Q2 - Week 10

Day 1
Monday 12/15/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 12/16/14 (p7)

Essential Question:  What elements contribute to a successful Socratic Seminar?CCSS.SL.9-10.1.A Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #24:  What would make your Socratic Seminar a success - think about preparation, text selection and the people in the class who could help . . .
2.  Activities:
     a.  Prepare for Socratic Seminar together, with a partner, then on your own
          1.  Read pp. 157-159 together for Appeals to P/E/L, Evidence, Fallacies
          2.  Hot Dog Fold - Name/Date/Per. - Label w/ TAG 
          3.  3 Opening/5 Guiding/3 Closing 
          4.  1-3 each of Appeals to P/E/L, Evidence, Fallacies
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List one thing you can do to have a successful Soc. Sem.
HW:  Independent Reading Due Next Class

 Day 2
Tuesday 12/16/14 (p3) & Wednesday 12/17/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Question:  How do we propel and sustain conversations?
CCSS.SL.9-10.1.C -Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #25:  List 3 of the questions you already prepared for the Soc. Sem. and answer them here
2.   Activities:
     a.  Independent Reading Due
     b.  Prepare more answers for possible Soc. Sem. questions
     c.  Socratic Seminar with your partner and an assigned partnership = 4 speakers + "Hot Seat"
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List one more thing you can do to have a successful Soc. Sem.

Day 3
Thursday 12/18/14 (p3) & Friday 12/19/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Question:  How do we converse politely and thoughtfully?
CCSS.SL.9-10.1.D -Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #26:  What are your plans for the Winter Break?
2.  Activities:
     a.  Journal Check (peer 1st then teacher) and Book Check
     b.  Socratic Seminar with randomly drawn participants
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now and answer:  What did you learn about yourself from doing the Soc. Sem.?
HW:  Have your new Independent Reading Book upon return from Winter Break. Product will be due in class on Day 3 of Week 7.

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Q2 - Week 9

Day 1
Monday 12/08/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 12/09/14 (p7)
Essential Question:  How do I use sufficient and valid evidence to support my argument?
CCSS:  W. 9-10.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #21:  How will you know if your evidence is valid and sufficient?  1/2 p.
2.  Activities:
     a.  3 valid sources - 5 min.
     b.  In-text Citation reminder - 5 min.
     c.  Bibliography reminder - 5 min.
     d.  Topic Sentence reminder - 3 min.
     e.  Formatting reminder - 2 min.
     f.  Title:  Last, First, EA2 Argument
3.  Target Practice:  use your time wisely, please.

Day 2
Tuesday 12/09/14 (p3) & Wednesday 12/10/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How do I use sufficient and valid evidence to support my argument?
CCSS:  W. 9-10.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #22:  How are you appealing to logos, pathos, and ethos in your EA2?  1/2 p.
2.  Activities:  
     a.  Please think about HOW you are trying to convince your reader
     b.  Combine your EA2 and Bibliography into 1 document and share it via GDrive by the end of class
     c.  HW = bring your Independent Reading Book next class - if you finished reading already (xoxo) then bring your next book.
3.  Target Practice:  the proof is in the shared document.

Day 3
Thursday 12/11/14 (p3) & Friday 12/12/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How do I prepare for my Socratic Seminar?
CCSS RI.9-10.1:  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #23:  Use the questions provided to reflect on your EA2.  You must select one from "Backward," one from "Inward," #25 from "Outward," and one from "Forward."  1 full p. 
2.  Activities:
     a.  eValuate - 45 min. -    start time 1:30 --- end time 2:15
          1. eValuate/eValuate
          2. student/king 95 --- chrome --- catapultevaluate.com
     b.  Review texts for your Socratic Seminar next week
     c.  Read your Independent Reading Book SILENTLY until we are all finished w/ eV.
     HW = Independent Reading Due Day 2 next week
3.  Target Practice:  today's Do Now was your TP.
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Reminder

Week 8
     Gather yourself, your ideas, and your materials
     Review back of Weekly Sheet 
Week 9
     Day 2:  EA2 Due 
     Day 3:  Independent Reading Due 
Week 10 
     Socratic Seminars on All the texts we have read     this quarter
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Q2 - Week 8

Day 1
Monday 12/01/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 12/02/14 (p7)
Essential Question: What issues resonate across cultures and how are arguments developed in response?
CCSS: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning. 
1.  Do Now:  Journal #18:  Copy the Outline Format found on p. 149 of text - labeled "Language and Writer's Craft: Outlining and Organizing an Argument"
2.  Activities:
     a.  Number 1-10 in your journal for a visual exercise in Rhetorical Appeals
     b.  Pop Quiz . . . Rhetorical Appeals, Evidence, Logical Fallacies
     c.  Reminder that any issues in your book have valid, reliable sources
     d.  2.14 on pp. 147-149
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Using 2-3 sentences, brainstorm ideas for your EA2 Argument in response to an issue that resonates across cultures.

 Day 2
Tuesday 12/02/14 (p3) & Wednesday 12/03/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question: What issues resonate across cultures and how are arguments developed in response?
CCSS: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #19:  When is Civil Disobedience important in life? 1/2 p.
2.  Activities:  
     a.  Pop Quiz . . . Rhetorical Appeals, Evidence, Logical Fallacies
     b.  2.15 on pp. 150-152
     c.  Presearching your EA2 - Keeping a running Bibliography of your sources:  
          a.  Title Document:  Last Name, First Name, EA2 Bibliography
          b.  Common MLA entry components/format for print/web -(esp. Hanging Indent)
          c.  Practice print entry together using our textbook
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List the items necessary in a Bibliography entry.

Day 3
Thursday 12/04/14 (p3) & Friday 12/05/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How do I use sufficient and valid evidence to support my argument?
CCSS:  W. 9-10.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #20:  Explain how you plan to gather and use Evidence and Rhetorical Appeals in your EA2.  1/2 p.
2.  Activities:
     a.  Real Quiz . . . Rhetorical Appeals, Evidence, Logical Fallacies
     b.  2.16 on pp. 153-155
     c.  Researching/Organizing/Planning your EA2
          1.  Title Document:  Last Name, First Name, EA2 Outline
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Rewrite the CCSS in your own words.
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Q2 - Week 7

Day 1
Monday 11/24/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 11/25/14 (p7)

 Essential Question:  What place does argumentation have in justice?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #16 - Copy the Examples of Common Fallacies into your journal - on page 146 of your text book - write the fallacies and their examples:  Hasty Generalizations, Either/Or, Ad Populum, Moral Equivalence, Red Herring
2.   Activities:
  • 2.13 - pp. 140 - 146 - Justice and Culture - Evidence/Appeals/Fallacies
    • Read the 2nd text for Evidence (Anecdotal, Empirical, Logical) and Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)
    • Continue the T-chart with your previous Team - include today's text, "Rough Justice"
    • Add a Common Fallacy Chart and then Present your Team's findings
  • Home Work (HW)- On the note card provided, write a list of 5 possible topics for your EA2 essay about an issue that resonates (echoes) across cultures.
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List your favorite fallacy and explain why that's the one.
Day 2
Tuesday 11/25/14 (p3) & Wednesday 11/26/14 (p4, p7)

 Essential Question:  When is Civil Disobedience important?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Turn in your note card HW
2.  Journal #17 - Has a parent/teacher/authority figure ever asked you to do something that you believe to be wrong/unjust/immoral?  How did/would you respond?
3.  Activities:
  • Let's hear some of the possible EA2 topics on issues that resonates (echoes) across cultures
  • Finish Fallacies and Team Presentations
  • 2.14 -pp.147- 149 - Taking a Stand on Justice - Read for Evidence (Anecdotal, Empirical, Logical) and Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Logos, Pathos)
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Use 1-2 sentences to explain when Civil Disobedience is important.

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Q2 - Week 6

Day 1
Monday 11/17/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 11/18/14 (p7)

Essential Question: Where have we been and where are we going?
Standard: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #13 -  Write the following words; use your textbook's glossary to look up the definitions then and write them in your journal:  anecdotal evidence, empirical evidence, logical evidence.
2.   Activities:
  • Tripod Survey and Debrief
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write a 1 sentence summary of the debrief. 



