understand the meaning of unfamiliar (and familiar) words.  I can select information from reliable sources that will help me write a convincing argument.  I can cite that source when I use information from it in my own writing.  I can write an effective argument essay.

Today’s  Agenda: You DO NOT need your composition book today. 1.  Spend about 10 minutes reviewing your word parts for the test.  You may work together to prepare, if you are on task.   2.  Testing conditions and instructions:  Clear your desks for the test.  Make sure any charts with the word parts are not showing. Do not communicate with other students. Do not look at another student's paper. Answer by writing the matching letters in the first column. When you are done, place your test in the top wire basket for your class. You may then read quietly -- your own book or A Long Walk to Water. 3. Individual students may choose to either finish reading the novel  A Long Walk to Water and finish filling out the packet that goes with it (when the packet is finished, you should just keep reading to the end of the book), or you may pick up a Chomebook from the cart to use ONLY for gathering information from the site Water for South Sudan and writing an argument essay on MyAccess.   Your argument essay about Water for South Sudan is due by March 7 -- next Tuesday.  Today will be our last day to work with computers in class.   Reminders:   Login for MyAccess is your Skyward username and as password your student number. You are taking notes right in your  MyAccess document, then will use those notes to write an argument essay letter on that same document.   The notes should be erased after the essay is done.  Citing a source: According to Water for South Sudan.org, "By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth. " or "By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth" (Water for South Sudan.org).  or Nya, a main character in the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, carries water for her family from a distant pond, two trips a day for seven months a year, and during the other months, she much dig holes in a muddy lake bed and wait for water to fill them (Park, 20, 26). or The fictional account in Linda Sue Park's novel, A Long Walk to Water,  describes a small girl who has been sickened by the water the family must drink: "For the elderly and for small children, the illness could be dangerous. Unable to hold anything in their systems, many of them starved to death, even with food right in front of them." The sample essay is to remind you of what an effective argument essay looks like. On the back of that page, it explains why the essay earned 6's on MyAccess. You've thought about charity, and you've read about problems that children in Africa have experienced (and are still experiencing).   You have become a sort of expert.  Now you are going to increase that expertise and then write an argument essay, convincing your readers to help solve the water problem in Sudan.   Your purpose will be to convince others to donate to Water for South Sudan.         You may write           to students at your junior high,           to our administration, convincing them to host a fundraiser for this cause,  or          to adults in your neighborhood or community.  RAFTS Role   Audience   Format    Task   Strong Key Words  See  RAFTS You will use and cite the information available on http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/       Write a complete essay with           Introduction (and a great hook),              at the end of the introduction an effective claim (thesis),         two to three body paragraphs,  (Cite at least two pieces of evidence, etc. from the site you have been given to use),          plus a paragraph addressing a counterclaim,          plus a concluding paragraph. Do not forget to use transitions.   Keep it formal:  no "you," or "I"; no contractions, no slang.  Getting into MyAccess:  Username:  Your Skyward Login Password:  Your Student Number  You are the experts!   Convince others that this is a good cause. As you research today,  remember that your reader most likely knows nothing about this subject.   How can you explain briefly?   What can you say that will convince them that this is a worthy cause?   This document shows the layout for the letter-essay: Argument Letter -- Support Water for South Sudan Images for A Long Walk to Water

If You Were Absent:  Here is the handout for the MyAccess project:  Argument Sudan Fundraising.docx  This document shows the layout for the letter-essay:  Argument Letter -- Support Water for South Sudan Arrange with me to take the Word Parts Test. Study packet for part of  A Long Walk to Water: Study Packet for A Long Walk to Water.docx

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