How to write a Hook or Attention Grabber

Hooks

Week 5 English9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Grammar Chapter 5 Exercises TBA☐ Begin the Odyssey Textbook pp. ☐ Cornell Notes pp. 876-886 Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey? Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.	Grammar Ch 5 Exercises TBA Read The Odyssey Pages will depend on where we finish in class. Check out Coherence: transitions between ideas website. Photograph or Print out for study skills points. Points added during lunch or tutoring afterschool only.
Tuesday	Grammar Ch. 5 Cornell Notes pp. 877-894 Reading The Odyssey Set Up your dialectical Journal	Grammar Ch. 5 Reading The Odyssey Dialectical Journal
Wednesday	Grammar Ch. 5 The Odyssey	Grammar Ch 5 Dialectical Journal
Thursday	Grammar Review G The Odyssey Reading	Grammar ☐
Friday Objective: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.	Grammar Review Exercises  1. The Odyssey  Read Through The Lotus Eaters 2. The Expository Travel Essay Part I  2a. Create your Storyboard Write a travel stories about a place you have visited, either locally or farther from home, using vivid examples and descriptions to help readers fully imagine that place. Remember you must provide facts and geographic information about the place. See Frugal Traveler Blog for ideas http://topics.nytimes.com/top/features/travel/columns/frugal_traveler/index.html See Journeys Blog for ideas http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?vertical=travel/#/journeys Grading based on Common Core Rubric	Travel Expository Informative Essay Write a 5 paragraph Travel Essay due to turnitin.com by Sunday 5PM.

Coherence: Transitions Between Ideas

Transitions

Week 4 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Begin Essay Template ☐ ☐	Finish Essay Template
Tuesday Process Cognitive Psychological Physical Genetic Critical node Database Consortium The Human Connectome Project Sanguine Accelerating Optogenetics Non invasive Claustrophobia Flummox Inflections-a sound that changes in tone. Innuendos-a hint or suggestion, something that is implied but not stated outright Indecipherable-unsolvable, hidden or unknown Lucid-clear and filled with light Euphony-a nice, pleasing sound Pantomime	Peer review Of Essay Template Use Editing Marks  P 2	Type and submit Essay to Turnitin.com
Wednesday	P 4 and P6  Peer Review Type	P4 and P6 Submit Essay to turnitin.com
Thursday	Grammar Subject Verb Agreement PP. TBA	Grammar   ☐ Subject verb agreement PP.TBA
Friday	Looking for Alaska Anticipation Guide	Read Looking For Alaska if books have arrived☐ If Not Diagramming Project will start

Week 3 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Peer Review Essay to turnitin.com   ☐ Use Editing Marks ( Editing Marks guide in  Ninth Grade Box on Main page of Blog) ☐	Submit Essay to Turnitin.com  by 8am Tuesday
Tuesday Process Cognitive Psychological Physical Genetic Critical node Database Consortium The Human Connectome Project Sanguine Accelerating Optogenetics Non invasive Claustrophobia Flummox Inflections-a sound that changes in tone. Innuendos-a hint or suggestion, something that is implied but not stated outright Indecipherable-unsolvable, hidden or unknown Lucid-clear and filled with light Euphony-a nice, pleasing sound Pantomime	Inside the Teenage Brain Videos PBS 50 Minutes Part 1 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ What advice would you give your peers about doing homework or practicing their art form based on the “Use it or Lose it” principle?	Begin Reading New York Times Inside the Brain Highlight and Annotate Text
Wednesday	Take Cornell Notes on The Brain, in Exquisite Detail ☐ Watch Video and Read Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/science/the-brain-in-exquisite-detail.html Answer these GIST questions: What is Dr. Barch Working on? What motivated Dr. Barch’s work? Why did she decide to go into research? What is the central question the data might answer? What is the Human Connectome Project? Identify two techniques that have transformed brain imaging? How does an MRI machine work? What is characteristic of most new brain research efforts? What does the author consider the greatest challenge in “solving the brain”?	Finish Cornell Notes and Answering Gist Questions
Thursday	Read Thirteen Ways of Looking At A Blackbird by Wallace Stevens	Take Cornell Notes on Thirteen ways of Looking at a Blackbird☐
Friday	Based upon your watching the videos, reading of The Brain in Exquisite Detail and Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird, explain some of the challenges of understanding something from multiple points of view.  Be sure you discuss how teens, adults, scientists, and poets may look at a choice or a process.	Complete Graphic Organiz-er and Essay Template ☐  PBS Frontline Video Click on LinkThe Brain in Exqusite Detail

Week 2 English 9B

9th Grade Second Semester Week 2	Class Work	Homework
Monday Academic Vocabulary Words Synthesis Exposition Symbol Allegory Ambiguity Irony Verbal Irony Situational Irony Dramatic Irony Biographical Knowledge Biographical approach	Study for Quiz on Refuting an Argument Catcher in the Rye Quiz	Study for Quiz on Refuting an Argument Catcher in the Rye Quiz
Tuesday Objective: To be able to compare and contrast informational/expository articles.  Students should be able to analyze imagery, diction (word choice) tone, situation (context), and memories through lens such as race, religion, gender, and age.	Quizzes Begin Study Skills Packet	Finish Study Skills Packet
Wednesday Genres Theme Universal Themes Characters Motivations Imagery Figurative language Simile Metaphor Personification Historical setting or historical context Historical Approach	Analysis of Holden Caulfield’s decision’s Chapters 1-9	Complete Character Analysis Worksheet
Thursday Vocabulary Pre-frontal Cortex Synapses Synaptic pruning Social-emotional response fMRI Decision-making, planning meta-analysis meta Inhibiting	Sarah Blakemore’s TED Talk The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain. http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain.html Cornell Notes	Write a summary of Sarah Blakemore’s TED talk based on your Cornell Notes
Friday	Compare your notes with your teammates And revise your summary Complete Graphic Organizer	Reread Catcher in the Rye Chapters 10- 20 Essay: Based upon the Blakemore video and you reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is not thinking about the consequences of his decisions. Mysterious Workings of the Teenage Brain