10th grade - We continued looking at persuasive arguments and how people make those arguments. I passed out a two page worksheet on the various types of persuasive arguments - extra copies are on the back table. We watched several video clips and then analyzed them for the techniques we just read about. Finally, students were assigned to read from page 560 - 564 for Wednesday (tomorrow).
8th grade - Read pages 307-321. Answer questions 1-14. due Thursday.
History - Abigail Adams reading and questions. Extra copies can be found on the back table. Due Tomorrow (Wednesday).
7th Grade - Read the story on pages 374-384. Discussion of goals and dreams in life. No homework on this story - yet. We'll get to that tomorrow.
Mr. Hawley. Burlington School - Daily Class Instructions.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Monday, Feb 06, 2012
Lit Terms, spelling words, and a daily dose of grammar.
Spelling Week 3
Conflict – The problem or struggle in a story that triggers the action. There are 5 basic types.
· Person vs Person – Someone has a problem with someone else
· Person vs Society – Someone has a problem with society: Eg, The school, law, culture, rules, etc.
· Person vs Self – What to do in a certain situation. Rescue the car full of people, or your girlfriend?
· Person vs Nature – Heat, cold, tsunami, avalanche, tornado, mutant ninja turtles . . .
· Person vs Fate (god) – battle with what seems to be an uncontrollable problem. Out of your power.
Spelling
1. Thoroughly - completely
2. Afghan – holy blanket
3. Irritability - Crankyness
4. Feign - pretend
5. Mortgage – home loan
6. Harassment - bullying
7. Facade – fake front
8. Reminiscent - remembering
9. Tableau – artistic arrangment
10. Choreographer
Active vs passive voice:
In writing, using an active voice will help your writing stand out. This means taking OUT the helping verbs.
Passive – I have been watching TV all night long
Active – I watched TV all night
Passive – The bus had been chased by the dog
Active – The dog chased the bus
Passive – The boy was hoping to be able to ask the girl to prom
Active – The boy wanted to ask the girl to prom
Passive – Do you think, if it’s not too much of a problem, that you might consider, assuming it’s not too inconvenient, whether or not you may or may not want to spend the next few decades of your life entwined with mine in a combined effort at raising a family?
Active?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Thursday - Feb 02, 2012
10th - Persuasive Speech continued. The three things that people can disagree over are arguments of Fact, arguments of value, and arguments of policy. But within each of those three, you can appeal to one of three other ideas.
1. Logic - Getting a good education is beneficial to your earning potential through life.
2. Emotions - Feed the children - they need our help!
3. Ethics - Old men shouldn't marry young women. It's just wrong!
When you write a persuasive paper, you should use the following template . . .
1st paragraph - include a general statement about your subject, followed by a thesis - what do you want people to believe and do?
-Kids these days like to express themselves in many different ways. I believe we should have a dress code here at school!
2nd paragraph - acknowledge that the opposing side has some valid points to consider.
-I understand that most kids don't like the idea of wearing uniforms, some parents can't afford them, and they are not incredibly stylish.
3rd Paragraph - argue your first point against these acknowledgments
-However, consider that wearing uniforms will . . .
4th Paragraph - Argue your second point
-And also consider that uniforms will . . .
5th paragrahp - argue your last and STRONGEST point
-Finally, think about all the times that wearing a uniform could help with . . .
6th Paragraph - Restate your general idea and then restate your thesis.
-Therefore, even though self expression is a valuable part of life, the need for school uniforms or a dress code is even more important and valuable in the lives of your young people.
Assignment - Write an outline for a persuasive paper of your choice. You don't need to write the whole paper - JUST the outline with bullet points for your ideas. Due Friday (tomorrow)
-Also, reading logs due tomorrow.
-Spelling Test tomorrow
-Vocab worksheet due tomorrow.
8th - We discussed 3 different types of phrases and how they are used in a sentence
1. Prepositional phrases - show location and use a preposition.
-In a bottle,
-by the fence
2. Appositive phrases - show information that is extra in a sentence. Restrictive appositives DON'T need commas, but non-restrictive appositives DO need commas.
Non-restrictive - My uncle, who is bald, likes to sing in the shower. (We don't need the info, so we set it off with commas.
Restrictive - My friend John joined the choir. (We don't know which friend, so we don't set it aside with commas. We need to keep his name in the sentence.) I know appositives are baffling and backwards!
3. Participial phrases - shows a verb ending.
Either present progressive - ing "Walking through the garden"
or Past progressive - ed "Walked through the garden"
No homework.
-Spelling test tomorrow
-Reading logs tomorrow
7th Grade - Read the story "Hearts and hands" on page 346. Write 5 lines about your thoughts on what the theme might be. Due Friday.
-spelling test Friday
-Reading logs due Friday
-Hearts theme 5 lines due Friday.
1. Logic - Getting a good education is beneficial to your earning potential through life.
2. Emotions - Feed the children - they need our help!
3. Ethics - Old men shouldn't marry young women. It's just wrong!
When you write a persuasive paper, you should use the following template . . .
1st paragraph - include a general statement about your subject, followed by a thesis - what do you want people to believe and do?
-Kids these days like to express themselves in many different ways. I believe we should have a dress code here at school!
2nd paragraph - acknowledge that the opposing side has some valid points to consider.
-I understand that most kids don't like the idea of wearing uniforms, some parents can't afford them, and they are not incredibly stylish.
3rd Paragraph - argue your first point against these acknowledgments
-However, consider that wearing uniforms will . . .
4th Paragraph - Argue your second point
-And also consider that uniforms will . . .
5th paragrahp - argue your last and STRONGEST point
-Finally, think about all the times that wearing a uniform could help with . . .
6th Paragraph - Restate your general idea and then restate your thesis.
-Therefore, even though self expression is a valuable part of life, the need for school uniforms or a dress code is even more important and valuable in the lives of your young people.
Assignment - Write an outline for a persuasive paper of your choice. You don't need to write the whole paper - JUST the outline with bullet points for your ideas. Due Friday (tomorrow)
-Also, reading logs due tomorrow.
-Spelling Test tomorrow
-Vocab worksheet due tomorrow.
8th - We discussed 3 different types of phrases and how they are used in a sentence
1. Prepositional phrases - show location and use a preposition.
-In a bottle,
-by the fence
2. Appositive phrases - show information that is extra in a sentence. Restrictive appositives DON'T need commas, but non-restrictive appositives DO need commas.
Non-restrictive - My uncle, who is bald, likes to sing in the shower. (We don't need the info, so we set it off with commas.
Restrictive - My friend John joined the choir. (We don't know which friend, so we don't set it aside with commas. We need to keep his name in the sentence.) I know appositives are baffling and backwards!
3. Participial phrases - shows a verb ending.
Either present progressive - ing "Walking through the garden"
or Past progressive - ed "Walked through the garden"
No homework.
-Spelling test tomorrow
-Reading logs tomorrow
7th Grade - Read the story "Hearts and hands" on page 346. Write 5 lines about your thoughts on what the theme might be. Due Friday.
-spelling test Friday
-Reading logs due Friday
-Hearts theme 5 lines due Friday.
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