January 28th, 2019

MONDAY: 

• Warm Up: 
• Students will practice vocabulary usage using scaffolded worksheet. 
• Activator 
• Students will write what they know about the words via sentence creation practice. 
• Work Session 
• Students will write their Journal 9 entry for the day, utlizing the vocab, with 5 or more words chosen.  They will discuss their current status in class[es] using effective usage of commas, previous weeks review to illustrate mastery. 
• Closer 
• Students will read out loud their finished products.   
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• TUESDAY: 
• Warm Up:  
• Students will practice using semicolons from worksheet assigned. 
• They will write 3 sentences making use of a semicolon to be reviewed by class. 
• Activator 
• Why are semicolons? Should they be used with commas always? Explain. 
• Work Session 
• Students through scaffolded breakdown will, in Springboard, use 3.2 to critically reevaluate the terminalogy of the writing of the 1st amendment as to better understand it and its langauge clarity. 
• In pairs, they will verbally explain to one another what each part means. 
• They will rewrite the amendment as to make it clear to a fellow student in terms that are more adept to everyday speech, current vernacular. 

• Closer 

Students, partners will share their revised version to the class and highlight their most critical adaptations. 

WEDNESDAY: 

• Warm Up:  Vocabulary intro 
• Activator 
• Will write 5 sentences, original, using the terms in contextual sentences that illustrate effectively their meaning. 

Work Session 

What role does the Media play in our society today?[Springboard, p205] 

SWBAT to write a short piece, as if a reporter, about a critical issue that is facing our country/state that needs to be resolved. 

What “voice” ought we use? 

How can we be more convincing? 

Closer: 

Exit ticket, submission of their argument for review and discussion in following class. 

THURSDAY:  

• Warm Up:  
• Partner up, share out their main issue from previous lesson.  Annotate what they learn, 2 items or more. 
• Activator 
• When can media be detrimental or cause harm in everday life?  Explain. 
• Work Session 
• p.210, How can one make an excellent argument in their writing and use the proper tone? 
• SWBAT to analyze their group,3 people, from this weeks work and make, via critical feedback, their writing more engaging and thoughtful to convince one of their main argument. 
• Closer 
• They will submit the revised version, along with the original version for exit ticket to show that they made improvement or modification. 
  
  
  FRIDAY : 
• Warm Up: They will choose a major issue that they learned or read about this week. 
• Activator 
• Students will look over an article from the current events periodical provided. 

Work Session 

• SWBAT 
• Write an effective article, outling their main argument and present to the class 
• Closer 

Students, separately will all, provide to each of the classmates feedback for improvement on their pieces.  The feedback will used to create a 2nd draft due on Monday for submission.