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AA Junior English. September 10, 2012 Vocab List for “The Cult of Ethnicity” Return Pre-Assessments/Discuss Improvement Plan Hw: Look up any words on Vocab List you cannot COMFORTABLY use in your writing. Tuesday, September 11th. Vocab Quiz on “Cult of Ethnicity”
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AA Junior English September 10, 2012 Vocab List for “The Cult of Ethnicity” Return Pre-Assessments/Discuss Improvement Plan Hw: Look up any words on Vocab List you cannot COMFORTABLY use in your writing
Tuesday, September 11th • Vocab Quiz on “Cult of Ethnicity” • In The MacMillan Writer, Read pages 3-11 on “Becoming a Strong Reader” • Be prepared to discuss questions 1-2 under Q’s for Close Reading and 1-2 under Q’s about The Writer’s Craft
Wednesday, September 12th • Comp book: Worry • Pair share answers to the reading • Group Assignment: Assigned Rows for Looking Closely at the “Cult of Ethnicity” article
Thursday, September 13th • Comp BooK: Write a PERSONAL example of racial, ethnic, generational, gender or other tension you have OBSERVED. Be specific. Be creative. Could you use dialogue in your example? Use “The Worry Factor” as a model. • Group Presentations on Close Reading and the Writer’s Craft • Topic: Inference (Reading between the lines) • Level of Understanding: Analysis • Assess: Group Presentations
Friday, September 14th • Complete Group presentations • H.O. Large copy of “Cult of Ethnicity” • Topic: Marking a text • Level: Analysis • Assess: Turn in completed marked text • HW: H.O. Read and Mark the text on “The Shi**y First Draft”