Bell Work 9/13 There is one envelope at each table. Inside there are sentence strips. Directions: At your table, discuss amongst yourselves which sentences.

Bell Work 9/13 There is one envelope at each table. Inside there are sentence strips. Directions: At your table, discuss amongst yourselves which sentences qualify as a claim and which do not. Once you have come to a conclusion, place the claim sentences on one side of the table and your sentences that are not claims on the other side.

QUICK WRITE - 10 MINUTES - 9/14
You walk into your house and it’s completely different — furniture, decor, all changed. It doesn’t look like the same house anymore. And nobody’s home. Explain what happened. Use all of the following words in a short story: dash, dragon, staple, billboard, Pop-Tart, circle, nose. He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror, he saw… (finish the story)

GOAL Read and annotate the Michelle Carter case article.
As you annotate, come up with at least three focus questions to share out with the class.

4th HOUR FOCUS QUESTIONS - 9/15
Did Michelle Carter murder Conrad Roy? Why or why not? Is her sentence of 15 months in jail fair? Why or why not? Should Michelle’s depression be considered for an insanity plea? Why or why not? DIRECTIONS: At your table groups, write a complete C-E-R response to one of these questions with markers on a poster. Draft your response on a separate sheet of paper before you write it on the poster to avoid mistakes.

Bell Work 9/15 Get out your Michelle Carter case article.
Share with your table group three focus questions from the article and make sure they are written down.

Tuesday, September 19 At your tables……
Read the short story called “Trust” and as your read, annotate for literary devices (at least one per paragraph). Get your composition notebooks out!

Grab a copy of the 511 bellwork sheet from the green cart.
Wednesday, September 20 Grab a copy of the 511 bellwork sheet from the green cart. Complete the bellwork at your table.

Assignment... Write a complete C-E-R response on a separate sheet of paper. Question: Make inferences. What did Mary Maloney’s husband, Patrick, tell her? Provide text evidence and reasoning for your answer. Then (same sheet of paper), identify one example of a literary device in the text and explain its purpose/function. What effect does the device have on you as a reader?

Bellwork - Friday, September 22
Directions Rewrite the following sentence in your composition notebook: Neither of the assignments ____ asking students to list _____ sources. Identify the subject(s) and underline the word(s). Fill in the blanks with the correct words (am, is, are, their, there, they’re, his/her).

Bell Work, Wednesday September 27
Use your literary devices cheat sheet in your notebook to answer the following questions: “He came, he saw, he conquered” is an example of: Metaphor b. Personification c. Parallelism d. Allusion 2. “My uncle can be a real Scrooge.” is BEST explained as an example of: Allusion b. Simile c. Alliteration d. Idiom *Write the literary device and the answer in your bell work notebook!

Bellwork - Thursday, September 28
All of the following sentences are grammatically incorrect. In your notebook, rewrite the following sentences CORRECTLY. were glad that sammy is on hour team this year allen watch television form 630 to 830 last night them boys rides the bus two school every day has you ever been to a audition for a play

Friday, September 29 QUIZ TODAY!!! Use the first few minutes of class to review your literary device notes for your quiz.

Bell Work - Monday, October 2
In your composition notebook, write a short argument about the following topics using ALL THREE RHETORICAL APPEALS (this is just practice so for logos and ethos, you can be creative and make it up, but in a real argument you have to use FACTUAL INFORMATION). Why people like to watch cat videos. What your dog is really thinking. Where all the mismatched socks go.

Bellwork - Tuesday, October 3
Adjective or Adverb? Rewrite each sentence as it appears on the board and circle the correct word. He (correct, correctly) defined the terms. The answer sounded (correctly, correct). He measured the floor (exact, exactly). They proved to be (perfectly, perfect) (exact, exactly) measurements. The stillness of the tomb was (awfully, awful). The tomb was (awfully, awful) still. He was a very (sensibly, sensible) person. He acted very (sensible, sensibly).

Bell Work - Wednesday, October 4
Rhetorical appeals: *Rewrite each sentence and answer the multiple choice questions. "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." Ethos b. Pathos c. Logos "I’m not just invested in this community – I love every building, every business, every hard-working member of this town." "More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss."

Bell Work - Thursday, October 5
ARTICLES Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate article: a, an, or the, or leave the space blank if no article is needed. I want ____ apple from that basket. Eli likes to play ____ volleyball. ____ ink in my pen is red. I borrowed ____ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens. I lived on ____ Main Street when I first came to town. One of the students said, "____ professor is late today."

Bell Work - Friday, October 6
Using Jonathan Edwards’ speech “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and your thought chart, answer the following questions in your bell work notebook: What is the author’s purpose? What is the tone of the sermon? What event has prompted Edwards words? What rhetorical devices does he use?

