Weekly 12/10-12/14

Weekly Agenda 12/10-12/14

DUE DATE/TEST REMINDERS:

• Final Drafts and Works Cited pages are due on Friday AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS. It should be TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED, 12pt TIMES NEW ROMAN.
• There will be a quick quiz on the King speech (rhetorical devices/persuasive techniques, and vocab) on Wednesday. STUDY!!!
• HONORS: Vocab unit 3 is due on Friday. Test on Units 1-3 next Tuesday.
• PowerPoints are due on MONDAY (8-10 slides that contain your should statement, summarize your essay's main points, and include graphics). Please see this site for help preparing your presentation.

Monday: Today we will take Lexile (SRI) tests.

Tuesday: We will work on the ad analysis performance test and we will have conferencing about your first drafts.

Wednesday: Today we will take a short quiz on the King speech, rhetorical devices/persuasive techniques in the speech, and the vocabulary for King. We will finish first draft conferences. We will also review how to complete the Works Cited page.

Thursday: We will read a short biography piece on Rosa Parks and watch a brief video on Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be a sub today due to a workshop I'm presenting. BEHAVE!

Friday: Your FINAL DRAFTS and WORKS CITED PAGE are due at the BEGINNING OF CLASS. THESE ARE LATE AFTER TODAY!!! Your PowerPoint (8-10 slides of your should statement and summary of your essay) is due on Monday and we will have presentations next week. Email them to me through your gaggle.net email or bring it in on a flash drive/floppy disk.
Today's classwork will be viewing several short movie clips and analyzing the persuasive techniques used by the characters.
Honors: Your Unit 3 vocabulary pages 38-41 are due today. We will have a test on Units 1-3 on Tuesday.