Root Word Section in your comp book

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: A “flow” state is when you get lost in whatever you’re doing and forget about everything else. • What leads to a “flow” state for you?

Nonfiction Assessment Wed-Fri“Made in USA” article1. annotations of - MI- AP- AUD- Craft2. writing a RAPT paragraph about the author’s purpose for writing the articlePlus our usual Root Word Quiz

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: How will you choose where to live as an adult?

Wed/Thur ELP • Bring book or magazine • Brief Book Talk • Begin Nonfiction assessment - annotating and writing about “Made in USA”

Pg 64 of your comp book Writers’ Workshop What do you want to do that one of these kids did in her writing?

Student Examples Example 1 (half of her response) The author's purpose for writing the article is to persuade the reader to believe that it is good that America is manufacturing their own products. Proof that supports the author's purpose is a comment the author included by Kelly Nestor: "folks want to know more about where their products are coming." this quote tells the reader that if customers knew or even lived in the environment in which the product was manufactured, they would feel reassured and would be more likely to buy the product. [To earn an advanced go further to explain how feeling reassured and being more likely to buy the product helps America's economy in the long run.] Example 2(half of her response) The author's purpose for writing this article is to persuade the reader to believe that more manufacturing jobs are good for America because "[i]n a recent Harris poll of more than 2,000 U.S. consumers, 75 percent said they'd be willing to pay more for American-made products." This would bring jobs to our country which helps out families and creates a cultural feel for the product. "Buyers feel good about their purchases while supporting not just American-made but American-grown products," according to Dr. Batra, a business school professor (at ?) This shows that other than bringing jobs to America, people would like to buy American-made products because they were grown and produced in their homeland. Example 3 (full response) The author's purpose for writing the article "The Return of Made in the USA" was to express his opinion and persuade one to believe that it's great that America is once again manufacturing within the country and creating jobs finally. In the article, Willy Shih of the Harvard Business School states that "consumer demands provide a boost." The high demands for US-made products boost companies' manufacturing here because that demand leads to more jobs returning to the U.S. The more demand, the more jobs we'll see. On another note, foreign auto makers have built over "17 production facilities in the U.S. that employed 500,000 Americans." This statistic shows that even foreign countries are building facilities here due to our decreasing labor costs, which helps us by creating thousands of jobs for Americans.

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“Fewer Mexicans Head to U.S. as Home Exerts More Pull” • Groups of 4 – each person assigned one graph. • Summarize what your graph means by writing short summary in the margin next to the graph • Share – 1 minute each & write a margin summary next to each graph • Read back side, paragraphs 2-6 • Underline and write “R-1” above the 1st reason why immigration has slowed down (R-2 for 2nd, R-3 for 3rd…) • If you see R-1 repeated, write R-1 again.

7 total reasons – 2 are repeated But experts from both sides of the border are skeptical that the U.S. will see an upsurge in immigration from Mexico, citing a strengthening Mexican economy, increases in border security that have made crossing costlier and more dangerous, and demographic changes in Mexico, such as a falling fertility rate. More than 700,000 Mexicans came to the U.S. in 2000 alone, a peak in immigration flows. But immigration slowed to a trickle between 2005 and 2010, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, so much so that the number of Mexicans returning to their home country offset the number coming to the U.S. "Whether they'll go up from here or not is dependent on a lot of factors," said Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer for the Pew Hispanic Center, among them the health of the U.S. economy and a potential immigration overhaul. But "we won't see flows as big as we saw around 2000, ever.“ New opportunities are coming to Mexico. Luxury-car maker Audi laid the foundation stone in May for a factory in Puebla—the German company's first in North America—to manufacture the Audi Q5 SUV. The project is set to create 3,800 jobs at the plant and some 16,000 jobs at suppliers and other businesses. The Mexican economy grew at a 4% annual rate in 2012, compared with 2.2% in the U.S. In the state of Puebla, the source of hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the U.S., the economy grew at a 6.6% rate in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to government statistics. The unemployment rate in Puebla was just above 4% in April.

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: List day • List everything water is used in nature and used for by humans.

Readers Workshop Notice the sentence structures your author uses Tape this onto page 64 of your comp book – Writers Workshop section

Text Types and Craft (PG 63 of your Comp Book)

GradingFormative Nonfiction Test • Thorough annotations of the article (6) • MI • AP • Diction • Statistic • Pers. Lang • Historical Info • Metaph • Pers. Exp • Multiple Choice (8) • Written response (16) TOTAL: 30 pts

Paragraph Response to the question… What was the author’s purpose for writing the article? • Restate the question • Answer the question directly (Persuade us to believe what….?) • Prove your answer with 2-3 quotes • Thoroughly explain how each quote proves what his purpose was

Root Word Section in your comp book HYPER • QW: What makes you hyper?

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: What makes you hyper?

4 = Completely Agree 3 = Mostly Agree 2 = Mostly Disagree 1 = Completely Disagree _____ People of one race cannot possibly understand another race. _____ All Americans come from immigrant backgrounds. _____ Members of a family share certain values. _____ Political events have no impact on teens. _____ Some stereotypes are accurate and fair. _____ Parents know what is best for their children. _____ One small experience can change a person’s self-image forever. _____ English should be legally established as the only official language in the United States. _____ Anyone who is willing to work hard can overcome poverty and succeed in America. _____ Our racial and cultural histories don’t matter; what matters is what we do with our lives now. _____ Americans, of whatever backgrounds, are more alike than different. _____ I have never felt discriminated against because of my race, ethnicity , or culture. _____ Relationships within one’s own racial or ethnic group work out better.

Root Word Section in your comp book