September 23 - 27

Welcome to the last week of September at school, ending with a minimum day and three-day weekend for students. We'll continue with independent reading and more rhetorical analysis terms, including our first practice prompt. 

Also: be sure to invite parents and guardians to Back to School Night!


MONDAY/TUESDAY: Journal warm-up. Read page 10-12 in the Rhetorical Analysis Packet (a challenging passage). Logos, ethos, pathos skits/dialogues created by students to demonstrate the concepts.

Due: Please read another 25 pages in your independent reading book, and have a memorable passage ready to share with group members and the class. (You should be up to page 60.)

Bring the book with you, and start bringing it to class each day. 

Homework: Read another 20 pages in the independent reading book for Wednesday/Friday. 

Bring your independent reading book to class. 

Study for quiz. 

NOTE: 1st and 2nd periods will quiz on WEDNESDAY of this week for Vocab #3, NOT Friday due to the schedule change.   

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Journal warm-up. Quiz covering Vocab #3 and grammar. Continue skits if necessary. Book walk with independent reading groups.

Due:  You've read up to page 80 in your independent reading book.

Homework: Have journals ready to turn in on Friday. 

Read another 10 pages from your independent reading book.

FRIDAY: (minimum day, ALL CLASSES) Journal warm-up - introduce imagery with activity. Receive Carter rhetorical analysis passage.

Due: Turn in journals to classroom bin before end of period. 

Up to page 90 in the independent reading book.

Homework: Please read the Carter rhetorical analysis passage, and annotate it. Identify any of the rhetorical analysis strategies we've learned in class: ethos, logos, pathos, imagery, diction (word choice).  Bring it with you to class, ready to share. 

Please find a cozy spot and some alone time and read 30 pages in your independent reading book. (If you chose a longer book, over 180 pages, go a bit farther.)