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This is our agenda for 4/12-4/13-all work due by Monday.
Practice No Red Ink-Quiz Monday on Commonly Confused Words II and III
Write 5 compound sentences using the vocabulary from chapters 3-5. Use a variety of fanboys.
Answer 1-7 on the study guide in complete sentences with supporting details. Do not begin with a pronoun.
Type your descriptive writing pretending to be Gretel on a Google doc with the proper heading. Share it with [email protected]
Due Date: March 22/23
Requirements |
Points Possible |
Your Points |
Book and Prop related to the novel. |
10 points |
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Hook: thought provoking question |
10 points |
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Memorized, exciting introduction into the plot of the book. Do not tell the ending. To find out more, read…. 45 seconds max. |
20 points |
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Listening to others |
10 points |
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Grade |
50 points total |
Examples
The Messenger Example
Final draft of your research paper due today. Please bring a printed version of this essay with the works cited page attached. See Attachment.
Explain how Emmett Till’s murder is considered to be the spark that began the
civil rights movement? Use three sources to answer this question.
Source One: Eyes on the Prize
Source Two: See attachment
Source Three: Parham's Book Review where Bryant says 50 years later that she lied.
Optional: Source 4 Smithsonian tell of 50,000 attendance at the funeral of Emmett Till
Works Cited
Huie, William. “The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi.” Emmett Till Murder, 5 Feb. 2018, www.emmetttillmurder.com/the-shocking-story-of-approved-killing-in-mississippi.
Parham, Jason. “Emmett Tills Murder: What Really Happened That Day in the Store?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 27 Jan. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/books/review/blood-of-emmett-till-timothy-b-tyson.html.
Vecchione, Judith, director. Eyes on the prize. Blackside Inc., 1986.
Click the link below for explanations of the allusions in the novel.
Link to novelL: Click below.
http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Mockingbird/01/default.html
PTSA reflection contestWrite the beginning or ending of a story that conveys fear, dread, or a dark humor. One idea is to extend the end of “The Landlady” detailing Billy’s fate. Another suggestion is to connect it to the PTSA Reflection contest theme “In Reach”. What is within reach? An old man with a vulture eye? On 10/31 and 11/1, you will read part of your story out loud to the class.
W 8.3 Narrative Formative
Criteria |
Meets Criteria |
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-Dialogue is present to develop experiences, characters, or events. |
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Engages the reader by introducing the narrator or characters by establishing a point of view. |
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-There is at least 3-5 paragraphs. |
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-Sensory language is used to show and not tell. Include precise descriptive details to capture the action. |
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-Spelling, punctuation, grammar, and mechanics are acceptable. |
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Power of Habit Video
You will need to watch this video multiple times.
Prompt: Your friend needs to break a destructive habit. Write a summary of of the Power of Habit video by Charles Duhigg. Be sure to discuss the following:
How do habit’s work or function?
What is a cue? What may trigger a cue?
What is a routine?
What is a reward?
How can one break the habit loop?
Example of how to begin your summary:
Start a google doc. Name it your full name Power of Habit. Begin with the MLA format.
Hook: Make sure you have a hook such as a rhetorical question, shocking statement, statistic, anecdote/story, or a quote.
Bridge/Link/Transition to thesis. This is where you elaborate.
Thesis: Then your will need a bridge and your thesis. Your thesis must include the author’s name, title, genre and claim.
Example of MLA format
Joe Student
Ms. Verge
ELA 8 Pd. 1
12 September 2017
How to Break a Habit
Do you have a habit you want to stop? If so, read this summary that explains how habits work. In the video The Power of Habit the author Charles Duhigg discusses how to stop a habit by explaining the habit loop. First, a habit starts with