Assignments

Week of December 12: Bring your chromebooks to class ALL week!

Monday: Be ready to share the four Jim Crow stories that you read from the PBS website. This link was sent to you in an earlier e-mail.

Tuesday: Be ready to write a thesis statement for your argument paper. That means you need to come to class with a topic you feel strongly about and that is arguable.

Wednesday: Be ready to use the following vocabulary words in sentences: abomination, contraband, despicable, degrading, unconstitutional, specious.

Thursday: Collect evidence for your essay

Friday: Create an outline for your essay

Rough draft of your essay is due January 2nd.

Happy Holidays!

Week of November 28: Bring your chromebooks ALL week!

Tuesday: Finish PPT presentations, all typed synthesis essays over due, SBA Interim Block Test

Wednesday: In-class Writing Assessment: Rhetorical precis The Shallows Chapter 9

Thursday: In-class assessment: Credibility and Relevance of Sources

Friday: Editing Review: Semi-colons, colons, hyphens, parallel structure