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Take out your model essay and write an introduction paragraph for your W7-Performance Task: The American Dream due 12/9. Remember it should start with a hook and end with a thesis.
Class discusses/reviews the introduction, thesis, body and conclusion of the model essay for the Performance Task Due 12/9. Remember the thesis is the last sentence of the introduction which states how you feel about the topic+the reasons why you feel that way in one to two coherent sentences.
Listening Quiz given on review of model essay and assignment.
Review of Assignment due 12/9 (100 point assessment grade)
W7-Performance Task-The American Dream -Include backmap as cover page (attach)
-Min. of 3 sources (2 from Unit 1)
-Works Cited Page and Citations (use citationmachine.net)
-Free from errors W6 notes-1-6
-Follow Persuasive Essay Format (W6 Notes)
-Rubric (attach)
A5-Main Idea Lesson/Skit assignment pg 292*/finish drawings-Class splits up again. Students assigned the main idea packet review the first part and receive the 2nd half of the assignment from Ms. Batten. Due 12/9.
-Students assigned setting or vocabulary must turn it in or finish it.
-Students finished with vocab or setting assignment organize, direct and perform a skit from pg 292 Holt The Devil and Tom Walker where Tom Walker meets the devil.
TogetherClass reads, while listening to the audio, Holt p291-294. As they read they take notes, mark with a pencil or use post-it notes to mark predictions for R28 Predictions (15) due at the end of the story. Take notes for Test when Ms. Batten stops and discusses the story.
