Wednesday, October 24, 2007

October 22nd - October 26th
Weekly
schedule
for
9th Grade English


Monday, October 22nd:

Work on your persuasive letter.


Tuesday, October 23rd:

Your persuasive letter and your Reader/Writer Composition books are due today.

We will begin working on our District Persuasive Assessment. We will read some articles, letters and opinions on the best age for teen driving and then answer some questions.


Wednesday, October 24th:

We will continue working on our assessment. Today we will work on our Short Constructed Response by writing up a good thesis statement and finding two strong pieces of evidence to support the thesis statement.


Thursday, October 25th:

We will then write an analysis on why the evidence supports our thesis, and then begin work on the Short Constructed Response.

We will analyze a letter and break the letter down into its component parts: thesis statement, anecdote, supporting evidence, counter claim and rebuttal.


Friday, October 26th:

Today we will begin working on the draft of our persuasive essay.