Day 2
Tuesday 11/18/14 (p3) & Wednesday 11/19/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Questions:  What makes an argument successful? (or . . . how do you win every argument, every time?)  What is Justice?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #14 - Write the following words; use your textbook's glossary to look up the definitions then and write them in your journal:  fallacy, rhetoric, rhetorical appeal, ethos, logos, pathos
2.   Activities:
  • 2.13 - pp. 138-139 - Preview EA2 - Arguing for Justice
  • 2.13 - pp. 140-145 - Justice and Culture - Synthesize three texts
  • 2.13 - p. 146 - Justice and Culture - Common Fallacies
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. In 1 sentence, explain which rhetorical appeal teens use the most with their parents/guardians - and why?



Day 3
Thursday 11/20/14 (p3) & Friday 11/21/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Question:  What place does argumentation have in justice?
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant ans sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #15 - Using examples/descritptions, explain your thoughts about vandalism, grafitti, and justice - it is safe to express any opinion.  1/2 p.
2.   Activities:
  • 2.13 - pp. 138-146 - Finish Justice and Culture
  • 2.14 - pp. 147-149 - Taking a Stand on Justice
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Use 2 sentences to summarize what you know about argumentation.
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Q2 - Week 5

Day 1
Monday 11/10/14 (p3) - Thursday Schedule
 Wednesday 11/12/14 (p4, p7) - Friday Schedule

Essential Question:  How do we develop and strengthen our writing via editing and revision?
Standard:  W.9-10.5 - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #11 - How do you feel about peer editing - do you ever get good feedback - do you try your best to help your peers - do you know how to help each other improve - do you try to improve your writing?  1/2 p.
2.   Activities:
  • Forgot to mention:   See the play, keep ticket stub, attach it to written review for EC
    • 1st paragraph = summary, 2nd = specific details of positives, 3rd = specific details of areas needing improvement, 4th = overall review/recommendations to audiences
  • Socratic Seminar - "Woman with Kite" and "Grape Sherbet" or topic TBD
  • Journal Check with Peer - Book Check with Teacher
  • Peer Editing of your Narrative EA 1
  • "File - Make a Copy" revise and resubmit your Narrative EA 1
    • Title the document:  Your Last Name, Your First Name,  Period #, Narrative
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List 3 ways you will improve your Narrative based on feedback or observations from today.



Day 2
Thursday 11/13/14 - Thursday Schedule
Friday 11/14/14 - Friday Schedule

Essential Question:  How do we develop and strengthen our writing via editing and revision?
Standard:  W.9-10.5 - Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
1.  Do Now:  Journal #12 -  Why do teachers/writers make such a big deal about editing/revising and how do you think that relates to you as a student? - 1/2p.
2.   Activities:
  • eValuate
  • "File - Make a Copy" revise and resubmit your Narrative EA 1
    • Title the document:  Your Last Name, Your First Name,  Period #, Narrative
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. Resubmit your revised Narrative

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Q2 - Week 4

Day 1
Monday 11/03/14 (p3) - Thursday Schedule
 Wednesday 11/05/14 (p4, p7) - Friday Schedule

 Essential Question:  How will you utilize the narrative techniques we have covered this quarter in your own narrative?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #9 -  describe how you will utilize 2-3 of the narrative techniques we have covered this quarter - 1/2p.
2.   Activities:
  • Book check while you work
  • Socratic Seminar preparation and beginning rounds - 1/2 of the class
  • Writing workshop - 1/2 of the class - graphic organizers will be available
    • dialogue formatting review
HW = Narrative Due Friday 11/07/14 by 3:00 p.m. - Hard copy and shared online w/ nlong@kkhs.k12.hi.us

3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Which narrative techniques are the easiest/most challenging to utilize in your own writing?
Day 2
Thursday 11/06/14 - Thursday Schedule
Friday 11/07/14 - Friday Schedule

