1. March 11, 2014 Mr. Houghteling “It’s a Fine Tune Tuesday!”
English III
March 11, 2014
Mr. Houghteling
“It’s a Fine Tune Tuesday!”

2. No, I am NOT the next cob of corn that will pop with “flavour,” you silly Brit!

3. Not exactly Boyz II Men, but still wrong.

4. AGENDA Possessives—practice. “Let Teen-agers Try Adulthood”
Tracking his argument through annotation and summary statements.
Revising the charter schools essay.
Reviewing the ACT Practice Set

5. 1. Identify Leon Botstein’s main idea:
2. Analyze Leon Botstein’s tone. How would you describe Botstein’s attitude toward teachers? Use descriptive adjectives to discuss his tone. Explain your answer, using references from the text when possible.
3. Based on the information presented in the passage, identify one reason teenagers should enter the real world and explain whether you agree or disagree with Botstein’s reasoning.

6. 4. Analyze and explain the meaning of Botstein’s statement that “…the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life” (para. 3).
5. Explain why Botstein makes a reference to the Columbine High School tragedy (“Littleton shootings” para. 1).
6. Raise one counterargument to Botstein’s argument and discuss it in depth.

7. English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers”
Question
Correct Answer
Type / Rule 61 A
RTFQ 62 G
Go Short 63 C
Meaning of Words 64 65
Look Left

8. English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers”
Question
Correct Answer
Type / Rule 66 H
Stop-Go 67 D
Stop-Go / Sentence Structure 68
Adverbs 69 B
RTFQ 70 F
Idioms

9. English Practice Set / “Fixing Raptor Feathers”
Question
Correct Answer
Type / Rule 71 A
Transitions 72 J
Look Left / Misplaced Modifiers 73 B
Stop-Go 74 G
Verb tense / it’s vs. its 75 C
RTFQ

10. HOMEWORK Do all of these this week! Review Possessives Do
all of these this week!
Quiz 96: Plurals and Possessives
Quiz 98: Possessives and Irregular Plurals
Choosing the Correct Form of the Irregular Verb / Self-tests I-V