09/18-19/19 — Block
Post date: Sep 20, 2019 10:58:41 AM
Unit 2 Skill Focus
3.A: Reading – Identify and explain claims and evidence within an argument
3.B: Reading – Identify and describe the overarching thesis of an argument, and any indication it provides of the argument’s structure.
4.A: Writing – Develop a paragraph that includes a claim and evidence supporting the claim.
4.B: Writing – Write a thesis statement that requires proof or defense and that may preview the structure of the argument.
Unit 2 Essential Knowledge
CLE-1.F: Writers use evidence strategically and purposefully to illustrate, clarify, set a mood, exemplify, associate, or amplify a point.
CLE-1.G: Strategically selected evidence strengthens the validity and reasoning of the argument, relates to an audience’s emotions and values, and increases a writer’s credibility.
CLE-1.H: An effective argument contains sufficient evidence; evidence is sufficient when its quantity and quality provide apt support for the argument.
CLE-1.I: A thesis is the main, overarching claim a writer is seeking to defend or prove by using reasoning supported by evidence.
CLE-1.J: A writer’s thesis is not necessarily a single sentence or an explicit statement and may require a thorough reading of the text to identify, but when a thesis is directly expressed, it is called a thesis statement.
Homework:
1. Bring in Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Outcome Objective:
1. Complete No Red Ink pre-assessment, read Joan Didion's essay "On Morality," and complete vocabulary squares for unknown words that are found in the essay.
First Thing:
1. Get a Chromebook and turn in your notes from yesterday's discussion.
2. Sign up for an begin taking the grammar assessment on Noredink.com
Agenda:
1. Complete the No Red Ink assessment
2. Create a copy and read Joan Didion's essay "On Morality," and while you are doing so, highlight words of which you don't know the meaning.
3. Create a copy of AP New Vocabulary List and use it to create memory aids for the words you don't know. Copy additional chart boxes as you need them.