Wednesday, November 30

• Warm-up: Revise and edit body paragraph 3
• Plan and draft conclusion paragraph
• Write conclusion paragraph

HW: Finish conclusion paragraph

Tuesday, November 29

• Warm-up: Analyze a body paragraph
• Analyze your body paragraphs (1 & 2)
• Write body paragraph #3

HW: Finish body paragraph #3

Monday, November 28

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Drama
• Review intro paragraph for argument essay
• Begin planning/drafting first body paragraph

HW: Finish first AND second body paragraph (pink and green worksheets)

Friday, November 18

• Warm-up: Finish "The Case for Wind Power" - questions
• Finish work from yesterday:
• "Password Protected"
• "Are Athletes Overpaid?"
• Finish Rescue Article questions

HW: Finish any work that was not completed today.

Wednesday, November 16

• Warm-up: Read and annotate "The Case for Wind Power"
• Identify claim, hook, the summary of the issue, counterclaim, and rebuttals
• Start working introduction paragraph for argument essay - Should people be rescued?

HW: Complete introduction paragraph (plan and rough draft of paragraph - blue packet)

Tuesday, November 15

• Warm-up: Read, annotate, and answer questions for "Clean Cars for California"
• Text-Based Discussion - Should people be rescued if they put themselves in a dangerous situation?

HW: NONE

Monday, November 14

• Warm-up: Read, annotate, and answer questions for the commentary "A Generational Challenge..."
• Answer question #1 to the rescue article - "Ranger  killed during rescue..."
• Prepare for Text-based discussion (TBD) on the topic - Should people who put themselves in a dangerous situation be rescued?
• use Rescue packet articles to prepare

• HW: Finish preparation for TBD

Thursday, November 10

• Warm-up: Read and annotate "Ranger killed during rescue of climbers..."
• Text-based discussion (TBD)
• Prepare for next TBD - Rescue articles

HW: NONE

Wednesday, November 9

• Warm-up: Answer questions 1 and 2 for "Why Everest?" article
• Watch news video on Abby Sunderland and complete chart and question (Google Classroom)
• Prepare for Text-Based Discussion on Abby Sunderland - Was she too young to sail? (handout)

HW: Finish green Abby Sunderland worksheet - Text Based Discussion preparation 

Tuesday, November 8

• Answer questions 1 and 2 for the "Helicopter Rescues Increasing on Everest" article (Google Classroom)
• Read and annotate "Ship of Fools" - Abby Sunderland packet

HW: Read and annotate "Why Everest?" - Rescue packet

Monday, November 7

• Warm-up: Vocabulary - Position Statement
• Go over Argument Terminology (Google Classroom)
• Read Abby Sunderland article to identify writer's craft (argument)

HW: Read and annotate"Helicopter Rescues Increasing on Everest" - Radio Interview

Friday, November 4

• Finish Novel Assessment - DUE AT THE END OF CLASS

HW: NONE

Thursday, November 3

• Work on final novel assessment 

HW: NONE

Wednesday, November 2

• Warm-up: Read/annotate and complete questions for the Abby Sunderland articles
• Plan and begin final novel assessment

HW: Periods 1, 2, and 6 ONLY - Finish Abby Sunderland articles

Tuesday, November 1

• Warm-up: Read and annotate "Parents of rescued teenage sailor Abby Sunderland accused of risking her life"
• Finish watching The Giver/The Outsiders - complete compare/contrast worksheet

HW: 

1. Answer questions for the article "Parents of rescued teenage sailor Abby Sunderland accused of risking her life"

2. Read and annotate "Ship of Fools"