Essential Question:  How do we properly prepare for graded discussions?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #10 - describe the biggest challenges you have/will face in graded discussions and how you plan to overcome them in the future - 1/2p.
2.   Activities:
  • Socratic Seminar continuing rounds - 1/2 of the class
  • Writing workshop - 1/2 of the class
HW = Narrative Due Friday 11/07/14 by 3:00 p.m. - Hard copy and shared online w/ nlong@kkhs.k12.hi.us

3.  Target Practice:  tba - get ready for an audible
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Q2 - Week3

Day 1
Monday 10/27/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 10/28/14 (p7)
Essential Question:  What can we learn about culture from literature?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #6 - describe what you already know about any cultures in the Middle East - need to fill more space. . . what intrigues you about the Middle East? - 1/2p.
2.   Activities:
  • Begin 2.8 on pp. 111-119 
    • read the Learning Targets
    • complete the During Reading chart
    • write your answers to the questions that appear in the My Notes sections
    • complete the After Reading question #3
    • complete the Writing Prompt - this is homework you can do WITHOUT the book if you do not finish in class - write the directions down to take with you - books stay here!
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List 2-4 new ideas you know or still want to know about cultures in the Middle East.

 Day 2
Tuesday 10/28/14 (p3) & Wednesday 10/29/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How are poetic writing techniques similar to narrative writing techniques?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #7 -   Write 2 haiku poems (syllables  5/7/5) about your 2 favorite memories - 1 poem per memory = 2 poems total - 10 minutes.
2.   Activities:
  • Begin 2.9 on pp. 120- 123
    • read the Learning Targets, Before Reading and During Reading directions
    • begin the TP-CASTT graphic Organizer with a prediction about the poem based on the title
    • read the poem "Woman with Kite" and write your answers to the questions that appear in the My Notes sections
    • complete the TP-CASTT for that poem
    • repeat the process for the the poem "Grape Sherbet" 
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List 2-4 writing techniques you encountered in the poems.
Day 3
Thursday 10/30/14 (p3) & Friday 10/31/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  Why would a writer shift their persona (personality) in their writing?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #8 -  using 140 characters (same as Twitter), write your friends an invitation to the best party ever.  Now write that same invitation to your great grandparents. (approx. 140 characters in the journal prompt so far) - what changes and why? - 1/2 p.
2.   Activities:
  • review allusions, persona, conflict, diction, syntax
  • begin 2.10 on pp. 124-127
  • read the Learning Targets, Before Reading and During Reading directions
  • read the excerpt from the memoir The Hunger of Memory
  • prepare for our graded Socratic Seminar discussion 
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now. List 2-4 reasons why a writer would shift their persona.
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Q2 - Week 2

Day 1
Monday 10/20/14(p3) - Thursday Schd. --- Tuesday 10/21/14(p4, p7) - Friday Schd.
Essential Question:  How does dialogue impact a story?
1.  Do Now:  Journal # 4:  Respond with +/-/? to the video "Kaffir Culture" - 1/2 page
2.   Activities:
  • Reminder: no food, drinks, or electronic devices
  • 2.4 Kaffir Boy pp. 98-102, read, annotate (see a sample), and do questions 3 & 4
  • Review Topics/Themes of the two pieces we have read this quarter
  • Journal Check via Peer Review; Book Check via Teacher Review
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List 3-5 ways that dialogue impacts a story. 
    
Day 2
Wed. 10/22/14(p4, p7) - Friday Schd. --- Thu. 10/23/14(p3) - Thursday Schd.
Essential Question:  How does sentence variety affect narrative pacing?
1.  Do Now:  Journal # 5:  Using indirect and direct (w/tags) dialogue, write a real or imagined conversation that takes place in a high school cafeteria - try to include a cultural issue as the topic - 1/2 page
2.   Activities:
  • Types of Sentences and Syntax
  • 2.5 "Pick One" pp. 103-104
  • 2.6 "If You are What You Eat, Then What Am I?" pp. 106-110
3.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.   Use 3-5 different types of sentences to explain how sentence variety impacts pacing.










