Pust 9th Grade: November 2013

Review MLA formatting for Of Mice and Men Definition of Friendship Essay

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Continue working on Of Mice and Men Definition of Friendship Essay
Scoring guide for essay with all requirements

Brainstorming worksheet to help you craft evidence to use in your essay

Thesis generator to help you form the beginning of your introduction

Handout to explain required introduction styles (choose one type of hook for your introduction)

Instruction explaining format for body paragraphs (each body paragraph must have TWO different kinds of specific evidence in it...when using evidence from Of Mice and Men, you must include a specific direct quotation and the page numbers)

PowerPoint to assist with conclusions

HW: Continue to work on your essays--due to Turnitin by 9pm on Saturday

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

AGENDA 11/5

Continue working on Of Mice and Men Definition of Friendship Essay
Brainstorming worksheet to help you craft evidence to use in your essay
Thesis generator to help you form the beginning of your introduction
Handout to explain required introduction styles (choose one type of hook for your introduction)
Instruction explaining format for body paragraphs (each body paragraph must have TWO different kinds of specific evidence in it...when using evidence from Of Mice and Men, you must include a specific direct quotation and the page numbers)
PowerPoint to assist with conclusions

HW: Continue to work on your essays--due at the end of this week!

KINDRED Class Journal Table of Contents

1. CJ #1: Briefly retell an ancestor story (something from your parents' or grandparents' childhood, or earlier!), then pose 5 questions about the story (even if you can't get the answers)

2. CJ #2: If you went back in time almost 200 years, to 1815, what would you find life to be like? What would be interesting or challenging for you?

-OR-

What one item from today would you like to be able to take back in time with you? How might this item be helpful, and what risks would you run carrying it?

3. "Beyond the Novel" - Map and True/False worksheet on background of slavery

4. Response to "The River" - found poem or illustration

5. 4 Dialectical Journal responses to pages 33-45

6. 2 Dialectical Journal responses to pages 46-51

7. Responses to read-aloud, pages 52-58

8. For pages 58-74,

1) Write a summary of at least 100 words explaining what happened in this section (pages 58-74).

2) Write two clarification questions: what are words, sentences, or parts that you had difficulty understanding? Be specific and write two questions.

3) Look at the following list of ten words. Which of these words is most relevant to this section, pages 58-74? Choose ONE and justify your answer in a couple of sentences by explaining how it connects.

power	love	race	time	pain
fear	family	freedom	money	rules

9. For pages 74-91, participate in "Silent Pass" activity in class and respond.

10. React and respond to ABC "What Would You Do?" video

Pust 9th Grade

Thursday, November 7, 2013

AGENDA 11/7

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

AGENDA 11/5