Monday, February 6, 2012

Assignments for February 6 - 10, 2012

Monday -





  • Complete the short response started last week



  • Review revising and editing passage one in the workbook



  • Begin tone word review activity


Tuesday -





  • Complete revising and editing selection 2 (pgs. 131-132)



  • Trade and grade "Hip Hop" short responses using the STAAR OER rubric. Revise OER to improve your score.



  • Homework: Review tone words. Compose a full, properly formatted paragraph (topic: an issue about which you feel strongly). Any student who completed this as homework on Monday evening will not need to re-do this assignment.


Wednesday -





  • Complete revising and editing selection 3 (pgs. 133 - 134)



  • Complete class DIDLS analysis of Anthem excerpt



  • Homework: Write a one-page story that illustrates the impact of environment on the people within it.




Thursday -





  • Read Alice Walker's "Beauty" and discuss it's strategic use of narration woven in an expository writing



  • Homework: Complete a short response for "Beauty" (Topic: How does Walker's perspective of her blind eye shift as the essay progresses?)




Friday -





  • Complete discussion of "Beauty"

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