Match the person with the fact about them: Jonathan Edwards b. Patrick Henry c. Thomas Paine 1. Was invited back to America by Thomas Jefferson _________ 2. The son of a pastor ________ 3. Received most of his education from his uncle and father _________

Bell Work - Tuesday, October 10
Complete the following sentences with the correct prepositions: to, toward, on, onto, in, or into. Some sentences may have more than one possible correct answer. Remember that a few verbs of motion take only "on" rather than "onto." 1. Anna has returned _____________ her home town. 2. The dog jumped ________________ the lake. 3. Are the boys still swimming ___________ the pool? 4. Thomas fell ____________ the floor. 5. The plane landed ______________ the runway. 6. We drove ____________________ the river for an hour but turned north before we reached it.

Using your annotated Patrick Henry speech, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!” to answer the following questions in your bellwork. What is the main tone of the speech? What is the speaker’s specific purpose? What is one device the speaker uses? Give examples.

Check the following sentences for confusing shifts in tense. If the tense of each underlined verb expresses the time relationship accurately, write S (satisfactory). If a shift in tense is not appropriate, write U (unsatisfactory) and make necessary changes. In most cases with an inappropriate shift, there is more than one way to correct the inconsistency. ___ 1. Everyone hopes the plan would work. ___ 2. Harry wants to show his friends the photos he took last summer. ___ 3. Scientists predict that the sun will die in the distant future. ___ 4. The boy insisted that he has paid for the candy bars. ___ 5. The doctor suggested bed rest for the patient, who suffers from a bad cold.

Possible speech prompts...
Why save endangered animals? Buy products that are made in the USA The minimum wage should be increased. Should students have to be on the honor roll in order to play sports? Should state colleges be free? Public schools are better than private schools Recycling should be mandatory.

In your notebook, write an imitation of the following quote from Patrick Henry’s speech while trying to persuade your audience that public universities should be free. Remember: imitate structure and devices, not words! “If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight!” (Henry)

Speeches are due TOMORROW
Speeches are due TOMORROW! Once you have finished your rough draft, begin typing your final draft on the chromebooks. Print out your speeches on your own before class tomorrow. We will be presenting and each group needs to sign up for presentation turns.

Rewrite each sentence below and add commas as needed. On the line to the left, write the number of commas needed. If the sentence is correct as it is, write C on the line. _____ He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it happened. _____ Oil which is lighter than water rises to the surface. _____ The closet contained worn clothes old shoes and dirty hats. _____ The uninvited guest wore a heavy blue wool suit. _____ After a good washing and grooming the pup looked like a new dog. _____ I hope that someday he will learn how to be polite.

Due this week…... Bell Work from 9/13 to 10/18 is due FRIDAY 10/20
The powerpoint with all the bell work is on my blog page. It is your responsibility to make up any bell work you may have missed. 2. Extra Credit Extra credit is 5 summative points added to your lowest summative assignment. You may only turn in extra credit if you have NO MISSING ASSIGNMENTS in the gradebook. You can check online to look at your missing assignments. Extra Credit will be…

You may bring ONE of the following items for extra credit
You may bring ONE of the following items for extra credit. DUE FRIDAY 10/20 with your name written on the bottom. Must not be opened or used. I am also open to suggestions, but you must ask first. Kleenex box Package of loose leaf notebook paper Package of printer paper Package of poster paper Package of colored construction paper Package of coloring markers Package of glue sticks Package of highlighters Package of sharpies

Each sentence is missing the apostrophes. Rewrite each sentence with the appropriate apostrophes in your bell work. 1. Whos the partys candidate for vice president this year? 2. The fox had its right foreleg caught securely in the traps jaws. 3. Our neighbors car is an old Chrysler, and its just about to fall apart. 4. In three weeks time well have to begin school again. 5. Didnt you hear that theyre leaving tomorrow?

Bell Work - Friday, October 20
Think of your favorite quote. It can be from a movie, a song, a poem, a speech, or just any phrase that you really like (must be school appropriate). Write it down (if you know who said it, give their name) and then explain why it is your favorite quote. Why does it mean something to you?

Rewrite each sentence and choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject. 1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school. 2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting. 3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside. 4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor. 5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie. 6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.

Look at your notes from yesterday’s Rhetorical Analysis Essay lesson. With your elbow partner, underline the hook sentence, circle the TAG/summary sentence, and put a star by the claim sentence in this introduction paragraph sample. Anne Roiphe’s “Confessions of a Female Chauvinist Sow” first appeared in the magazine New York in In this essay, Roiphe aims to convince her readers that women must put faith in the idea that they are equal to men, not superior. Personal anecdotes, contrast, and comparison are techniques Roiphe skillfully uses to create a strong, convincing essay.

