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This week, students have (4) DOL sentences that are review sentences from previous DOLs.
The purpose is to review the parts of speech and sentence structure from the month of October.
The focus this week will be
PARTS OF SPEECH
TYPES OF SENTENCES
PHRASES (prepositional, verb, adverb)
THERE IS A DOL TEST ON Friday, Dec. 1st. Students can use the (4) DOL quizzes to complete the DOL Reviews and to study.
Students have NEW SPELLING WORDS.
We are working on a new unit, RESPONSE TO LITERATURE. We will be reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. While reading the novel, we will focus on:
- the elements of fiction
- character analysis
- plot sequence
Today, we previewed The Outsiders and used a previewing checklist to read the summary, about the author, book reviews by other authors, and an excerpt from the book.
Students will be keeping an OUTSIDERS PORTFOLIO which will contain sheets, activities, and exercises on the various elements of fiction. They need a pocket folder for the packet I will be giving them this week.
PERSUASIVE SPEECHES AND ESSAYS ARE DUE MONDAY & TUESDAY, Nov. 20th & 21st
Students can practice reading their essay, but will not be able to use it for their speech. Their speech should cover the information in their essay, but does not have to be EXACT.
Students can use NOTE CARDS to make sure they include their SUPPORT and EXAMPLES from their essays.
Essays will be graded with a rubric for CONTENT, support, and examples.
Speeches will be graded with a rubric for VIEWPOINT, fluency and CONTENT.
BOTH grades will be PROJECT grades.
Today students handed in OUTLINES that were due and I went over them to give students suggestions for their SPEECHES/ESSAYS. Many students are NOT getting IT and need more time. Please look over your son/daughter's OUTLINE to make sure it makes sense. They need to have (3) supporting reasons that support their VIEWPOINT/OPINION and examples for each.
The OUTLINE needs to be DRAFTED into a ROUGH DRAFT TONIGHT!
Rough Drafts are due TOMORROW!
Final ESSAYS and SPEECHES are NOW DUE
Mon., 11/20 and Tues., 11/21.
If your child will be absent either day, they need to present on Tues., 11/28 (I may be out on the 27th).
Speeches should be 3-5 minutes and students MUST be convincing.
Here is the OUTLINE and PROJECT guidelines:
Download persuasive_essays projects.doc
Download arguement_chart.doc
Download persuasive_grade_sheet.doc
Today we completed our LAST ENTRY in our Writer's Notebook for our PRE-WRITING this unit.
Tomorrow, students will work on their OUTLINES for their PERSUASIVE SPEECH. They will:
1. Look through their (10) journal entries and a choice list of choices to CHOOSE A TOPIC.
2. Complete an OUTLINE including VIEWPOINT, SUPPORT and OPPOSING VIEW.
Speeches will be Friday, Nov. 17, Monday, Nov. 20, & Tuesday, Nov. 21.
If students will be absent for the Thanksgiving holiday, they need to complete their speech BEFORE or AFTER the break!
Here is the project guideline for the speech:Download persuasive_essaysprojects1.doc
DOL
WNB (Writer's Notebook) Entry: Electronic devices in school
Students made a 3-column Argument Chart in their WNB and listed support
Classwork: "On the Other Hand" activity
HOMEWORK
NO DOL Quiz tomorrow
Persuasive Test (multiple choice)
Download persuasive_study_guide.doc
This Friday, students have a PERSUASIVE TEST. The test will cover the strategies we have been working on for the past (2) weeks. Students can use their notes, argument charts, and definitions to review the material.
THINGS TO COVER
author viewpoint (opinion)
support
fact
opinion
opposing viewpoint
editorials
Last week students defined a list called persuasive vocabulary. These words will be our vocab words for the next few weeks.
persuasive writing, persuasive letter, editorial, public service announcement, pro, con, emotional appeal, thesis statement, fact, opinion, bias, statistic, refute, viewpoint, opposition
Today students handed in the Homophone sheets from last week: 19/20 and 21. They also handed in WNB entries #1-8 and the "Jumble" Argument chart that was completed with Mrs. Moebius on Friday and Monday.
We worked on reading a persuasive essay on school lunches called "What's for Lunch?". Students were given a chance to start the argument chart in class, but need to finish it tonite.
HOMEWORK
Argument Chart for "What's for Lunch?"
