Making claims about Mcbride article

Big Idea: How do I make an effective claim?

Learning Target: Identify a claim made by an author and the line of reasoning and evidence underlying this claim.


Reading: Today you will read your fiction book.

Agenda:

1. I will grade your vocabulary today.
2. Fill out the Reading Progress form under class links.
3. Read the Mark Twain essay and annotate it by Thursday. We will have our discussion of the text on Thursday.
4. Getting ready for our first progress check
1. Take out a piece of paper.
2. Identify a claim made by McBride and explain the reasoning underlying this claim.
3. List at least two pieces of supporting evidence from the passage and briefly explain how they support the claim you have identified in (1).
5. English Journal: Rhetorical Analysis McBride

Homework:

1. Start the SAT W,X,Y,Z review list. It is due next Monday.