10/31 - 11/4

Book: McDougal Littell Literature

Title: "Educating Sons" and "The First Americans"

Page: 982

Reading Process Focus: vocabulary, context clues, word phrase relationships, compare & contrast texts, identify & analyze organizational patterns and text features.

Literary Analysis Focus: variety of genres, analyze historical context

Writing Focus: formulate a plan and draft a persuasive essay, demonstrate persuasive writing that is is used for the purpose of influencing the reader

You will:

1. explore what is important in these texts
2. identify and analyze the influence of historical context
3. read and interpret a speech and a letter
4. identify and analyze elements of an argument
5. identify and analyze persuasive techniques
6. identify and analyze comparisons and contrasts
7. identify and analyze irony
8. build vocabulary
9. use antonyms as context clues to determine word meaning
10. use the writing process to write a persuasive essay
11. analyze a student model of persuasive writing

Grades in grade book for week one:

1. Notes uploaded online
2. Persuasive essay uploaded online
3. Literary selection test in class

Watch:

The Forgotten Founding Father - Chief Canassatego

Listen:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/nativeamericans/chiefcanasatego.htm

Due Friday online:

1. Notes: vocabulary, compare and contrast analysis, organizational patterns and text features, genre and historical text commentary (done in class, then typed online)
2. Essay: Persuasive Compare and Contrast Essay