Quiz: 11-20 and 11-23
11-9 - 11-19
How are we persuaded? What makes an effective argument?
Homework 11-16 and 11-17: Write down an example of good or bad logic that you
hear, see, or use.
Avoiding Bad Logice - see handouts
Logical Fallacies - see handouts
Good Logic - Turning bad logic into good arguments
10-19 - 10-26
Write and revise Personal Narrative.
Utilize what has been learned about sentence structure, imagery (simile),
mood, etc...
Peer Revision
Go to Handouts Page for:
Notes on Imagery and Mood
Mood Libs
Personal Narrative Rubric
Revision Conference Guide
Turn in:
1st Draft of narrative
Revision Conference Guide filled out by someone else
2nd Draft of narrative with revisions based on your Revisions Conference
3rd Draft if you're awesome
10-14 - 10-16
Cultural Narrative
Writer's Notebook: Describe your culture. Write a narrative about a time when
culture was important.
Introduce Imagery. See "Handouts" page for powerpoint.
10-9 - 10-13
What are you curious about? - Develop discussion and Research Questions
Nonfiction Narrative Options found in Literature Book:
“Fish Cheeks” pg. 184-186 and “Nelson Mandela” pg. 661-663
o “Montgomery Boycott” pg. 124-133
o Excerpt from Night pg. 593-601
o Excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar pg. 602-613
See "Handouts" page for the "Nonfiction Literature" document.
10-7 and 10-8
Hero's Journey Narrative Structure
Mrs. Morgan's example on "Handouts"
Write your own experience of the hero's journey - outline of it on "Handouts"
10-5 and 10-6
Summarize "The Crowning of Arthur" pg. 1064 Simile: King Arthur is like ___ .
Evaluate summaries.
Discuss why society has stories of heroes.
10-1 and 10-2
The Powerful Simile!
Pop Quiz on sentence, predicate, subject, the two-word sentence
9-29 and 9-30
Review basics of the sentence: subject and predicate.
Read "The Crowning of King Arthur" on page 1064 in the literature book.
HW: Finish reading the story if you did not finish in class.
9/21-9/24
6 Weeks Test Parts 1 and 2
Introduce Archetype. Analyze the hero.
Set up Writer's Notebook.
9/17-9/18
Finish "Harrison Bergeron" discussion. Use notes to create a summary for the
story. Resolution Exercise on story "Two Mothers" - See Handouts
page "Resolution."
9/15-9/16
Good story-telling! "Harrison Bergeron" on page 20 in the literature book.
Read the story and fill out the handout called "Notes for Harrison Bergeron"
on the "Handouts" page.