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Q2 - Week 1

Day 1
Monday 10/13/14 (p3, p4) & Tuesday 10/14/14 (p7)

Essential Question:  What skills are necessary to successfully navigate Q2?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #1 - Describe all the cultures you saw or experienced over the break (food/regional/political/artistic/musical/technological/etc. related)  - 1/2 page
3.   Activities:
  • What's new in I-101
    • tardy bell, food/drink, journal procedures, target practice procedures,weekly journal w/ target practice and book check via partner 
  • Independent Reading Required this quarter
    • clear and bring to class - Day 3 this week - ask how to earn enrichment
  • Intro to Q2 EA1 and Q2 EA2 + Begin Vocabulary Foldables or Flashcards or Tents: anaphora, memoir, narrative, narrative pacing, point of view, sequence of events, dialogue, dialogue tags, sensory details (aka sensory language or sensory images), irony
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List 5-8 skills necessary to be successful in Q2.
     


Day 2
Tuesday 10/14/14 (p3) & Wednesday 10/15/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How and why do we analyze narrative techniques?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #2 - 1/2 page response to the video, "Boarders Without Borders"
3.   Activities:
  • 2.3 "Funny in Farsi" on pp. 94-97; do notes and #3 in the book
  • Watch "Kaffir Culture" video, begin 2.4 Kaffir Boy pp. 98-102
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List 5-8 narrative techniques you could use in your upcoming narrative.



Day 3
Thursday 10/16/14 (p3) &  Friday 10/17/14 (p4, p7)
Essential Question:  How and why do we analyze narrative techniques?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #3 - you will have time to finish after eValuate - Which narrative techniques do you anticipate finding in the eValuate texts and why? 1/2 page
3.   Activities:
  • Hold up your Independent Reading Books 
  • eValuate
  • Finish your Journal if you haven't
  • Finish your vocabulary flashcards/foldables/tents if you haven't
  • Complete the vocabulary handout and turn it in
  • 2.4 Kaffir Boy pp. 98-102, read, annotate and do questions 3 & 4
  • If we have time:  journal w/ target practice  - after you do your Target Practice
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List any narrative techniques encountered in the eValuate test.
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Week 9

Day 1
Monday 09/29/14 (p3) - Thursday Schedule
 Tuesday 09/23/14 (p4, p7) - Friday Schedule

Essential Question:  To what extent does one's culture inform they way one view's others and the world?
1.  Do Now:  Journal #20 -  How did your understanding of our Essential Question change throughout this quarter? 
3.   Activities:
  • Evaluate - 40 min. total 
  • One Team Member to go to Library to print your double-spaced, Times New Roman, 11 point type sized document - Much Mahalo if this has been done already!
  • Each Team Member fills out 1 rubric for each Team Member - color code - ex. below
    • My own grade - "An Indian Father's Plea" & Hook
    • Herendeen's grade - "My Mother Pieced Quilts" & Claim
    • Mr. Deforest's grade - "Where World's Collide" & Counterclaim
    • Mr. Matt's grade - "Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States" & Conclusion
  • Journal, planner, book check while all of the above is happening
  • A version of Sherman Alexie's, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
  • Enrichment Reminder:  
    • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due this week
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statement and rank yourself:
     I rocked my part of the EA2.  4/3/2/1
Day 2
Wednesday 10/01/14 (p4, p7) - Friday Schedule
Thursday 10/02/14 (p3) - Thursday Schedule

Essential Question:  How important is it to understand the Essential Questions when successfully completing the assignments for the quarter? 
1.  Do Now:  Journal #21 - How seriously will you take the EQ's next quarter?
3.   Activities:
  • Turn in your optional Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment 
  • Continue with Sherman Alexie - turn in your group's answers to the provided questions
4.  Target Practice: skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statement and rank your understanding:
     I see how important the Essential Questions are.  4/3/2/1

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Week 8

Day 1
Monday 09/22/14 (p3, p4) and Tuesday 09/23/14 (p7)

