Saturday, September 27, 2014

Week 8 English 9A


9th Grade Week 8
Day
Date
Assignment  
Monday
9/29
Remember Readers Writers Notebooks to be collected and graded on Monday.
Remember to carefully and neatly Label your table of Contents!
Turn in at the End of Class!

Grades for Activities Grades for Activities 10, 12, and 13a (Dialectical Journal, Talavera Questions, and 10 Interview Questions).


Class work

Socratic Seminar Discussion of   Dialectical Journal

Discussion of the significant Quotes from  “A Night to Remember”

Review of Socratic Seminar Rules

Grade is based on participation and ability to follow rules the first time!



Homework

Activity # 9 from Week 7 

Write a 1-page Reflection on the Socratic Seminar. You will staple it into your Readers Writers Notebook upon return.

Draft letter/email to contact your interview candidate
See model business letter in box.com


Tuesday
9/30


Class work

Revise your letter/email to your interviewee


Homework

Contact your interviewee and conduct your interview
Activity #13b
Remember to review Poster in class room and check out Interviewing an Expert in the Feature News Story Talevera Folder in the 9th grade box!

Wednesday
10/1



Class work

MLA Format Citation Day Classes meet in Library


Purdue Owl MLA
In-text Citations: The Basics

Turn in completed worksheets at end of class.  If you do not finish, continue and submit no later than Thursday at beginning of class.


Homework

Begin work on your Feature News Story
Remember to collect all your citations
(Websites, videos, personal interviews, newspaper articles, books) so you can alphabetize properly in your Works Cited List.
Use Google docs or bring your USB to class on Thursday!


Thursday
9/25
GRADE WINDOW OPENS Today for Week 10 Report card.  Do Not get Grade Cut! You need C’s or better to participate in extracurricular activities such as sports teams! Remember you want to be college and career ready!


Class work

Continue Working on your Feature News Story
Most of you will be using the computers.

Homework


Finish your draft of your feature news story

Friday
9/26


Class work

Finish Feature News story
Type draft using computers on Google docs
Multiple space. Pat attention to your margins, rules for quotation

Homework

·      Feature News Story due with MLA Formatted Works Cited  List due by 5:30 PM Sunday to turnitin.com
·      No Late Work will be accepted!






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