Objective: By the end of class students will compare argument and counter-argument and review Keystone terms and skills to date in order to improve reading comprehension.
DO NOW - 20 Test points - Use a NEO
Evaluate Mark Derr's criticism of Cesar Millan's methods in the article, "A Pack of Lies." Provide a minimum of three pieces of textual evidence that supports his claim.
Direct Instruction
Persuasive techniques multiple choice quiz.
Guided / Independent
Keystone review to date
Work on the packets provided as a review of terms and concepts learned to date that relate to the Keystone exam.
Exit Pass
After reading "Cesar's Way" and "Pack of Lies", and watching the videos. do you support Cesar Millan's methods or not?
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
thursday, November 5 - Counter-argument
Objective: By the end of class, students will examine the counter-argument to determine persuasiveness based on logical, emotional and ethical appeals in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW
WRITE A COHESIVE PARAGRAPH USING THE WORDS:
1. PUNITIVE
2. SUBMISSIVE
3. PRIMAL
4. OBJECTIVE.
ENSURE THAT YOU USE CONTEXT CLUES. IT CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING.
(also - turn in your HW - CRQ from yesterday class if you did not complete it)
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Read / analyze and annotate the counter argument - A Pack of Lies - by Mark Derr on pages 297-300.
Guided
Identify emotional, logical and ethical appeals as we read and do side bars.
Independent
Complete pages 301-302 in soft holt reader.
cesar answers critics
Cesar Answers the critics
Independent
Complete Pack of lies and side bars. Annotate and circle words you don't know and look them up.
Complete questions on page 301 and 302. I will use words from page 302 for vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Check for Understanding
Individual student check during independent work.
Closure
Review both passages. Determine the stronger, more influential, persuasive passage.
Exit Pass
Which passage is more influential and why do you say so?
DO NOW
WRITE A COHESIVE PARAGRAPH USING THE WORDS:
1. PUNITIVE
2. SUBMISSIVE
3. PRIMAL
4. OBJECTIVE.
ENSURE THAT YOU USE CONTEXT CLUES. IT CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING.
(also - turn in your HW - CRQ from yesterday class if you did not complete it)
DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Read / analyze and annotate the counter argument - A Pack of Lies - by Mark Derr on pages 297-300.
Guided
Identify emotional, logical and ethical appeals as we read and do side bars.
Independent
Complete pages 301-302 in soft holt reader.
cesar answers critics
Cesar Answers the critics
Independent
Complete Pack of lies and side bars. Annotate and circle words you don't know and look them up.
Complete questions on page 301 and 302. I will use words from page 302 for vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Check for Understanding
Individual student check during independent work.
Closure
Review both passages. Determine the stronger, more influential, persuasive passage.
Exit Pass
Which passage is more influential and why do you say so?
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Wednesday, November 4 - Argumentative Non-Fiction
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze an argument, identifying logical and emotional appeals to determine if it is a strong argument in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW
Write a sentence using context clues for the following words:
1. Primal
2. Submissive
3. Punitive
Direct Instruction
view clips
view another
Review side-bar answers and discuss effectiveness of Cesar Millan's argument.
Identify logical and emotional appeals and ethical appeals.
Guided / Independent (crq format)
Explain Cesar Millan's argument regarding the relationship between domestic dogs and humans. Then choose one logical appeal and one emotional appeal of Cesar Millan's that support his argument.
Check for Understanding
Individual and group student checks during independent work
Closure review plot through murder
Exit Pass
What makes a drama different than a work of fiction and How does a drama match up wit ha plot structure?
DO NOW
Write a sentence using context clues for the following words:
1. Primal
2. Submissive
3. Punitive
Direct Instruction
view clips
view another
Review side-bar answers and discuss effectiveness of Cesar Millan's argument.
Identify logical and emotional appeals and ethical appeals.
Guided / Independent (crq format)
Explain Cesar Millan's argument regarding the relationship between domestic dogs and humans. Then choose one logical appeal and one emotional appeal of Cesar Millan's that support his argument.
Check for Understanding
Individual and group student checks during independent work
Closure review plot through murder
Exit Pass
What makes a drama different than a work of fiction and How does a drama match up wit ha plot structure?
Thursday - November5 - period 6 - Connotations / persuasion vs manipulation
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze connotations and the differences between manipulation and persuasion in order to improve reading comprehension (specifically for upcoming speeches).
DO NOW
Brutus told Marc Antony that he may speak at Caesar's funeral under three conditions. What are those conditions? List them.
Direct Instruction
Connotations
Persuasion (convincing someone to do something that will be beneficial to themselves and others - it has a positive connotation)
vs.
Manipulation (convincing someone to do something for selfish reasons only - it has a negative connotation)
Discuss the major difference between persuasion and manipulation
Guided / Independent
Connotation practice worksheet
Complete plot structure through the CLIMAX.
Closure
Review and introduce the funeral speeches.
Exit Pass
Who is the protagonist of the play and who is going to be his antogonist?
DO NOW
Brutus told Marc Antony that he may speak at Caesar's funeral under three conditions. What are those conditions? List them.
Direct Instruction
Connotations
Persuasion (convincing someone to do something that will be beneficial to themselves and others - it has a positive connotation)
vs.
Manipulation (convincing someone to do something for selfish reasons only - it has a negative connotation)
Discuss the major difference between persuasion and manipulation
Guided / Independent
Connotation practice worksheet
Complete plot structure through the CLIMAX.
