October 10, 2016 - October 14, 2016 9th Grade English Agenda; Animal Intelligence Research Paper

Monday, October 10th: 

Remember: your AR reading log and test will be due in a week, October 17th. 

Watched video about orangutan and face recognition 

Read article about animal consciousness 

Discussion 

Begin work on the thesis statement 

Tuesday, October 11th: 

Open your books to page 27, “Can Animals Think”

Please take out the paper from yesterday, “How Do Animals Think?” 
Thesis Statement sample: 

If animals are smarter than human have given them credit for, or some animals are as smart or even smarter than humans - whales, dolphins, and elephants – then we should rethink our right to hunt animals, and/or our right to eat other animals.

The research paper is due on Tuesday, October 17^th.

The research paper should be three pages long.

Outline for the Essay:

First Paragraph:

Grabber paragraph should be interesting enough to grab the reader’s attention.

The first paragraph should let the reader know what the research is about and the writer’s position on the topic.

The first paragraph should include the thesis statement.

The thesis statement is a sentence that tells the reader what the essay is about and your position or opinion is about the topic.

Body paragraphs:

Mini-topic sentence

Develop the topic

You develop the topic by:

1.     Stating  the situation

2.     Explaining the situation

3.     Describing the situation

4.     Giving examples

5.     Citing experts

6.     Then you conclude the paragraph by a transitional sentence which will lead you to the next paragraph.

You cite by writing this:

According to Eugene Linden, in the article, “Can Animals Think?”, then write quotation, and then explain it.

Wednesday,  October 12th:

No School today!

Thursday, October 13th:

Get out a sheet of paper and a pen and please write this down:

For today:

Please write down your thesis statement for your research paper.

Some possible topics might be:

1. Animals can think; therefore, we should not hunt animals for sport.

2. Animals are much smarter than we give them credit for; therefore, we should not eat animals.

3. Because animals can think and feel, perhaps more than we realize, we should treat animals better, particularly those animals we use for food.

4. Humans are much smarter than animals, and it has not been shown that most animals are capable of higher level thinking; therefore, humans should feel free to hunt and eat animals.

5. Because we live in the same ecological environment as animals, it is important that we treat animals in a humane manner.

Humane: in a compassionate manner; not cruel.

On a separate sheet of paper, write the thesis statement.

Then write the first quotation, with its source. (Citing or citation is writing who and where you got the quotation.)

Then explain or put in your own words (paraphrase) what the quotation is about. 

Second Step:

Look in “Can Animals Think?” in your text book, or look at the notes you took from the video, or from the article, “Animal Consciousness”and find three pieces of evidence to support your thesis statement.

Friday, October 14th:

By 11:05 students must have their:

Thesis statement

Two quotations

For homework over the weekend:

Find an additional quotation

Paraphrase, or explain, or expand the three quotations

Remember: your AR reading log and test will be due on Monday, October 17th. 

By Monday, you should:

Write your introductory paragraph

Write your body paragraph

Write your concluding paragraph