1. ELA 8 Friday, September 26, 2014 EQ-What constitutes effective evidence? Objectives: ● IN: What is the purpose of independent reading (Do not write there is none. Take the teachers perspective!) ● Rewrite FE homework ● Annotations for independent reading ● Independent reading time!

2. ELA 8 Monday, September 29, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (11a): How is commentary/reasoning like a bridge? ● Questions about IR? ● Review strong commentary verbs ● Triangle writing: Use Queenie story to write an argument paper. Use Google Docs and share with the people in your group and me- joanna.graham@wbsd.org joanna.graham@wbsd.org ● HOMEWORK: Essential argument vocabulary AND be ready to write an argument paper tomorrow!

3. Strong Commentary Verbs

4. ELA 8 Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Objectives: ● Review Queenie Paragraphs ● Write argument paragraph with your chosen claim statement-DUE TOMORROW ● Paper should be written in Google Docs and shared with me: joanna.graham@wbsd.orgjoanna.graham@wbsd.org ● HW: Argument Vocab ● Quiz on Argument Paragraphs, including vocab, on Thursday

5. Queenie is telling the truth. Queenie would’ve been too weak to kill her husband by herself. If Arthur was lying at the bottom of the step has must have already been drunk and then he fell down the stairs. Arthur must’ve fallen up top of the glass. She seems so surprised the look on her face is full fear and sadness, the look on her face, she could’ve never done it. Queenie is short and skinny, she couldn’t done that much damage, she did not kill her husband.

6. Queenie isn’t telling the truth because of the logical evidence. Arthur belly up on the ground, the stove being on, and the unbroken cup. Queenie stated that Arthur came down stairs to get a drink, but he fell down the stairs. The picture showed that he was belly up on at the bottom of the stairs. It rejects the idea that when someone falls down stairs they land face flat/ belly down at the bottom of the stairs. So it’s logical that if he is belly up he was either going up the stairs and he fell backwards, or someone might of pushed him. In the picture, it show that the stove was on. It implies that if the stove was on a person would be in cooking. Queenie said the Arthur was in his room drinking, but he must of being cooking in the kitchen, scene he didn’t go to the party. In the picture it showed that the cup wasn’t broken. It’s logical that if Arthur fell down the stairs, the cup would of broke, there would be glass and the liquid would be all over the stairs and floor. But instead the liquid was only on the floor and cup didn’t break.

7. Queenie is guilty of killing her husband by pushing him down the stairs. Evidence that proves it is that he was walking down but his back is towards the floor instead of his stomach. Another reason is that he had a glass in his hand and if he fell his glass cup would have broken into pieces. Also she said that he was going down to get another drink, but as we said, he was face up when he fell. Before the incident they got into a fight, so Queene went to the bar. Later she went home with some friends, she rushed and went first inside the house. Next thing they find Arthur on the ground, feet on the stairs face.

8. Quennie is not telling the truth because you can see the visible signs. In the picture Arthur is laying down belly up. Queenie said that Arthur fell down the stairs. Most times when someone falls down the stairs they will land face first and back up, because of this we can assume that Queenie is lying about how Arthur fell. Another sign that shows that Queenie is lying is that the stove was on. This shows that Quennie lied because people do not go upstairs when cooking something downstairs. In conclusion Quennie was lying about Arthur’s death.

9. Queenie is not telling the truth about the death of her husband. If Queenies husband really fell down the stairs the glass in his hand would have shattered. The stove was on while Queenies husband was on the ground which shows that he must have been down stairs making food. Queenie’s husband had a suit on under his robe which shows that he might have been going out that night. His body was facing up when it should have been facing down if he really fell down the stairs. Also Queenie rushed home before her friends got there so she could have staged his death. This proves that Queenie’s husband did not kill himself by falling down the stairs, instead it shows that he must have been pulled down by someone else.

10. Queenie killed her husband because their are visible signs in the scene. The stove is on. Since the stove is on then someone has to be downstairs watching it and not upstairs. From the story “ Something terrible happened, Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs.” Queenie probably pushed him down which caused him to slip and fall.

