Monday, October 26, 2015

Monday 10-26-15

Today in class the rubric/rough draft/peer edit papers for LAL were turned in as the final draft was uploaded last night.

In class we completed and corrected Vocabulary Lesson 6 Synonyms and Antonyms

We discussed upcoming assignments all on CANVAS
Letters from Birmingham Jail ... due tomorrow...presentation BLOCK DAY
Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 5 (11-20) and 6 on Friday

MAUS/Diary/Lottery Test changed to BLOCK DAY 11-10 and 11-12

We discussed THESIS STATEMENTS and FOCUS STATEMENTS

Thesis: Roadmap for your paper, Author's opinion or stance, supported throughout paper with EVIDENCE (COW)
Focus: General statement about topic/no bias shown

BOTH at/neat start of an article/essay

Student Theiss Example:
Vladek is a courageous man because he ________, ___________, and ______.

No comments: