October 23, 2017 - October 27, 2017 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, October 23rd: 
Work on the Vocabulary Packet for The Cask of Amontillado 
 Read The Cask of Amontillado 
Reading log

Page 175 – The Cask of Amontillado

Milan updated us on the story.

The Narrator has told Fortunato that he has bought a cask of very expensive wine called Amontillado. It is during Mardi Gras, when that kind of wine is hard to come by. The Narrator HATES Fortunato!!!! Do we know why the Narrator hates Fortunato? No! The only thing we know is that the Narrator says that he has endured a thousand insults at the hand of Fortunato and he cannot bear it any longer. Is the Narrator reliable? No, he is a little crazy.

The Narrator wants revenge and the prediction is that someone is going to die!!!!

Why do you think the Narrator told Fortunato the story about the Amontillado?

What do we know about Fortunato?

He is a man to be respected.

He loves wine. He is a connoisseur of wine!

Who is Luchesi? He is the arch nemesis of Fortunato! They are rivals in their knowledge of wine!!!!

Finished reading the short story!

Go over tomorrow~

Tuesday, October 24th: 
The Cask of Amontillado vocabulary, grammar, and literary packet:
Went over the vocabulary:

Absconded: past participle of abscond which means to run away and hide.

Bianca: After Amy got into an argument with her mom, she absconded from the situation.

Alejanda: My friend had absconded from her family for two days.

Obstinate: Stubborn; to stand against

Alejandra: I am very obstinate when it comes to racism.

Jose: My ex-best friend said I was really obstinate which is why we are not best friends any  more.

Jose is very obstinate when it comes to eating in Ms. Bridges’ class.

Gesticulation: a motion having to do with the hands to add force to a speech.

Bianca: The director told Oliver to use more gesticulation when speaking as the character.

Julian: My dad uses a lot of gesticulation when he scolds me.

Melanie: The poet uses gesticulation to add meaning to the words.

Crypt: a burial chamber, usually under the floor of a church.
Diego read the definition of crypt.

Bianca: Florence went to jail for kidnapping a child and holding him hostage in a crypt.

Salamata: Last week my mom and I discovered a crypt under the church.

Trenton: I absconded from the crypt where he held me hostage.

Jestice: I buried my grandma in a crypt.

Circumscribing: to limit, to restrict the action of.

Bianca: I circumscribed my kids from playing too many video games because I am worried about their health.

Trenton: The police started to circumscribe the man’s movements as they arrested him.

Alejandra: My mother is circumscribing my activities every time I want to hang out with my friends outside of Highland Park.

Endeavored: tried or tried to do something.

Jestice – read the definition

Jasmine: My brother endeavored to do his homework.

Bianca: Billy endeavored very hard to raise money for the school; he raised $24, 000 more than he needed.

Lisbeth: All babies endeavor to walk when they learn how to stand.

Exercise 2: Writing Sentences in an Ornate Style:

Find the original sentences in the short story The Cask of Amontillado 
"I put up with Fortunato's many injuries, but I was determined to revenge myself when he dared to insult me. 

1.     The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.  Lizbeth – bonus points!
FFinally, we reached the bottom of the stairs. 

2.     We came at length to the foot of the descent and stood together on the damp ground of the catacombs. – Julian
"" I didn't want to frighten you, but you should be careful!"

3.     “True – true,” I replied; “and indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily – but you should use all proper caution.” – Lizbet
""A drink of this medoc will warm us up!"
"   “A draft of this medoc will defend us from the damps!”

Tomorrow finish the packet.
Act out the scenes from the story
Do a kahoot as a review! 

Wednesday, October 25th: 

You are going to turn in your packet when you take the test on The Cask of Amontillado!!!!

Please get out your packet and your book. Please turn to page 238 in the packet and finish #5 in Exercise 2:

 5. We could not see the back wall of the recess by the weak light of Fortunato’s torch.

Hint: pages 178

“It was in vain that Fortunato, uplifting his dull torch, endeavored to pry into the depths of the recess.

You are going to turn in your packet when you take the test on The Cask of Amontillado!!!!

Verbal Irony: when someone says something he or she doesn’t mean.

Milan and Julian demonstrate verbal irony. The difference between verbal irony and sarcasm is with sarcasm you want the person to know you are being snarky. With sarcasm the person wants the other person to feel silly or dumb or hurt. With verbal  irony you do not let the person know you don’t mean what you are saying.

Situational Irony: when a scene has an unexpected outcome. When the audience expects the scene or the play to turn out a certain way, but it turns out in a completely different way than the audience expected.

Dramatic Irony:

Melanie, Trenton, Bianca – when the audience and the other characters know something that another character doesn’t know.

Bianca gives an example of dramatic irony from a film entitled “Streets”. A girl is talking to a boy whose brother has just been shot. It turns out that she used to talk to the dead brother, but the boy doesn’t know that.

3. Dramatic irony:  Montresor means it when he says his family motto – No one attacks me without being attacked. However, Fortunato doesn’t realize he is about to be attacked!!!!

4. Verbal Irony: Montresor doesn’t care about Fortunato; in fact, he intends to kill him!!!!!  Montresor is pretending to care so that Fortunato won’t suspect his true motive – which is murder!!!!!

5. Verbal Irony: Montresor is saying things that would suggest he cares about Fortunato. But in fact, as he is saying to Fortunato, “Let me first render you all the little attentions in my power”,  Montresor is actually killing him!

Thursday, October 26th: 
Go over The Cask of Amontillado vocabulary, grammar, and literary packet:

Heightened Style:

Bianca, David, Jestice

Syntax is how words are put together to make a sentence.

Heightened Style uses unusual words, similes and metaphors, complicated syntax.

Heightened Style:

It was about dusk, one evening  during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend.

Plain style of the same sentence:

I met my friend just before nightfall during the carnival season.

Here are some features of  heightened style:

1.     Words of many syllables, poetic, or uncommon

2.     Allusions to historical or literary persons.

3.     A formal tone

4.     Figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors

Jestice, David, Bianca

At the end of the crypt, there was another crypt that was smaller.

Bianca, David:

Skeletons were laying against the wall to the vaulted ceiling, similar to the catacombs of Paris.

Bianca:

Three sides of the crypt were still “ornamented” in this fashion.

Alejandra:

Against the fourth wall, a huge pile of bones had fallen down, forming a huge mound of bones.

Diego, Bianca:

Because the bones had fallen, we could see a small room in the fourth wall. The smaller room was four feet in depth, three feet in width, and about six or seven feet in height.

The smaller room did not seem to have been built for any specific reason. It was just the space between two huge columns to support the ceiling of the crypt and the wall of solid granite.

Unusual Words:

Lizbeth:

Promiscuous

Lizbeth:

Circumscribed

Bianca:

Interval

Diego:

Especial

David:

Ornamented

Alejandra:

Constructed

Bianca:

Merely

Allusions to Historical Periods:

David:

Paris catacombs

Figures of Speech:

Cierra:

Its walls had been ornamented with human remains.

For homework:

Reader’s Response

“Revising Two Paragraphs”:

Please rewrite it on a separate sheet of paper and staple it to the packet.

The packet will be due when you take the test!!!!!

Played “Kahoots” – The Cask of Amontillado”

October 16, 2017 - October 20, 2017

Monday, October 16th: 

Quizlet:  tinyurl.com/LevelCUnit2

Structure for Second and Third Body Paragraph

Mini-Topic Sentence

Two to four sentences developing the mini-topic sentence

Introduction to the quotation or evidence to support your mini-topic sentence

The quotation or the evidence - paraphrased in your own words

Two to four sentences to show how the quotation or evidence supports your mini-topic sentence

Transition sentence - last sentence of the paragraph which ties up the ideas and provides a bridge to the next mini-topic sentence.

Work on the third body paragraph and the final concluding paragraph in the library today.

Tuesday October 17th: 
Please make sure you turn in your Unit Two vocabulary. For many of you, it is very late. 

Your persuasive essay on animal rights will be due today at 11:59.  Here are the rubrics for receiving a good grade on this assignment: 

Rubric for Essay

To receive an “A”, you must do the following: The essay: ·      is 1.5 spaced ·      has, as a minimum, a 500 word count (approximately two pages) ·      has  paragraphs that are no more than half a page in length ·      is factually accurate ·      has a thesis statement, which gives a framework and a guide to the essay ·      has quotations from the text to support the writer’s position ·      has 5% or fewer grammatical errors such as: sentence fragments, fused sentences, and/or comma splices, and correct use of commas, semi-colons, and capitalization The heading: ·      Has a title ·      The student’s name, date, and period are on the upper left side of the first page The introductory paragraph has: ·      A thesis statement (what the essay is about and the position of the writer) ·      The title of the play and the full name of the author ·      A “grabber” that catches the interest of the reader ·      One sentence per main idea that will be discussed later on in the essay ·      A transitional sentence that provides a bridge to the next paragraph

The body paragraphs (paragraphs 2, 3, 4, etc.): ·      Should be no more than half a page in length ·      Should have a mini-topic sentence which helps the reader understand what the paragraph is about ·      Must refer to the text to support the points the writer is making ·      For every point the writer is making, the writer must provide proof from the text to support her point ·      Must have a short quotation and/or a paraphrase of the text to support the point the writer is making ·      Should have a transitional sentence that acts as a bridge to the next paragraph

The Conclusion: ·      There should be no new material in the last paragraph ·      There should be a brief summing up of the main points – one sentence per main idea ·      A final point that sums up the writer’s conclusion

Tuesday, October 17th: 
Absent today due to illness. Students work on their papers. 

Wednesday, October 18th: 

Page 174

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

Setting:

Venice, Italy

19^th Century – 1800s

Vocabulary:

Fortunato is the name of a character.

It would be ironic if a person whose name is Fortunate is unlucky.

Utterance: speech

Avenged: to redress or right a wrong.  When someone commits a wrong against  an innocent person and someone defends the wronged person.

Precluded: to take an action before an event to prevent something bad from happening.

Milan: Diego says that when his mom is in a bad mood, Diego goes into another room with his little dog Chapo.

To preclude bad grades be sure to do your homework.

Impunity: freedom from punishment and harm.

Retribution: punishment.

I must not only punish but I must get away with it (with impunity).

Redress is revenge!!!! To redress a wrong! To revenge a wrong!

Redresser: a revenger!!!

“It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.”

A wrong is unrevenged when the bully doesn’t suffer the same amount of pain as the victim.

The narrator is unreliable. This means that the narrator cannot necessarily be believed either because s/he is deliberately lying or is insane.

Immolation: destruction

The narrator misleads Fortunato by continuing to smile in his face, but his smile is at the thought of Fortunato’s destruction.

Thursday, October 19th:

Period 4:

Pass out  The Cask of Amontillado vocabulary packet

Went over the vocabulary words:

1.     Precluded – to prevent

Trenton: I hope doing drugs does not preclude your opportunities.

Bianca: Stacy started a new route to get to class to preclude seeing her sister.

2.     redresser – an avenger

Melany: The redresser stopped the children from fighting

3.     Imposture: fraud or deception

Milan: Through an act of imposture, a man posing as my grandfather tried to pick me up at school.

Melany: A man committed an act of imposture when he tried to steal a credit card.

4.     Accosted: To be approached or spoken to in a rude way.

Alejandra: When my family and I went to a restaurant, we complained to the management when we were accosted by the hostess.

Please open your books to page 174 in The Cask of Amontillado

Vocabulary: Connoisseurship: expert knowledge

Quack is an incompetent person; particularly a doctor.

What is the one thing that Fortunato takes seriously? Wine!!!!

Fortunato prides himself on being a wine connoisseur – or wine expert!

Fortunatao was dressed like a clown.

What is Amontillado?

Amontillado is a wine!!!!!!!!!

Luchesi is Fortunato’s rival in the wine drinking and tasting department.

Notice how the narrator manipulates Fortunato into going with him to his home to taste the Amontillado.

Suffer means to grudgingly allow. “I suffered him to come with me to the party.”

October 9, 2017 - October 13, 2017 Weekly Agenda

Monday, October 9th: 

Please open your books to page 27, please get out your notes on the video, and a piece of paper and a pen.

Today we will work on your thesis statement and your introductory paragraph.

The thesis statement is a sentence that has the topic and your position on the topic.

Julian:

Animals are very smart and therefore they should be treated better.

David:

Because animals are much smarter than we realize, they should be treated with greater respect.

Because animals are capable of thinking and feeling, we should not hunt them or eat them.

Trenton:

Animals are just as smart as humans and therefore, humans shouldn’t think they are superior them in any way.

Animals are___________________; therefore, animals should be treated______________________.

Cierra:

Animals are very smart and have feelings; therefore, humans should respect them.

Outline for the Essay:

Introductory Paragraph:

Where does the thesis statement go?

Bianca: Anywhere in the first paragraph

Grabber or a hook

Anecdote –

Lizbeth: a short or interesting story about a real incident or a real person

Include three things you are going to write about in your essay.

Transition sentence!

The First Body Paragraph

The mini-topic sentence – the idea or position

The mini-topic sentence lets us know what the paragraph is about.

Three or four sentences to develop the mini-topic sentence

Introduction to supporting evidence

Evidence – something which supports the thesis statement

The evidence can be a quotation or an anecdote from the video or the article we read.

After the evidence, explain, or analyze, or paraphrase the quotation in order to show how the evidence supports your thesis.  This should be about two to four sentences.

The transition sentence which will then take you to the next body paragraph.

Repeat the body paragraph two more times!!!!!!

Conclusion:

Restate your thesis statement

Briefly go over the main points to support your thesis statement

Then write one strong concluding line.

Do not include new information in the conclusion.

Now, what you need to do is write the introductory of your essay!!!

Share out of first paragraph!

Diego

Julian

For homework tonight: work on your introductory paragraph and your first body paragraph.

Tuesday, October 10th: 
Absent
Students worked on essay 

Wednesday, October 11th: 

Shortened, special schedule today - PSAT Testing and Senior College Fair 

Work on the introductory paragraph

Move onto the first body paragraph

Thursday, October 12th: 

Students constructed a class body paragraph for the essay:

Body Paragraph

The first thing that goes into the body paragraph:

Diego – The mini-topic sentence

The second thing that goes into the body paragraph: 

David – three or four sentences that will develop the topic sentence

The third thing that goes into the body paragraph:

Lizbeh – introduction to support evidence (quotation or a paraphrase)

The fourth thing that goes into the body paragraph:

Alejandra – the evidence

Alejandra – the quotation or paraphrase of the information

The fifth thing that goes into the body paragraph:

Idalia – explain or paraphrase or analyze the evidence to show how it supports your thesis. This should be two to four sentences

The last thing that goes into the body paragraph: 

Bianca – The transition sentence to the next paragraph

Build a Body Paragraph!!!!

Topic Sentences

Animals are very intelligent and should be treated the way humans are treated.

Topic Sentence:

For many years scientists thought that only humans were intelligent enough to use tools, until one day a scientist saw a bird using a stick as a tool to dig for food. 

This develops the mini-topic sentence:

This shows that animals can think and use tools to get what they want like food, just like we do.  Scientists have found that there are many animals that use tools.

Examples:

Milan:

For example, elephants use their trunks as tools to do work not only for themselves but also for humans.

Yessenia:

Another example is Fu Manchu, an orangutan, who escaped from his enclosure by stealing a wire from a louvered air vent and using it to pick the lock from his cage.

Hilaryd:

According to Eugene Linden, in his article “Can Animals Think?”, the zoo keeper noticed that Fu Manchu stowed the wire in his mouth so he could  plan future escapes.

Yessenia:

This shows that Fu Manchu, an orangutan, figured out not only how to use a wire as a tool, but also had the intelligence to hide it so he could use it again for future escapes.

Transition Sentence:

Milan:

These aren’t the only examples of animal intelligence. There are many more examples that haven’t been discovered of animals using tools.

 Cierra:

We humans treat animals based on what scientists think and say, not knowing that animals think, feel, and know how to do things we humans don’t.

