Monday 9/21
- S.S.W.
- 2 stars and a wish
- letters about areas of confidence and areas for improvement in our writing (goes in to grade book for a 1x In-Class Work score)
- SAT QotD handed out
- Activity 1.5 with guided support
Homework:
- do the activity related to defining an American on p. 27 (part of Activity 1.6)
- answer the SAT QotD - look at the answers and right a reflection on it (I now see that the answer is _____ because ______)
- ?start studying first 25 vocab terms, if you want to work ahead - test will not be until next week: you have four options for it.
- Quizlet for the first 25 is here: first 25
NOTE: for those of you who are confused or frustrated by the scoring for your writing prompts, please see the following (I've also linked these at the very top of this Lesson Plans and Assignments page for easy referencing).
Please look here for scoring information on annotations and writing prompts: non-rubric scoring guide
Please look here for specific support for each writing prompt: resources, by unit, and by activity
Wednesday 9/23
- SAT QotD
- finishing 1.5 and beginning the writing prompt on p. 24. We'll be using this prompt as a way of being sure we know how to use MLA format for ICEing excerpts and creating bibliographies
Friday, 9/25
- library orientation
- making sure EasyBib accounts are set up
- receiving a list of vocab to study - there will be a broken up set of Quizlets here, soon, so you can study the first 25 and then the last 25
Homework:
- read and do light annotation on Activity 1.7
- read and do medium annotation on yet another marvelous Langston Hughes poem: Let America Be America Again
- begin studying this vocabulary: you'll only be responsible for the first 25 on the sheet that I give you while we're at the library