Essential Question:  How do I write arguments to support claims?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #17 - brainstorm/prewrite your ideas about your section of the group essay
3.   Activities:
  • To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views the world and others - visually
  • Activity 1.12 "Everyday Use" on pp. 58-66 
  • Review responsibilities for EA2
    • Who is responsible for which element of the argument:  Hook, Claim, Support/Evidence - all members must contribute to this section,  Counterclaim with concession and refutation, Conclusion
    • Each person will be responsible for analyzing a different text to support the group's claim
      • Complete the graphic organizer on page 83 for your text
    • Use a graphic organizer (samples will be provided) to outline/organize your group's argument
  • EA2 - Writing Workshop
  • Enrichment Reminder:  
    • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due by Week 9
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your understanding:
     I can plan for my sections of EA2.  4/3/2/1


Day 2
Tuesday 09/23/14 (p3) and Wednesday 09/24/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Question:  How do I develop claims and counterclaims, supplying evidence from each to point out which is stronger?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #18 - writer's choice
3.   Activities:
  • List what you need to do today
  • Google Drive shared document, headings, and parenthetical documentation, counterclaim key words 
  • EA2 - Writing Workshop
4.  Target Practice: skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your level of engagement:
     I am contributing to my group's collaborative EA2.  4/3/2/1

Day 3
Thursday 09/25/14 (p3) and Friday 09/26/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Questions:  How do I develop and strengthen writing by editing and revising?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #19 - why do you think you have been asked to write this essay with a group of peers?
3.   Activity:
  • Submitting your Google Drive Document online, Rubric Directions
  • EA2 - Editing and Revision Workshop
  • EA2 - Synthesis Essay DUE by 3:00 p.m. in BOTH hardcopy and submitted online via EnglishwithHongo.blogspot.com
4.  Target Practice:   skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your understanding:
     I am satisfied with my group's collaborative EA2.  4/3/2/1
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EA2 - Steps for the Collaborative Synthesis Paper

1.   Get into your assigned groups
2.   Write your group members names on the provided card
3.   Decide what your group's stance will be and write it on the card.  Here are three possibilities, but there are others that you might discover:
         - Culture completely/consistently informs the way one views the world and others.
         - Culture partially/sometimes informs the way one views the world and others.
         - Culture inadequately/almost never informs the way one views the world and others.
4.   Decide who will be responsible for which element of the argument and write it on the card:
          - Hook
          - Claim
          - Support/Evidence - all members must contribute to this section
          - Counterclaim with concession and refutation
          - Conclusion
5.   Decide which text each person will be responsible for analyzing to support the group's claim and write it on the card.
6.   Complete the graphic organizer on page 83 - each person is responsible for a different text
7.   Use a graphic organizer (samples will be provided) to outline/organize your group's argument
8.   Write your group's argument on a shared kkhs Google Drive document - each person will be responsible for their own section
9.   Peer edit another group member's section of the argument
10. Revise and submit your group's argument - follow the upcoming directions on the blog 
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Week 7

Day 1
Monday 09/15/14 (p3, p4) and Tuesday 09/16/14 (p7)

Essential Question:  Why do I cite evidence from my sources to support my ideas?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #14 - Why do you think it is important to cite or use evidence from a text to explain your ideas about that text? (remember that questions are fair game)
3.   Activities:
  • eValuate debrief
  • Activity 1.11 "My Mother Pieced Quilts" on pp. 54-55 - SIFT
  • IF THERE IS TIME:  Activity 1.12 on pp. 58-66
  • Enrichment Reminder:  
    • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due by Week 9
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your understanding:
     I can SIFT a poem.  4/3/2/1
Day 2
Tuesday 09/17/14 (p3) and Wednesday 09/18/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Question:  How do I select the best possible evidence from a text to explain the author's message?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #15 - How do you select the best possible evidence from a text to explain the author's message?
3.   Activities:
  •  Activity 1.12 "Everyday Use" on pp. 58-66
4.  Target Practice: skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your level of engagement:
     I can select the best possible evidence from a text to explain the author's message.  4/3/2/1

Day 3
Thursday 09/18/14 (p3) and Friday 09/19/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Questions:  How do I analyze the structure of an argument?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #16 - why do you think argumentation (with cited evidence) is important in everyday life?
3.   Activity:
  • Activity 1.14 "An Indian Father's Plea" pp. 74-81
    • p. 80 graphic organizer
  • Groups for EA2 - Synthesis Essay
4.  Target Practice:   skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List the elements of an argument?
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Week 6

