Transcript Finding Common Ground

Weeks 2-3
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Get out a writing utensil and your composition notebook
(interactive notebook).
Place your I and your TVP on your desk
Follow instructions step-by-step, please do not work ahead
◦ TOC
◦ Pages 1-12
◦ Bellringer Section
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Complete First Bellringer – Mugshot Mondays
Bellringer W1D1: Page 1 at the back of ISN
Bellringer W1D1: Page 1 at the back of ISN
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Please get out a sheet of loose leaf paper and
Flip to your bellringer section in your ISN
Date your ISN 8/26 T
Take notes on the loose leaf, and complete
the task in your ISN
Watch the video, then complete the LTT
requirement
http://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/lit
-term-1/9018496/?s=2JXYIT&ref=link
Take Cornell Notes in the NOTES section of
your binder.
Bellringer W1D2: Write one theme
from Harry Potter OR
Bellringer W1D2: Write
one theme from Shrek
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Please complete the survey you’ve been given
When you are finished, please read a book or
complete any work that remains incomplete
in your Interactive Notebook (ISN)
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ISN: page 11
Reflect on your Two Voice Poem
1. How do you feel about this piece of work?
2. What parts of it do you particularly like? Why?
3. What was especially satisfying to you about either
the process or the finished product?
4. What did you learn about yourself as you worked on
this project?
5. If you were the teacher, how would you grade this
work and what grade would you give it?
6. As you look at this piece, what is one thing you’d
like to improve upon?
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ISN: bellringer section
Date today’s bellringer 8/27 W
Choose ONE word and fill in the required information
sycophant (noun)
Definition:
Synonym:
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pernicious (adj.)
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non sequitur (noun)
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ubiquitous (adj.)
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diatribe (noun)
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Text: page 2
 ISN: page 12
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Title the page QC Academic Vocab. pg. 2
Write each academic vocabulary term,
Write the definition in your own words,
Write the related forms and
create one complete, grammatically correct
sentence correctly using each word.
HOMEWORK:
◦ Read Pages 3-6 in the text
◦ Complete SAT Vocabulary in VOCAB section of your binder
◦ Complete QC Academic Vocabulary if not completed
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HOMEWORK:
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Academic Vocabulary (Text: pg 2.) – ISN pg. 12
SAT Vocabulary – Vocabulary Section of Binder
Read – “A Quilt of a Country” pages 3-6 in text
Come to class on Friday prepared to
 Delineate and Evaluate an argument and to
 Analyze and Evaluate an author’s claim
◦ TVP Reflection – ISN pg. 11 – BY TUESDAY
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We will be in the media center for all of class Thursday.
HOMEWORK:
◦ ISN: pg. 12 Academic Vocabulary (Text: pg 2.)
◦ Binder: SAT Vocabulary – Vocabulary Section of Binder
◦ Text: pgs. 3-6 Read – “A Quilt of a Country”
◦ Come to class on Friday prepared to
 Delineate and Evaluate an argument and to
 Analyze and Evaluate an author’s claim
◦ ISN: TVP Reflection – ISN pg. 11 – BY TUESDAY
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ISN: Bellringer section
Date your bellringer 8/28 Th
Write one complete, descriptive sentence
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ISN: page 13
◦ Title the page Critical Vocab. P.9
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Text: Page 9
◦ Complete the Critical Vocabulary and the
Vocabulary Strategy
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When you are finished with your vocabulary
activity
◦ Begin reading “A Quilt of a Country” from pages 3-6
in your textbook
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ISN: Bellringer section
Date today’s
bellringer: 8/29 F
Describe the photo in
5-10 complete,
descriptive
sentences.
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Text: page 7
As a whole group we will discuss
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Argument
Delineation
Claim
Reason
Evidence
Counterargument
Evaluation of author’s claim
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ISN: page 14
Text: page 3
Title page 14: QC Delineate and Evaluate pg. 7
Number your notebook 1-8, skip lines
◦ These numbers represent the paragraphs in Quindlen’s
essay
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With a partner discuss each of the 8 paragraphs of
the essay
Next to each number write either:
◦ Claim: What is Quindlen’s claim?
◦ Support: Give textual evidence
◦ Counterargument: Give textual evidence
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Claim: What is the claim made by Quindlen?
Counter: Provide textual evidence
Counter: Provide textual evidence
Support: Provide textual evidence
Support: Provide textual evidence
Support: Provide textual evidence
Support: Provide textual evidence
Support: Provide textual evidence
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Pages 11-15 of the interactive notebook should be
complete
◦ ISN: page 11 TVP Reflection
 Handout or see previous slides
◦ ISN: page 12 Academic Vocabulary
 TEXT: page 2
◦ ISN: page 13 Critical Vocabulary
 TEXT: page 9 (all 8 questions)
◦ ISN: page 14 Delineate and Evaluate
 TEXT: pages 3-6, 7 (instructions on previous slides)
◦ ISN: page 15 Performance Task – 3 paragraph essay
 TEXT: page 8