Weeks 4 and 5 2015-16

Week 4 and 5 Syllabus (subject to change) 

Monday:

Class work:  Labor Day

·      Have Graphic organizer and Draft of Paper completed for Peer review

Focus: Evaluation of an author’s argument Prompt pp. 21 in Purple PML

Homework:

·      Labor Day Have Graphic organizer and Draft completed for Peer Review

Tuesday 8th:

Class work:

·      Turnitin.com Create your account  (graded assignment)

·      Papers due to turnitin.com by 6P.M.

Home work:  Proofread and upload your paper to turnitin.com

·      Get help at LACER afterschool  if needed

Wednesday 9^th:

Class work:

Focus: How do use of primary and secondary sources help us understand multiple points of view?

·      Annotate PML pp. 22-24

Homework:

·      Read and Annotate “ Free Minds and Hearts at Work”   by Jackie Robinson pp. 27-29 and “Jackie Changed the Face of Sports” pp. 30-32

Thursday10th:  Grades due!

Class work:

·      Complete “After You Read” pp. 33-35 PML on separate sheet/s of paper. Answer questions in complete sentences. Use the question to answer the question.

·      Download Graphic Organizer (Character Analysis using STEAL) for Constructed Response Paper in the 9^th Grade folder in the BOX.

Prompt: What characteristic was Dodger President Branch Rickey looking for in his first African American Player?  Pp. 36 Purple PML

Homework:

·      Complete Graphic organizer

Friday 11th

Class work:

·      NMA Field Trip to LACC

Homework

Submit paper to turnitin.com by  5 PM on Sunday

Prompt: What characteristic was Dodger President Branch Rickey looking for in his first African American Player?  Pp. 36 Purple PML

Monday 14:

Class work: NO School

Homework: Papers due Sunday by 5 PM

Tuesday 15th:

Class work:

·      Annotate “Jackie Robinson” by Henry Aaron pp. 37-40

Homework:

·      Complete “After you Read pp. 40 and work on revising papers

Wednesday 16^th:

Class work:

·      Class Meets in Library:  Class Meets in Library STAR READING TESTS 

·      MLA Formatting, Works Cited Lists

Homework:

·      Submit Revised Paper to turnitin.com by 6PM

·      Driving Question: What is the impact of social media on character? 

·      Research 3 sources to support your ideas

Thursday 17th:

Class work:

·      Class Meets in Library:  Star Reading Makeup and MLA Formatting, Works Cited Lists

·      Continue Research to answer Driving Question

·      Review Evaluation of a Speech Handout

Homework:

·      Download Graphic Organizer for Constructed Response Paper pp.46  from the MLK Graphic Organizer Dream folder in the 9^th Grade BOX.

·      Annotate and Take Cornell Notes on “I have a Dream ” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

·      Spoken and Written Texts I Have a Dream Speech http://freedomsring.stanford.edu/?view=Speech 

Click on Link Below

I Have a Dream Speech ( Freedom Ring)

·     
Back to School Night

Friday 18th

Class work:  

·      Complete Graphic Organizer

Homework:  

·      Write 1^st Draft of Paper for Peer review on Monday

Remember to: 

1.    Multi-space so you can edit

2.    Indent your paragraphs

3.    Check that every paragraph has a topic sentence

4.     Pay close attention to use of transition words.

5.    Capitalize Proper Nouns

6.    Use quotation Marks around Titles

7.    Use third person (he, she, it, they)

8.    Avoid colloquial language  (gonna, wanna, shoulda)

9.    Use descriptive language  (avoid stuff, things, thingies).

10.  No contractions in formal papers

11. BACK IT UP! Back up claims with textual evidence.