Freshman College Prep
Agenda
Tuesday:
December 2, 2014
EQ: How can I best identify a writer’s main idea?
Tech
Expectations: Open and on
1. Respond
to Allowance article (tinyurl.com/schmitt1201)
from yesterday
a. What
is the writer’s central claim?
b. How
do you know?
i. Provide
evidence
c. Answer
the 3 questions at the bottom of the article.
2. Go to tinyurl.com/lotterythemechart
a. Follow the directions there.
i. Read
the story
ii. Fill
out the chart
iii. Write
the paragraph
HW: complete #2
above, if incomplete
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRESHMAN:
1. How are you preparing for the final?
Junior Honors Agenda
Tuesday:
December 2, 2014
EQ: What elements best demonstrate an author’s
purpose/meaning?
Tech Expectations: Closed and put away
1. Review feedback from
yesterday’s outline
2. Read today’s prompt, and
write an outline that includes a CLEAR thesis and specific support from the
text.
3. Brainstorm with a partner
what you think potential questions will be tomorrow
4. Share with another
partnership; add to your notes
5. What elements of literature
can be used to support your claim?
Brainstorm a list with partner.
6. Share elements with other
partnership; add to your notes.
7. With time remaining,
prepare on own for essay. Review notes,
annotations, essay formatting, answer some of your own q’s from #’s 3 & 4
above, etc.
HW:
essay prep
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR HONORS JUNIOR:
1. How are you preparing for your in-class essay?
Junior College Prep Agenda
Tuesday:
December 2, 2014
EQ: What
types of questions further your understanding of a text?
How does
historical context help a reader understand a text?
Tech Expectations: Open and on
1. Crucible Prep—research q’s
Additional instructions for the research
“scavenger/witch hunt”:
1. Skip #1.
2. Yes, #2 may be answered
based on the reading linked in #2—without having read the play yet.
3. #3 has a dead link, but
you can scroll down the page and read the section labeled: The Witches Curse ~ Clues and Evidence | Secrets of the Dead
| PBS to answer the question.
4. #6 also has a dead
link. Click on
“Human Rights Watch”, but then click on HOME at the top, and select
an article of your own choosing.
HW:
none
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR COLLEGE PREP JUNIOR:
1. What was the most interesting thing you learned during your research?
2. What was the most difficult part?
