EJ Quiz, Pages 120-196

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EJ Quiz, Pages 89-119

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Parallelism: Independent Practice

After each notetaking section of the parallelism presentation, you will be directed to practice parallelism independently. Use the link below to access the appropriate site, but be sure to print your responses and hand them in for a grade. The site does not save your responses.

Parallelism Practice Link

Persuasion and Bias Quiz

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Weekly Vocabulary Practice

Weekly Vocabulary Practice

Each week you must learn eight vocabulary words that I will provide from our reading assignments.

1. Record all of your words and practice activities in one spreadsheet on Google Docs, and label the document to reference “vocabulary.”

2. On Monday:  List each word, its part of speech, a popular definition in your own words or a synonym, and a sentence using each word in an appropriate context.

3. On Tuesday:  List two different forms of the word, each corresponding part of speech, and a sentence for each new word form.

4. On Wednesday:  Use the vocabulary words orally in class to earn 2 points per word for correct usage.

5. On Thursday:  Review the words with a partner or by using Quizlet.com prior to taking the quiz. You will complete a quiz of all eight words the first Thursday, 16 words the second Thursday, 24 words the next Thursday and a final over all 32 words on the last Thursday of the block.

Creative Writing Portfolio

As part of this block, you will create a creative writing portfolio that presents your best writing. Your writing samples, four total, should address more than one genre of writing and more than one topic of interest to you. Through links at the website Digital Textbook, you will have access to a variety of texts from which you can create a response. Be sure to include the URL of the document that inspired you in the final draft you submit on Google Docs.

Your writing should meet the guidelines specified at Weekly Paper Guidelines link. It will be graded using a 6-Trait rubric that evaluates ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. For examples of my expectations, refer to the student exemplars at the same site.

Happy writing!

Enrique's Journey Reading Assignments

For each reading assignment below, take two-column notes like the ones modeled in class. Use the question stems in your notes if you need ideas to get you started. These notes need to be complete and compiled for a final grade at the end of the block.

Enrique's Journey
Due dates:
Tuesday, 3/5:  Prologue
Wednesday, 3/6:  Pages 3-23
Thursday, 3/7:  Pages 24-44

Monday, 3/11:  Pages 45-60
Tuesday, 3/12:  Pages 61-81
Wednesday, 3/13:  Pages 82-100
Thursday, 3/14:  Pages 101-119

Monday, 3/18:  Pages 120-135
Tuesday, 3/19:  Pages 137-158
Wednesday, 3/20:  Pages 159-178
Thursday, 3/21:  Pages 179-196

Monday, 3/25:  Pages 197-216
Tuesday, 3/26:  Pages 217-240

Extra Credit:  Afterword, Epilogue, & Notes