Due 9/29 by the start of class except for 6th period- Poem Annotations (4 points)
Due 9/29 by the end of class for 6th period - Poem annotations (4 points)
Due 9/29th by the middle of class - Week 2 Vocab Quiz Retake (7.5 points)
Due 10/2 by the start of class - Week 3 Vocab sentences
Due 10/2 by the end of class - Week 3 Vocab Pre-Quiz (7.5 points)
Learning Target - I will learn how to evaluate my use of words..
For 6th Period Task #1 - Annotation Practice Test (15 minutes) - Please grab a copy of today’s poem from the front of the room as you come in. Read and annotate the passage independently. Follow our guidelines from yesterday. If you did not receive instructions or need a reminder, do the following:
- Circle words you don’t know or know are important...think connotative meaning.
- Underline phrases/lines that use figurative language, connect to Life List ideas or are obviously meaningful/important.
- In the margins, write questions you have, summaries or translations and CM about Life List connections.
Task #1 - Week 2 Vocab Quiz Retake - If you did not like your score from Monday, please take the new quiz in Skyward.
Task #2 - Empathic Civilization Thesis - Please make sure that you understand that a thesis is a nonfiction writer’s answer to a question or detailed argument that includes his major claims.
What were the speaker’s major claims from yesterday’s video?
What was his insightful opinion about empathy?
Bonus Task - The new theory about emotions.
Task #3 - Vocab Review - Be ready to share some of your sentences that use our week 1 & 2 vocab words. Pay close attention to the how the words in the sentence are appropriate, accurate, enhancing and have adequate context.
Homework Guidelines - Study our week 3 vocab words and write 5 sentences about anything.