Day 1
Monday 09/08/14 (p3, p4) and Tuesday 09/09/14 (p7)

 Essential Question:  How does an author unfold an idea?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #11 - How did Pico Iyer's essay unfold the idea that the newcomers are surrounded by a "cacophony" of sounds, "civilian restrictions" and "opportunities?" (reminder:  if you don't know even after looking at the book, you can write about your questions about this prompt)
3.   Activities:
  •  Review HOW Iyer's essay unfolds (p3 needs stance)
    • Teams:  allusion, juxtaposition, sound imagery, visual imagery, complex syntax, details
  • Persuasive writing prompt - TAG - p. 52
  • Enrichment Reminders:  
    • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due by Week 9
    • Parent and student Edline accounts set up by 4:00 p.m. on Friday 09/12/14
4.  Target Practice:  skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your understanding:
     I can begin to unfold how an idea develops in text.  4/3/2/1
     I can use a TAG to introduce the title, author, and genre of a text.  4/3/2/1

 Day 2
Tuesday 09/09/14 (p3) and Wednesday 09/10/14 (p4, p7)

 Essential Question:  How can I use reading/test taking strategies in eValuate Testing?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #12 - Describe all the reading strategies and test taking strategies you know.
3.   Activities:

  • That's creepy - head's up
  • eValuate Testing for reading
  • Do Activity 1.11 after testing: 
    • read p. 53 and do questions 1 -2
    • read the poem "My Mother Pieced Quilts" on pp. 54-55
    • do question 3 on p. 56

4.  Target Practice: skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  Write the following statements and rank your level of engagement:
     I can I can use reading/test taking strategies to successfully complete eValuate Testing.  4/3/2/1

 Day 3
Thursday 09/04/14 (p3) and Friday 09/05/14 (p4, p7)

 Essential Questions:  How do I analyze poetry and fiction to determine specific stylistic and literary elements?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #13 - 
3.   Activity:
  • Continue Activity 1.11 - review p56 on p. 57
  • Begin Activity 1.12 on p. 58
  • Begin your drawn/collage/computer generated Cultural Quilt - due ______________________
4.  Target Practice:   skip 2 lines below your Do Now.  List as many of the stylistic and literary elements you remember from this week's reading selections
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Week 5

Unit 1b:  
How do cultural experiences shape, impact, or influence our identity and perceptions?
To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views others and the world?
How do we synthesize multiple sources of information into a cohesive argument?

Day 1
Tuesday 09/02/14 (p3) and Wednesday 09/03/14 (p4, p7)

 KKHS/Edline problem solving while 1, 2, and maybe 3 are happening 

Essential Question:  What skills will be necessary to successfully complete EA2?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #7 - Which aspects of your cultural identity were you already aware of before you began the previous unit, and which did you discover through your study?
3.   Activities:
  • Vocabulary
    • p. 2 Academic Vocabulary
    • words to add - coherence, evidence, parenthetical citation
    • create 10 word tents (5 pieces of paper x 2 word tents per page = 10)
    • use the glossary to write the word and its definition on the word tent
  •  Activity 1.9 
    • Read pp. 47-49
    • Answer questions 1 & 2 on p. 47
    • Make a list of Words We Will Need to Know in the Notes section on p. 48
    • Make a list of the Skills We Will Need to Be Able to Do in the Notes section on p. 49
    • Answer Prompt 1 on p. 49 (sub./speak/type/task/hint) 
  • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due by Week 9
  • Parent and student Edline accounts set up by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday 09/10/14 - Enrichment
4.  Target Practice:  Under your journal #7 indicate which of the skills necessary to successfully complete EA2 are clear and which are unclear

Day 2
Thursday 09/04/14 (p3) and Friday 09/05/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Questions:  
How does an author unfold a series of ideas?
How does an author develop a claim?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #8 - Describe a travel experience - whether it was a trip to town or a foreign country
3.   Activity:
  • Activity 1.10 on pp. 50-52


4.  Target Practice:  under Journal #8 complete the Persuasive Writing Prompt on p. 52 (hw if you don't finish in class - this one will be read vs. skimmed)
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