TEK: write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions ELPS: 5B- write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary DO NOW- (ON LOOSE LEAF PAPER!) Mobile phones are both a boon and a bane for high school students. On the one hand, it puts you in touch with the world, on the other, it discourages real face-to-face interaction. Write a paper that explains both the pros and cons of mobile phone usage among teenagers. Monday November 3 {TEK: 18; ELPS: 1E}

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Look at this model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? Where is the appositive phrase located? Monday November 3 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Look at this model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” Okay, now let’s sequence it- 1.Who (subject of the sentence) 2.Appositive phrase 3.Verb 4.Adverbial phrase (answers “for what purpose”) 5.Prepositional phrase (remember squirrel and tree) Monday November 3 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Look at this model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” Okay, now let’s sequence it- 1.Who (subject of the sentence) 2.Appositive phrase 3.Verb 4.Adverbial phrase (answers “for what purpose”) 5.Prepositional phrase (remember squirrel and tree) Monday November 3 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals/ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” So you write this one now to unscramble and imitate it- a)This is about Gone with the Wind. b)That is the movie with the most reissues. c)It originated as a novel. d)The novel was of the old South. e)The novel was by someone who was unglamorous. f)The someone was also unknown. g)The someone was an authoress. Monday November 3 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals/ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” So you write this one now to unscramble and imitate it- a)This is about Gone with the Wind. b)That is the movie with the most reissues. c)It originated as a novel. d)The novel was of the old South. e)The novel was by someone who was unglamorous. f)The someone was also unknown. g)The someone was an authoress. Monday November 3 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals/ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Model sentence: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. Wayne Kernodle, “Last of the Rugged Individualisits” So you should have written it like this- Gone with the Wind, the movie with the most reissues, originated as a novel of the old South by an unglamorous and unknown authoress. Wednesday October 29 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

Monday November 3 TEK: 7- understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about author’s use of irony; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies…analyzing…expressions; 4J- expand reading skills…inference. Before we start reading our next story, let’s learn a little bit about the American Literature author, Kate Chopin

Monday November 3 TEK: 7- understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about author’s use of irony; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies…analyzing…expressions; 4J- expand reading skills…inference. – As we read Kate Chopin’s short story Desiree’s Baby, follow along and circle any unfamiliar words and phrases. – After the reading, look up those words and phrases and write their meaning in the margins of the story.

Monday November 3 TEK: 7- understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about author’s use of irony; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies…analyzing…expressions; 4J- expand reading skills…inference. Homework- Due Tomorrow 11/4 1.Re-read Desiree’s Baby 2.In the margins, annotate the tones by writing a “Tone Word” and notice that the tone shifts. 3.In the margins, annotate the types of irony found throughout the story. 4.Test on Thursday over Desiree’s Baby

Monday November 4 Advisory Period You must have prior written approval from a teacher before I let you leave Advisory Class. Go to thefuelonline.com and vote for the Lip Dub song for this year! Join some UIL teams! Literary Criticism or Current Events, be a part of Rocket Pride READ OR DO HOMEWORK! STAY QUIET! I will need Handbook Forms, Federal Forms, GT Forms

TSW use the STAAR Rubric to revise and edit a short answer response. 1.Add to your journal the chart below. This is how your short answer responses will be scored and graded. TEK: 7- [ELPS: 1H- Monday September 22 TEK: 7- author’s use of sensory language} [ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies; 4J- demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading Score PointGrade Nothing0