11. Queenie killed her husband and is not telling the truth. First, in the picture it shows Arthur is on his back on the bottom step. When someones falls down the stairs typically they land on their stomach. That shows that he was pushed down the stairs and did not fall down. Secondly, Queenie rushed home before all her friends after the party. This highlights that she went to her house before everyone to kill her husband because they got in a fight earlier that day. Lastly, the picture showed that the stove was on in the kitchen. This points out that Arthur (her husband) would be downstairs already and not be coming from upstairs. Therefore, Quinee killed her husband after examining all the evidence and is not telling the truth.

12. Is Queenie Telling The Truth. First of all the picture shows us that her husband fell face up if he fell down the stairs then he would have been face down unless someone pulled him,he came down for more of his drink, but his glass was empty when he was walking up the stairs. This could mean that Mr. Arthur could have been sick before he died, or he could have been drunk Mrs. Arthur claims that she didn’t kill him but how do we know

13. Queenie is not telling the truth about Arthur’s death because there are many visible signs showing she murdered him. One example that Queenie is not telling the truth is in the photograph, you can see that Arthur was facing upwards, he was on his back and it looks as if he was going up the stairs and not down as Queenie claimed. This shows that Queenie is lying because of the fact that when someone is walking down a set of stairs they usually fall face first, in which Arthur fell on his back. Another example is that the cup was still in his hand and was not cracked or damage, most importantly was that the cup had spilled on the floor when they had said he was going to get another drink. This once again proves that if Arthur fell down the stairs and apparently died, then the cup should be damaged and the drink most likely should have spilled on the stairs, not on the floor. The third example is that Queenie and Arthur were in a fight before she left to the party. This shows that its most likely Queenie killed him because she might have formed enough anger to harm him. Queenie is not telling the truth because there are many visible signs that she killed her husband.

14. Queenie is not telling the truth because of the visible signs. One of the visible signs is that the stove is on and there’s food cooking. When Queenie came home, she said that Author had fallen down the stairs going to get another drink. Usually, when someone is cooking food, they are in the room with the stove. Another visible sign is that Arthur was lying belly up at the bottom of the stairs. Usually, when someone falls down the stairs, they land face down. Queenie stated that Arthur had fallen while getting another drink though his glass was dry and looked as if nothing had happened. Arthur was also in a position with his feet on the stairs meaning that he was either walking up the stairs. Finally, evidence shows that Queenie was tipsy when she came home which proves that she probably killed her husband. Normally when people are drunk they do very intolerant and stupid things, such as hurt a loved one. In Conclusion, Queenie did kill her husband.

15. ELA 8 Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (12a): For each of the following 5 words, write what you think they mean: critique infer atypical conjecture anamoly

16. Vocabulary 4-Square www.learnersdictionary.com DefinitionSentence SynonymsPicture WORD

17. ELA 8 Thursday, October 2, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (13a): List the components of an argument paragraph. Then rate, on a scale of 1-5, how well you understand each component. 1=don’t understand at all and 5= “I could teach the class” ● Review Argument vocabulary-Put in 13b ● Pass out The Giver- This book, along with your IR book must be brought to class EVERYDAY! ● VOCABULARY DUE TOMORROW! ● Work on IR reading annotations (DUE OCTOBER 17th)

18. ELA 8 Friday, October 3, 2014 Objectives: ● Academic Vocabulary Due!!! ● Quiz on Argument writing/vocabulary ● Fun Friday for those who have no missing assignments

19. ELA 8 Monday, October 6, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (14a): What makes a good sentence for a vocabulary word: Write the 5 sentences you wrote for your vocabulary words. ● Elements of a good sentence ● Grammar pre-test results. ● HOMEWORK: Read chapters 1-2 of The Giver. Look for examples of vocabulary words.

20. ELA 8 Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (15a): Write an example of one academic vocabulary word that you found in The Giver (include page #). ● Discussion of The Giver ● Independent Reading ● Annotations due Oct. 17th

21. ELA 8 Friday, October 10, 2014 Objectives: ● IN (16a): What are Costas Questions? Why are they important? ● Costas Questions notes (16b) ● Partner/group read: finish 4 and read 5 ● Homework: Write 2 Costas Questions for Ch. 4 AND Ch.5. Due Monday!