12/10/12

12/10 English III

1) 32 compromise: (n. v)
prefix: com: with together    root: promise: to commit        suffix: x
prefix: pro: for, in support of  root: miss: to send (this is the root they are testing you on)

n: settlement, agreement-reached by opposing sides
v: infer meaning: to settle, to agree
Do your own sentence, picture, and have a peer review

Quiz is Wednesday during 6th block. Your words are due on Friday.

Model: Kim Kardashian and Old Navy came to a compromise. She dropped her lawsuit against them for violating her publicity rights and they gave her an undisclosed settlement amount. 

2)Class survey homework PAST due. This was due the last class. Some of you are confused about your topic or you didn't follow directions for the survey. Reminder-students were to survey students about their topic. If students agreed with them they only need to put yes or no. If they didn't agree with them, they need to put a reason why. Each group has to get 50 people. If presenting by yourself, you must get 50 people. List names of all surveyed. Time given in class to survey classmates. Turn in today.

3)W3-Persuasive Cnotes-Finish by answering Essential Question. Keep for now and turn in with speech. The notes will count toward your assessment grade for the speech, so make sure you finish them and submit. So if you don't submit the Cnotes on the speech date, the highest score you can receive on the speech is
a 75

4)"Emotional Control Classes" Persuasive speech Students jigsawed and will be grading on the same part of the rubric they did for the Hiphop speech. Students must take notes on their categories while listening to the speech. They should do this on the same rubric, by drawing a dividing line or on a new rubric making sure to label one rubric as Hiphop and the other as Emotional Control. They should name specific details from the speech. Each person should also give a score 3 to 0 (3 being an A) for each category they are to grade. Group members meet together and discuss their comments and score. Each group member is to write in each part of the rubric after listening to their group members. If absent watch the speech online here. If absent, you must evaluate every category and assign a grade 3 to 0 for each part of the rubric. Calculate the 8 categories together and divide by 8 for your final score.

5)Class Discusses each part of rubric and grades given. Most of class agrees the student received a 1 to 1.5- a D.

6)Research library-
New presentation dates are 1/7 Monday and 1/9 Wednesday early release and 1/11 Friday

Meet in the library on Wednesday.