Monday—March 10, 2014

1. Monday—March 10, 2014 • Subject-Verb agreement occurs when the verb matches the subject of the sentence, depending on whether the subject is singular or plural. • Label the sentence, as usual, and also fix any subject-verb errors. Do not add punctuation, just modify the subject or verb. Delilah spend time with Addie Ann.

2. Subject-Verb Agreement • Subjects & verbs should agree. • Why? • Plural subject=morethan one; needs a pluralverb • Singularsubject=one; needs a singularverb • Other corrections to the sentence:

3. Tuesday—March 11, 2014 • Label the sentence and also fix any subject-verb errors. Do not add punctuation, just modify the subject or verb. Delilah spend time with Addie Ann. Uncle Bump or Elias help Addie Ann gain confidence.

4. “Patterns” signpost • Remember: whenever something repeats; again & again • Response Questions: • What is the pattern? • Why is this important/significant? Example

5. “Patterns” signpost

6. A Thousand Never Evers • What is the mood/tone of the end of the novel? • In chapter 34, Ralphie reaches for Addie Ann’s hand. What does this mean? How can we see this as symbolic? • Think again about the title of the novel. What does the title mean? Which events in the novel have shown progress for Civil Rights?

7. Seminar Questions • Think of questions that are novel-specific, but also text-to-world. • Create questions around the topic/big idea of Civil Rights. • Have all people gained Civil Rights, today? What progress have we made? • How fair/just was society during the 1960’s? Is injustice still present today? Why?

8. Wednesday—March 12, 2014 Delilah spend time with Addie Ann. Uncle Bump or Elias help Addie Ann gain confidence. Ethics questions is argumentative; you can respond to both sides of the issue.

9. Thursday—March 13, 2014 • Subject-Verb Agreement Practice: 1) Read the following sentences & choose the sentence with the correct subject to match the verb: • Young children imitates the actions of their parents. • The theater shows a new film every two weeks. • The leaders of the countries talks to each other once a year. • Orange juice have plenty of essential vitamins. 2) By the time the pizza arrived, the party ___________. What answer makes the statement correct? • Had ended • Will end • Has ended • Is ended

10. Argument Pre-Write • Consider your ethics question for Argument Parts 1 & 2. • What legal changes could be applied to the situation? • What effect could these changes have?

11. Argument Part 3 • We have built our argument by addressing a situation with a fact approach and judgment approach. • Our final step is to address the situation with a policy approach. • Part 3 (at least 2 paragraphs) is our argument of policy. • Argument of policy think about what we did for “The Great Fire” last quarter.

12. Argument Part 3 • For this portion of the argument, you will apply a legal change and explain how that affects the novel/characters. • Example: Ethics Question: Was it right for Jimmy Worth & Buck to harm Flapjack? Ethical issue: The behavior of Jimmy & Buck towards Flapjack Legal Change: an animal abuse law Application: animal abuse is illegal, so blame transfers to Jimmy & Buck rather than Elias **this might change things for Addie Ann & her family**

13. Argument Part 3 • Today’s Task: Brainstorm legal or social changes that could apply to your ethics question. You will be arguinghow the change would affect the situation described by your ethics question. {just like when we argued how new laws would reduce fire risk in 1870 Chicago…}

14. Argument Part 3 Outlining Step 1: What is the legal change? How is it connected/relevant to your ethics question? Step 2: How might this legal change affect things? Step 3: How do you know? (gather textual evidence from the novel to support) Step 4: Create the normal evidence-rule-conclusion chart to begin working on the argument (same process as used for the argument of policy last quarter, about "The Great Fire")

15. Friday—March 14, 2014 • Please take out a sheet of paper, the novel, and your composition book. • Agenda: • Novel test • Revise Argument Part 2 • Begin drafting Argument Part 3

16. Monday—March 17, 2014 Remember Subject-Verb Agreement. Fix any errors that you see. People all over the world celebrates on the 17th day of March to honor the patron saint of Ireland.

17. Subject-Verb Agreement • Review the study sheet! • To clarify from last week: make it simple • Singular subject  singular verb • Plural subject  plural verb

18. Argument Part 3 Format • Same paragraph structure • This will be one longer paragraph Claim Evidence (2 sentences min.) Rule (1-2 sentences) Conclusion (2 sentences min) Counterclaim Rebuttal Overall conclusion: (this could be between 2-4 sentences) Restate claim by combining claims from all 3 argument parts. EX: As proved by the evidence, Jimmy Worth & Buck Fowler are mean, thoughtless people for abusing Addie Ann’s cat, Flapjack. An animal abuse law would punish Jimmy & Buck for intentionally harming animals, which is illegal. Describe “life lesson” by explaining what we learn about the ethical issue. EX: Through this situation, we can see that Jimmy & Buck’s behavior towards Flapjack is an ethical issue. Though others may think otherwise, Jimmy & Buck most likely acted wrongly.

19. Conclusion of Argument Overall conclusion: (this should be between 2-4 sentences) Restate claim by combining claims from all 3 argument parts. EX: {Transition phrase, such as “As proved by the evidence”}, Jimmy Worth and Buck Fowler are mean, thoughtless people for abusing Addie Ann’s cat, Flapjack. An animal abuse law would punish Jimmy & Buck for intentionally harming animals, which is illegal. Describe “life lesson” by explaining what we learn about the ethical issue. EX: {Transition phrase, such as “As we can conclude”}, Jimmy and Buck’s behavior towards Flapjack is an ethical issue. Though others may think otherwise, Jimmy and Buck most likely acted wrongly.

20. Tuesday—March 18, 2014 Remember Subject-Verb Agreement. Fix any errors that you see. People all over the world (celebrates, celebrate) on the 17th day of March to honor the patron saint of Ireland. Explanation: The purpose of writing (is, are, am) to make an impact. Explanation:

21. Writing… • A quote from Ms. Gross: “Good writing is a nice balance between style & substance. The purpose of writing is to make an impact and get to the point. This cannot be accomplished with fluff and empty words.”

22. Bad habits are: • Using “I think” to start sentences. • Using “This is why I think….” as a conclusion. • WHY? • These are EMPTY words: no substance! • These are redundant and have no meaning. • These are “fluff” that serve to fill up a page.

23. Solutions: • Approach your writing with confidence, not with doubt! • Writing “I think”/ “I believe”/ “I say” shows some doubt. **Also, we already KNOW that it is what you think: You are writing it, so it MUST BE what you think! Be SURE of your claims!

24. Practicing Which claim is stronger & more powerful? I think Jimmy Worth and Buck Fowler should not have harmed Flapjack. I think this because Jimmy and Buck hurt Flapjack intentionally. I think this is not right. Jimmy Worth and Buck Fowler should not have harmed Flapjack. Revise the rest of it, eliminating empty, fluff words.

25. Constructed Response • Use your skills! • Prompt: What was Shana Burg’s purpose for writing A Thousand Never Evers? Use evidence from the novel to support your response. Tip: All writing, to some degree, is argumentative. You may approach this as a general persuasive piece, or as an argument piece.

26. Wednesday—March 19, 2014 People all over the world (celebrates, celebrate) on the 17th day of March to honor the patron saint of Ireland. Explanation: The purpose of writing (is, are, am) to make an impact. Explanation: Each of the students (has/have) a choice of a writing topic. Many of the students (chooses/choose) to respond to an ethical question.