Week 14
Week 14 November
11/27/2023-12/01/2023
Applicable Common Core College and Career Readiness Standards
Text Types and Purposes:
Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented.
Monday:
Start Entry Task
Study the following idioms. You will be tested on them this Friday.
Idiom - a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people.
Idioms Words of the Week -
Lose your touch - To lose a skill you once had.
Off the chain - Especially exciting or impressive.
To have sticky fingers - To steal.
Academic Vocabulary Words of the Week -
retell – to tell again or in another form
suggest – to offer for consideration: evoke
support –to uphold or defend as valid or right
Review the proper use of commas; see Comma Rules in Google Classroom - you will be quizzed and tested regularly.
Gold Group -Kylie, Yamilette, Brooklyn, and Brailyn.
Yellow Group - Lucas, Edelmiro, Domanik, Jake, Zoya, and Brycen.
Red Group - All others
All Groups -
Start Christmas-themed short story (See Google Classroom)
Outline, rough draft, and revision will be handwritten.
This assignment's final draft is due next Monday at the start of class. Your work will be published in the Dayton Chronicle, but any not making the deadline will not. Please be punctual. The outline and rough draft are due this Wednesday at the end of class.
Tuesday:
Start Entry Task
All Groups -
Continue your Christmas-themed short story (See Google Classroom)
Outline, rough draft, and revision will be handwritten.
Wednesday:
Start Entry Task
Do not forget to rewrite this week's idioms and academic words on your rewrite handout daily! Not beforehand.
All Groups -
Continue your Christmas-themed short story (See Google Classroom)
The essay outline and rough draft are due by the end of class today!
Thursday:
Start Entry Task
All Groups -
Continue your Christmas-themed short story (See Google Classroom)
Outline, rough draft, and revision will be handwritten.
Friday
Start Part 1 Entry Task
idioms/academic nouns and verbs/sentence type/ comma test
Continue your Christmas-themed short story (See Google Classroom)
Outline, rough draft, and revision will be handwritten.
If all the above is complete, SSR.