Another examples of animals being smart:

Julian: When you ask your dog where your cousin is and she takes you to him.

Bianca: A dog learned how to jump on a mattress after watching two little girls jump.

Hilaryd and Yessenia:  A dog has learned how to watch traffic patterns before crossing the street.

More Examples of Animals Being Smart:

Milan: Hurricane evacuees released their animals before the hurricane. The animals, dogs and cats, were smart enough to find high ground so they survived the flooding.

For homework tonight:

Please write your introductory paragraph, your paragraph on animal intelligence, and your paragraph on animal emotions.

Friday, October 13th: 

2^nd Body Paragraph

Mini-topic statement:

Yessenia

Animals have feelings, too, even if they don’t show it.  Animals have their own language and humans may not be able to “read” or understand their language.

Lizbeth found this online:

According to Jackson Galaxy, the famous “cat whisperer”, when your cat does a slow blink, she is telling you that she is feeling happy and content with you. This is called a “kitty kiss”.  Many people don’t like cats but it is because people do not know how to interpret cat language.

Milan:

Another example that shows animals have feelings is when Milan meows at her cat, her cat will meow back at her, which starts a “meowing” conversation that ends with her cat running to her and rubbing against her.

Julian:

Elephants have been known to destroy the villages of poachers who have killed members of their herd.

Another example is from a youtube video, “Why Elephants Never Forget“, which states elephants have been known to attack villages of poachers who have killed members of their herds.

Jason read his paper based on a true story found on the “Modern Dog” website about a dog who grieved so much over the death of his owner that he refused to eat, and  eventually died.  This dog literally died from grief.

David:

Elephants have funeral rituals  which honor their dead. They will stand guard close to their deceased elephant family member – their mother, their sister, their daughter – for several days and lovingly touch the body.

Another example of elephants expressing emotions is when they encounter a dead elephant that is not a part of their family.  The herd will stop for some time and carefully and respectfully examine the bones and the body of the stranger elephant.


Rubric for second and third body paragraphs:

Structure for Second Body Paragraph

Mini-Topic Sentence

Two to four sentences developing the mini-topic sentence

Introduction to the quotation or evidence to support your mini-topic sentence

The quotation or the evidence - paraphrased in your own words

Two to four sentences to show how the quotation or evidence supports your mini-topic sentence

Transition sentence - last sentence of the paragraph which ties up the ideas and provides a bridge to the next mini-topic sentence.

Conclusion:

You restate your thesis statement.

You briefly write one sentence per main idea in the essay

Then one final concluding sentence which states your main idea.

Please do not add new information

Please do not write “In conclusion”.

October 2, 2017 - October 6, 2017 Agenda

1Monday, October 2nd:  

Do elephants know and recognize every member of their herd?

2.     How many members of the herd can the elephant remember?

3.     What can elephants remember that help them to survive?

4.     Can elephants remember members of other species?

5.     Give an example where elephants have reacted negatively and to which animal?

6.     What animal has the largest brain of any land animal?

7.     Which animal brain is the most similar to the elephants?

8.     Why is their adaptive memory important to the elephant’s survival?

9.     What role does the older matriarchal elephant serve in the herd?

10.  Give one example of elephants showing empathy.

11. Give an example of elephants taking revenge against another animal.

12.  Give an example of elephants’ empathic memory?

Watch video of "Why Do Elephants Not Forget?"
Answer questions and discuss

1.     Yes, elephants know and recognize every member of their herd.

Bianca -  encephalization quotient is close to that of champanzees. Encephalization quotient is the ratio of the brain to the body. The bigger the brain in relation to the body, the higher the I.Q.

2.     The elephants can remember up to thirty members of their herd.

3.     Elephants can remember important locations and cues that danger is ahead.

4.     Yes, elephants can remember members of other species. Bianca asks a question about this: Trenton and Bianca said that elephants are the only animals that perform burial and grieving rituals for their dead.

5.     Julian – a herd of elephants killed a number of poachers who had killed members  of their herds.

"Testing Elephant Intelligence - The Zoo"

"How Smart Are Animals, Really?'
"Dolphins Express Emotion Through Sound"

Tuesday, October 3rd:
Begin work on the argument research paper.

