Holiday Assignments

Read and reread A Night To Remember

Read Enders Game and write a 5-parargraph Charcater Analysis Essay on Ender.

Remember to answer the STEAL questions:

Says- How does what a character says reveal their personality/character?
Thinks- How does what a character thinks reveal who they are?
Effects on others- What effects does a charcters actions/ideas have on others?
Actions- What acts does a charcter commit?  What does a character do and what does that reveal?
Looks- How does a character's appearnce impact their actions, thoughts, or decisions?

Have a great Holiday and Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Week 15

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Read Chapter 1 A Night To Remember	Annotate in your readers Writers notebook Quiz Tuesday
Tuesday	A Night To Remember Read Chapter 2 Definition of points of view, multiple perspectives, and class Looking through Lens’ of poverty, degrees of wealth, and gender aboard the Titanic.	Quiz Wednesday
Wednesday	Read Chapter 3 A Night To Remember	Quiz Thursday
Thursday G	Read chapter 4 A Night To Remember Prepare for author’s chair reception	Author’s chair reception
Friday	Finish Book	Essay  TBA to be submitted to Turnitin.com Multiple Points of View on Class

Week 14

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Review Exposition Multiple Perspectives on ISHI	Type your constructed response and submit it to turnitin.com by Wednesday p.82
Tuesday	Multiple Perspectives	Type your constructed response and submit it to turnitin.com by Wednesday p.82 Readers writers notebook check on Wednesday.
Wednesday	Read Codes of Conduct pp. 83-89 Make index cards and add to your glossary Vocabulary pp.84	Re-Read Codes of Conduct pp. 83-89 Make index cards and add to your glossary Vocabulary pp.84
Thursday G	Do page 90 questions 1-4 Begin Page 91	Complete Page 91 Including constructed response.
Friday	Read pp 92-93	Read pp.94-102 Do questions on pp. 101 and 102

Thumb Drives Memory Sticks

All students must bring a thumb drive/memory stick to class in order to save their work!

Week 12 ( Print by Monday for 100 extra credit points)

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Correct SPA EXAM Bring memory sticks/thumb drives to class daily. Peer review essays	Type essays Run through spell and grammar check Submit to turnitin.com by Wednesday
Tuesday Shortened day	Discuss African Proverbs	Type essays Run through spell and grammar check Submit to turnitin.com by Wednesday
Wednesday	Grammar Subject and Verb agreement	TBA
Thursday G	Grammar Diagramming Sentences	TBA
Friday Mr.	Grammar Diagramming Sentences	TBA

Week 11 ( Print this syllabus for 200 extra credit points

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Quotation by Cesar Chavez “If you are outraged at Conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can’t change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice.”	SPA EXAM Remember  Take a position Pro or Con (For or against) and stick with it!  Use counterargument/claim to express the opposition side (Other’s may think that…) Write a clear assertion/thesis statement that you can back up with evidence from the texts: Facts, examples, data, and statistics that are in the text. Remember you must cite evidence from at least 2 different places to get a passing score! In your body paragraphs where you prove that your position is correct remember the pattern is say, mean, matter for every quote and explanation! Don’t forget to restate your thesis/assertion and provide a counterargument and rebuttal in your conclusion! Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word. Connotations are the meanings and associations with a word that go beyond the dictionary definition.  Words with similar dictionary definitions may have different connotations. The example from your book: Determined has a positive connotation, whereas pig-headed or stubborn have a negative connotation.	Review Essay Template to help you finish your exam tomorrow. Get a good nights rest and get to class on time! Remember to check your essays that your have cited the authors or provided appropriate parenthetical citations at the end of a quotation or paraphrased sentence! The author, First and Last Name writes, “…” Or (Last Name, Page, Article Title).
Tuesday	SPA Exam	Review essay template for any last minute changes to make sure your SPA essay has a powerful conclusion.
Wednesday	SPA Exam Test  (15 minutes)
Thursday Guest Teacher, Field trip for many students to UCLA Dr. Cohen is grading SPA exam	Read Cesar Chavez Lives Questions 1-3 pp. 53 Analyze political cartoons	If you are on the UCLA field trip you must complete the class work Read Cesar Chavez Lives Questions 1-3 pp. 53 Analyze political cartoons Also Read pp. 54-45
Friday Mr. Genut	Complete exercises 1-6 page 56 in class	Read African Proverbs pp. 57-61 Complete 1 and 2 pp. 61

Week 10 ( Print by Monday for 100 points)

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Overarching Questions: How do advocates persuade people through writing? How do the methods the author’s use relate to their arguments? How does the following quote add to your understanding of advocacy? Quotation by Cesar Chavez “If you are outraged at Conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can’t change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice.”	Read Langston Hugh’s  “Mother to Son to get the Gist. Answer in your reader’s writer’s notebook: What is the poem about? Who are the Character’s? The speaker? The audience? What is the issue? For extra credit answer: What is the tone (author’s attitude towards the abject)? What is the mood (the emotion the author want the reader to feel)?
Tuesday	SPA Exam Test Prep Review Previous Exam 5 paragraph persuasive essay Structure	Complete essay at home
Wednesday	SPA Exam Test Prep MLA Citation Review	Edit  practice essay
Thursday	Spa Exam Test Prep Connotation and Denotation Review	Complete Connotation and Denotation Worksheet
Friday	Spa Exam Test Prep Connotation and Denotation Review	Study for SPA Exam Exam will be Monday, Tuesday and 10 minutes of Wednesday if needed. Remember to back up your assertion/claim/thesis with facts, data, statistics from at least 2 different articles  as required in your test instructions! Do forget to provide a counterargument( address a counterclaim) and a  rebuttal. You can always introduce by the phrase, “Others may think that…however…). Remember that you must cite the authors either directly  or using parenthetical citations.