Closure
Review and introduce the funeral speeches.
Exit Pass
Who is the protagonist of the play and who is going to be his antogonist?
Wednesday, November - Connotations and Characterisiics of Drama
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze characteristics of a drama and recognize connotation of words and in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW - write the following definitions into notebooks:
Direct Instruction
What are some characteristics of a DRAMA (PLAY) that differentiates it from fiction or non-fiction?
Characteristics of a Drama - review key terms - DO NOT confuse monologue with soliloquoy.
Guided / Independent
Read and annotate the summaries of JC in the soft holt reader pages 344-345. Add rising action to plot structure from this summary.
Connotations worksheet - prepare to distinguish (tell the difference between) manipulation and persuasion.
Check for Understanding
Individual and group checks during independent work
Closure
Review characteristics of drama and introduce tomorrow's objective.
Exit Pass
What distinguishes a drama from short fiction?
DO NOW - write the following definitions into notebooks:
Connotation - the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning. (example: to persuade vs. to manipulate)
Denotation - Exact dictionary definition of the word that has no positive or negative suggestion
Direct Instruction
What are some characteristics of a DRAMA (PLAY) that differentiates it from fiction or non-fiction?
Characteristics of a Drama - review key terms - DO NOT confuse monologue with soliloquoy.
Guided / Independent
Read and annotate the summaries of JC in the soft holt reader pages 344-345. Add rising action to plot structure from this summary.
Connotations worksheet - prepare to distinguish (tell the difference between) manipulation and persuasion.
Check for Understanding
Individual and group checks during independent work
Closure
Review characteristics of drama and introduce tomorrow's objective.
Exit Pass
What distinguishes a drama from short fiction?
Monday, November 2, 2015
Monday, November 2 - Period 6
Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze character motives in Julius Caesar and make real life connections in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW
Multiple choice - elements of a DRAMA
Direct Instruction
Read and summarize Act 2 & 3.
View the murder of Julius Caesar until Brutus' speech.
Guided / Independent
Answer study guide questions for Act 1 and 3 using the soft holt reader and/or the summaries or the film to find answers.
ALSO:
Complete the RISING ACTION AND THE CLMAX ON PLOT STRUCTURES (HW if not completed in class)
Check for Understanding
Individual student checks during independent work.
Closure
Summarize and review through Act 3 (climax).
Exit Pass
Did Caesar deserve to be assasinated?Why or why not?
DO NOW
Multiple choice - elements of a DRAMA
Direct Instruction
Read and summarize Act 2 & 3.
View the murder of Julius Caesar until Brutus' speech.
Guided / Independent
Answer study guide questions for Act 1 and 3 using the soft holt reader and/or the summaries or the film to find answers.
ALSO:
Complete the RISING ACTION AND THE CLMAX ON PLOT STRUCTURES (HW if not completed in class)
Check for Understanding
Individual student checks during independent work.
Closure
Summarize and review through Act 3 (climax).
Exit Pass
Did Caesar deserve to be assasinated?Why or why not?
Monday, November 2 -
Objective: By the end of class, students will understand the difference between propaganda and persuasion in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
DO NOW
Propaganda quiz
Direct Instruction
Informational Text is different than fiction, non-fiction and drama. Remember:
Elements of fiction = not true, to entertain, characters, plot, conflict, etc
Elements of drama= not true, to entertain, monologues, solioquoys, asides, plot, etc
Elements of Non- Fiction= true, informative, people not characters, events and real life - not plot (plot structure cannot apply)
Elements of Informational text - informative or persuasive, often contains HEADERS, or GRAPHICS to determine essential and non-essential information.
Caesar - dog trainer
Dog trainer 2 - kids
Read Ceasar's Way - soft holt reader pages - 286 intro -
Guided
Read together and annotate for vocabulary and summarize each section in margins. Read 288-290 together
Independent
Read the rest on your own - annotate carefully and answer all sidebars. Write questions and summarize in margins. Define words you do not know.
Check for understanding
Individual student checks during independent.
Exit Pass
Explain the difference between persuasion and propaganda and tell me three devices of propaganda commonly used and three devices of a persuasive argument.
HW - Finish Cesar's Way - annotate and answer all sidebars. Summarize in margins and define and circle all words you do not know.
DO NOW
Propaganda quiz
Direct Instruction
Informational Text is different than fiction, non-fiction and drama. Remember:
Elements of fiction = not true, to entertain, characters, plot, conflict, etc
Elements of drama= not true, to entertain, monologues, solioquoys, asides, plot, etc
Elements of Non- Fiction= true, informative, people not characters, events and real life - not plot (plot structure cannot apply)
Elements of Informational text - informative or persuasive, often contains HEADERS, or GRAPHICS to determine essential and non-essential information.
Caesar - dog trainer
Dog trainer 2 - kids
Read Ceasar's Way - soft holt reader pages - 286 intro -
Guided
Read together and annotate for vocabulary and summarize each section in margins. Read 288-290 together
Independent
Read the rest on your own - annotate carefully and answer all sidebars. Write questions and summarize in margins. Define words you do not know.
Check for understanding
Individual student checks during independent.
Exit Pass
Explain the difference between persuasion and propaganda and tell me three devices of propaganda commonly used and three devices of a persuasive argument.
HW - Finish Cesar's Way - annotate and answer all sidebars. Summarize in margins and define and circle all words you do not know.
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