.          Do elephants know and recognize every member of their herd?

2.     How many members of the herd can the elephant remember?

3.     What can elephants remember that help them to survive?

4.     Can elephants remember members of other species?

5.     Give an example where elephants have reacted negatively and to which animal?

6.     What animal has the largest brain of any land animal?

7.     Which animal brain is the most similar to the elephants?

8.     Why is their adaptive memory important to the elephant’s survival?

9.     What role does the older matriarchal elephant serve in the herd?

10.  Give one example of elephants showing empathy.

11. Give an example of elephants taking revenge against another animal.

12.  Give an example of elephants’ empathic memory?

1.     Yes, elephants know and recognize every member of their herd.

Bianca -  encephalization quotient is close to that of champanzees. Encephalization quotient is the ratio of the brain to the body. The bigger the brain in relation to the body, the higher the I.Q.

2.     The elephants can remember up to thirty members of their herd.

3.     Elephants can remember important locations and cues that danger is ahead.

4.     Yes, elephants can remember members of other species. Bianca asks a question about this: Trenton and Bianca said that elephants are the only animals that perform burial and grieving ritual for their dead.

5.     Julian – the elephants killed a number of poachers who had killed members  of their herds.

6.     LIzbeth -  The elephant has the biggest brain of all land animals.

7.     Taylor – the human brain is the most similar to the elephant brain.

8.     Adaptive behavior is changing one’s behavior to accommodate a change in the environment in order to survive.  How do elephants use their memory to adapt their behavior? They recognize cues that alert to danger.

9.     Matriarchal – the older female is the leader of the herd. David - Because of her superior memory, she cues the herd to leave where there is danger.

10.  Yessenia – Elephants show empathy (compassion, sensitivity) when they see a dead elephant. They show respect for the dead elephant.  Lizbeth – they are the only non-human animal that does burial rituals for the dead.

11. David – Elephants versus humans. Elephants destroyed a village and killed some poachers after the humans killed some members of their herd.

12. Examples of the elephants’ empathic memory? Empathy means compassion and sensitivity so empathic means being able to feel what another creature is feeling.  The story of the two elephants who worked together twenty-seven years ago, saw each other again and reacted with joy at the reunion.

Go to page 27 “Can Animals Think?”

Find two examples in the article that show animals being clever and figuring out a problem they want to solve.  Write them down!!!!!!

The animal

The problem

How did they solve the problem?

Julian

An orangutan was in a zoo and he wanted to escape so he found a metal wire and used it to open a door.

Trenton

Body structure allows us to do things that animals like killer whales cannot do.

Lizbeth, Yessenia,  Milan, 

The orca or killer whale let a human worker stand on its head to allow the sick baby whale back into the water.

For tomorrow

 Thesis statement

Wednesday, October 4th: 

Unit 2, #11 - #20

Glut, incognito, invalidate, legendary, maim, minimize, oblique, veer, venerate, wanton

1.    word

2.    part of speech

3.    word origin

4.    definition

5.    Three synonyms

6.    Two antonyms

7.    Two original sentences – that you make up

8.    One sentence from a literary source

Due on Friday, October 6^th!

Please do a quick write on whether animals have thoughts and feelings!

A quick write is where you write down all your thoughts and feelings, things you have heard or read about a particular subject on a sheet of paper, without paying attention to spelling or punctuation or grammar.  This is the beginning of the creative process of writing. The quick write is not for the teacher; it is for you to formulate your thoughts about a particular subject.

Share with your neighbor your quick write. You can discuss and share ideas. Then listen respectfully as your neighbor read hers and discuss and share ideas.

Share:

Cierra: Animals do have thoughts and  feelings. She has a dog and thinks that dogs and other animals think and know more than humans think.

Trenton: In his opinion he thinks the question is stupid. Humans are pretty dumb – if you feel bad if you lost a child, why would you think an animal wouldn’t feel bad, too. Also, body structure plays a large part.  

