Plans for February 20 - 24

Post date: Feb 17, 2017 9:16:19 PM

Monday, February 20

• Article of the Week #11: "Shameless Plugs?"

• Research Quiz (15 questions)

• Media Messages

  • Pre-AP: "The Room" short story by Ray Russell

  • 2nd and 3rd: Fake News

• Grammar: Subordinating and Correlative Conjunctions

Tuesday, February 21

• Media: Comparing advertisements

• Reading Paired Nonfiction:

  • "The History of Yum"

  • "The Making of a Candy Hit"

  • Clip from ET (Product Placement)

Wednesday, February 22

• Everyday Edit - Sir Isaac Newton

• Review Research Quiz

• Reading: "Welcome to the Future"

  • Make predictions

  • Draw conclusions and make inferences

Thursday, February 23

• Poem: "What is yet to be is but a guess..."

• Reading: Primary and Secondary Sources

• Research: Review quotations/paraphrasing

• Grammar: Conjunctions/Combining Sentences

• Homework: Finish AoW #11 questions/response

Friday, February 24

• AoW #11 discussion/debate

• Writing - Review Prewriting/Organizing Strategies

  • Questions to narrow topic

  • Essay #7 prompt

• Grammar - Review conjunctions, joining sentences, verb tense

• Homework: Finish prewriting/organizing for Essay #7