English Journals

Big Idea: What is the relationship between an individual and their community?

Learning Target: 

Reading: You will read your choice book for 10 minutes. You need to be finished with the book by Dec. 10th. Think of a food that you could bring to represent an aspect of your book.




Agenda:

1. Thoreau Rhetorical Analysis paragraph
1. First, Thoreau...in order to... Thoreau writes "...." (#)
2. The next sentence should explain what he wants the audience to understand.
3. The final sentence should explain what he wants the audience to do. How does his rhetorical choice move the audience?
2. Time to grade your English Journals. Today make sure:
1. You have all English Journals completed. Is the newest at the top? Are all of them complete? If you want an A, did you go above and beyond what was required? Fix all grammar and spelling mistakes.
2. Look at the rubric. What grade do you think you deserve based on your effort and the quality of your writing?
3. Your annotations for the Thoreau article will half of your final exam grade. These should be your best annotations all year.
1. Left side notes should be what is in the text.
2. Right side notes should take us through the text or out of the text.

Homework:

1. Did you start your new vocabulary list SAT Words "T" part 2?