Week Eight ( Final week before Midterm Grades entered) 100 EC Points if you print out syllabus by Tuesday Beginning of Class)

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday	Place post-its on drafts with 3 things you want teacher to focus on for feedback. Discuss “Community Service and You” By T.J. Saftner 1.     Read for the Gist 2.     In your Reader’s/Writer’s Notebook answer: What is the text about? What is the Issue? Who is the writer? What do we know about him? How do we know? Reread to identify the author’s argument: What is the author’s argument? How do you know?	In your Reader’s Writer’s Notebook Answer the question: How can community service be advocacy? Refer to the Advocacy Table in Your Reader’s Writer’s Notebook Activity Actions To help you answer. Compare and Contrast how advocacy appeared in Chiadis, Martin Luther King Essay and Saftner. Draw an Activity/Action Table to help you answer.
Tuesday Shortened Day	Read Again Differently: What makes the text Persuasive? -Is this text persuasive? Complete your quick Write on: Explain why with reference to the texts, other texts, and your own experiences. What are the characteristics that make this text persuasive? Complete Graphic Organizer with elbow partner: Persuasive Yes/No Argument: Significant Sentence Why/How Persuasive Method Add to chart: What Makes a Persuasive Essay? Analysis of Texts: Methods to Persuade How does Safter build the argument? What evidence does the author use to support the argument? Is the evidence accurate, adequate, and appropriate? How does each method work to persuade the audience?	Analysis of Text Structure: In your Reader’s Writer’s Notebook Answer: How does Saftner structure his argument? How is this structure appropriate to the audience and argument? To answer this question think about: What topics does the author cover? In what order does the information appear? How is the text organized? Remember to cite the specific place in the text. Revise your rough drafts! DUE IN CLASS WEDNESDAY (TWO Zero’s if you do not come to class with your completed letter).
Wednesday	Complete Quick Write on: How does each of the three authors we read in the last few weeks (KING, CHIADIS, SAFTNER) begin the text to engage the reader? Chart Out Peer Review of Student’s Advocacy Letter	Revise your draft Focusing on rewriting your introduction: Bring rough Draft to class DUE IN CLASS Thursday (TWO Zero’s if you do not come to class with your completed letter).
Thursday	Ending with A Punch What does each author do to end his/her persuasive text? Which ending do you consider most effective? Why? How do the endings these author’s choose to write match their argument and audience? Explain with specific reference to the texts, the authors’ audiences and the texts they used. Staple class and teacher created rubric to your draft and assess your work.	LAST CHANCE TO TURN IN ANY MISSING WORK BEFORE MID_TERM GRADES IS TOMORROW! Revise persuasive Letter and Complete Final draft: Due Monday NO LATE WORK AS GRADE WINDOW OPENS.
Friday MR. Genut	Students read through Drafts either with elbow partner/peer and find a paragraph that needs to be more persuasive. Revise paragraph-getting help from partner or teacher as needed.	Revise persuasive Letter and Complete Final draft: Due Monday NO LATE WORK AS GRADE WINDOW OPENS.

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Say Mean Matter

SAY-MEAN-MATTER

Say-Mean-Matter is the name for a strategy that helps students question the text, search for deeper meanings, and make connections between text and their lives. It’s effective for all student levels from language learners to honors and AP students. It can be used with academic texts, with fiction, and with non-verbal material as well.

The strategy uses a three-column chart. This can be on an overhead, chart paper, chalkboard or whatever is handy. Once students have learned the method, they can quickly draw the graphic organizer and use it to find meaning and significance. SAY, MEAN, and MATTER are the 3 column titles on the chart.  When initially teaching the strategy, explain what each means using age-appropriate directions and suggestions.

SAY	MEAN	MATTER
What does the text say? What happened? Cite text (quotation) or paraphrase.	What does the author mean? How do I interpret this? Read “between the lines.”	Why does it matter to me or others? Why is this important? What is the significance? What are the implications?

  1.       For each item on the SAY list,  students write what they believe the statement means.   Ask questions, such as, “What makes you think that?” “How do you know that?”

  3.  The third column is the most abstract and may prove to be difficult at first.  . Ask yourself : “So what?” “What is the theme of the piece?” “How does this piece connect to your own life?” “What does it matter to you?”  Or, “What questions does this piece raise?”  “What implications does it hold for a given group of people, or for people in general?” In this column you find the meaning and depth of the piece.

  4.  Use the ideas recorded on the chart to create your thesis and body paragraphs. One way to do this is to start with a statement from the “MATTER” column as a topic or thesis statement, and then draw on the “SAY” and “MEAN” columns for supporting details. The first column provides “text proof,” (what the text says), while the second column provides student interpretation.