8 th ELA Week of November 1721 2014 Quick Write Would you rather be a rich and famous movie star or a great doctor who saves a lot of people but is not wealthy or wellknown Claimrestate and answer the prompt ID: 768174
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8th ELA Week of November 17-21, 2014
Quick Write Would you rather be a rich and famous movie star or a great doctor who saves a lot of people but is not wealthy or well-known? Claim-restate and answer the prompt Prove-give reasons for your claim Explain-explain your reasons in depth Be sure to include a conclusion that refers back to the prompt.
Announcements Do The Write Thing rough draft due now Do The Write Thing final draft due next Monday Due Date Changes: We’ll review vocabulary units 1-3 this week; test will be next Monday/Tuesday Free choice Cornel notes will be done in class on Thurs/Fri after the Snapshot Free choice project due Monday/Tuesday next week
Reading Logs Weekly grade instead of every 3 weeks to avoid confusion Due every Friday by 4 at turnitin.com
Turnitin.com Reading Logs due every Friday by 4 5 points will be taken off if assignment is emailed instead of Turnitin.com Reasons Emails are more time consuming for the teacher College professors expect work turned in on time in the manner they request
Turnitin.com Codes (also on website under “resources”) Class Period Code Password 2 nd ELA 8908769 YWCPA2 3 rd ELA 8908729 YWCPA3 7 th ELA 8908740 YWCPA7 8 th ELA 8908755 YWCPA8
Housekeeping Take projects home today. Any projects left will be thrown away on Friday after school. Stop writing on the desks. I will check at the end of each class. If you deface school property, you will clean all the desks.
Do The Write Thing Peer Review Select Team Facilitator to lead the feedback process Assignment: Table groups: Round Robin read-aloud Questions Warm/Cool Feedback I like…. I’m wondering…Have you considered….
CommonplaceAssertion What’s the difference between a commonplace assertion, opinion, fact
Commonplace Assertion A commonplace assertion is something that people might accept as true, but is not. It is not a proven fact, just something that many people have accepted as fact. Think of old-wives tales, not always true although widely accepted over facts Commonplace assertions use general words: most, everyone, never, always. http://prezi.com/n81ca6amyu-0/? utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share http ://www.acschools.org/cms/lib07/PA01916405/Centricity/Domain/400/Great%20White%20Sharks.pdf
Word Map Commonplace assertion
STAAR Practice: Persuasion What is the author’s stance; what techniques do they use; what is the effect/impact of those techniques
Quickwrite If for one day you could do absolutely anything you wanted and not get caught or punished, what would you do? Claim-restate and answer the prompt Prove-give reasons for your claim Explain-explain your reasons in depth Be sure to include a conclusion that refers back to the prompt.