Milan: We learned about animals learning sign language, or saving another person. Dogs can learn from past experiences. The orca whale saving a baby whale was very interesting. Milan makes a parallel between The Most Dangerous Game and what science is now telling us.

Alejandra: Animals have feelings and thoughts like us, but they don’t look like us. The animals learn like a three year old – like sign language. She provides a personal anecdote – there was a person she didn’t  like and the dog knew it and started barking at the person.

Lizbeth L.: Animals do have feelings. This may be due to how animals are brought up. Elephants have very many feelings; as do wolves, and dogs. Wolves protect and love other members of their pack. Examples of feelings among animals are wolves, dogs, lions, elephants. Dogs grieve when a close companion dies.

Thursday, October 5th: 

Review your quick write for about three minutes.

Then, we will work on a thesis statement for your persuasive essay.

Yessenia: A statement that you have to prove in your essay.

The thesis statement has to answer a question or an argument.

The thesis has to include the topic and your position on the topic.

Yessenia: Do animals have thoughts and feelings?

Trenton: Think about it as if you are reading a book. Have you ever read a book that starts off with “This book is going to be about”?

Animals have thoughts and feelings and should be treated much better by humans.

Anti-animal rights thesis statements:

Some people think that animals don’t have thoughts or feelings and therefore, it doesn’t matter how they are treated.

There is no scientific evidence to show that animals have great intelligence or feelings, and therefore, humans should be allowed to treat animals any way they want.

Bianca: Animals have thoughts and feelings and in some instances, can outsmart the average human.

Persuade: convince some one to do what you want.

Persuasion essay means you are trying to convince the readers to switch their opinions.

Examples of a topic sentence:

There is a great deal of scientific evidence that shows animals have thoughts and feelings; therefore, we should rethink our treatment of animals in terms of our hunting and eating them.

Julian: Animals have thoughts and feelings which they have shown in many ways; therefore, they should be treated with the same respect we show humans.

Melanie: Animals are highly intelligent and have feelings; many people say this, but they don’t show it.

Bianca: Animals have thoughts and feelings, and in some instances, have outsmarted the average human; therefore, animals should be treated with respect and care.

Tymayah: Studies have shown that animals do have feelings and thoughts; therefore, animals should be appreciated and respected.

Cierra: Animals have thoughts, feelings, and potential; therefore, they should be treated no differently than humans.

Grabbers and hooks:

David: Did you know that the elephant’s brain is more similar to a human’s than a chimpanzee’s brain is to a human's?

Bianca: Elephants are so smart that when they come across another elephant’s remains, they curiously and respectfully examine the bones of the dead.

Friday, October 6th: 

How to turn in work on schoology

Go to:

lms.lausd.net

click on courses

click on teacher or period

click on the assignment that you wish to submit

On the right it says “submit assignment”

A little square pops up

Type your assignment 

English 9A

Members

Kate Bridges – send a message and type the assignmetn in the comment box. 

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Assignment:

Write a two to three sentence “grabber” or “hook” – an interesting fact or anecdote (story) which shows that animals are intelligent and have feelings.

Share your anecdote:

Julian

David

Melany – Did you know that there was a incident in which an orca figured out a solution to a problem and helped the humans save a baby orca’s life?

Tymayah – Did you know that elephants’ neocortex is as highly convoluted as the brains of humans, apes, and some dolphins.

Taylor: Did you think that humans are the only smart and clever animals? You might be surprised to learn just how smart and evolved some animals are.  For example, did you know that elephants have burials when other elephants die?

First paragraph

You need a thesis statement!!!!!!!!

You need a grabber or a hook to hook the reader’s attention!!!!!!

You need to briefly touch on the three major points you are going to be making in your paper.

You need a transition sentence to move to your first body paragraph!

1^st body paragraph

You need a mini-topic sentence

You need about two to three sentences to develop the mini-topic sentence

You need to introduce an idea or supporting evidence to support your thesis statement that animals are smart and have feelings.

You need to introduce the quotation which supports your thesis

Then you need  to explain or paraphrase the quotation

Then show how the quotation or evidence supports your thesis

Then write your transition sentence to move to the next body paragraph.