Rewrite each sentence and fill in the blank with either accept or except. 1. The whole army is out of step _______________ Fred. 2. I'll _______________ no money from that cheapskate. 3. Please _______________ this pot of Mama's chicken soup. 4. It will cure anything _______________ flat feet. 5. Rip could do anything _______________ make money. 6. I had to _______________ their negative evaluation.

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal." - What does Lincoln refer to in his opening sentence? What is the effect of this reference? “But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground.” - What device is being used? What is the effect? “--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion--” - What device is being used? What is the effect?

Quick Write (10 Minutes) - Argument Using all three rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, and pathos), pretend you are a colonist in the 18th century and you have a good friend that still lives in England. Write them a letter persuading them that going to war with Britain to gain independence is a good idea.

Directions: Rewrite the following sentences and put in quotation marks wherever they are needed. Also, underline words where italics are needed. 1. Mary is trying hard in school this semester, her father said. 2. No, the taxi driver said curtly, I cannot get you to the airport in fifteen minutes. 3. She asked, Is Time a magazine you read regularly? 4. Flannery O'Connor probably got the title of one of her stories from the words of the old popular song, A Good Man Is Hard to Find. 5. When did Roosevelt say, We have nothing to fear but fear itself? 6. It seems to me that hip and cool are words that are going out of style

Bell Work - Wednesday, November 1
Recall back to Thomas Paine’s “Crisis No. 1”. Write the following questions in your notebook and answer them in complete sentences. What is the main purpose of the text? What is the occasion? Who is the primary audience?

Bell Work - Monday, November 6
Directions: Fill in the blank with either affect or effect. 1. Wars _______________ everybody, and their destructive _______________ last for generations. 2. Television has a strong _______________ on public opinion. 3. My mood can _______________ my thinking, too. 4. I see that you're trying to _______________ apathy, but I know that you really do care. 5. Falling on my head had a bad _______________ on my memory. 6. His years of smoking have negatively ____________ his health.

Your bell work for the day is at your table. Follow the directions, read the passage, and then answer the questions with reasoning. You can work with your elbow partner or on your own (The question for number four is “What is the most effective way to rearrange sentence three within the passage?”). After you are finished, glue the bell work into your notebook with today’s date.

Bell Work - Thursday, November 9
Directions: Write the following paragraph, inserting a, an, and the where needed. I have horse of my own. I call her Pretty Girl. She is intelligent animal, but she is not thoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in race, even if I wanted to. But I do not want to. She is companion, for my own pleasure. I took her swimming day or two ago.

Adjective or Adverb? Rewrite each sentence exactly as it is written and circle the correct item. 1. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well). 2. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash basis. 3. The mechanic's tools were (well, good). The foreman said that his work was (good, well) done. 4. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very (careful, carefully) worker. 5. He did not pass the course as (easy, easily) as he thought he would. 6. I find this novel very (interesting, interestingly). It was (interesting, interestingly) written.

Bell Work - Tuesday, November 14
“About 55 percent of American mothers employed full time do some housework on an average day, while only 18 percent of employed fathers do. ...Working women with children are still doing a week and a half more of “second shift” work each year than their male partners. ...Even in the famously gender-neutral Sweden, women do 45 minutes more housework a day than their male partners.” 1. The passage above is an example of what device? Ethos B. Parallelism C. Personification D. Logos 2. Which answer choice above can be a “throw away” choice? 3. What effect does this device have? Be specific.

Rewrite each of the following sentences and place the commas wherever needed. The problems involved in this operation are I think numerous. Celene who does not usually tell anyone what she feels said she didn't want to go to the dance. Listening to the radio Jun heard an announcement that Spangler his own dog was lost Chris did not see how he could organize write and proofread this paper in only two hours. I believe therefore that fraternities are good influences on a college campus.

Write each question and answer them with complete sentences in your bell work notebook. At least three sentences each! What do you think is the meaning of equality today? How can language be a tool for personal or social change?

BONUS! Is my doggo adorable? YES!!!! That’s not a doggo, that’s a pupper! I’m heartless.

Complete the “ReTURKical” bell work sheet on your desk by coloring in the examples of ethos, logos, and pathos and glue it into your bell work notebook under today’s date! GOBBLE GOBBLE!

In the following sentences, the final four letters are omitted from each -ible or -able word. Rewrite each sentence in your bell work notebook and complete each word with the appropriate ending. Last night's movie about the invis____ man was so incred____ that it was laugh____. My irrespons____ little brother is usually kept away from anything break____. Are these new clothes really comfort____, or do people only wear them because they are fashion____? I think I would be less irrit____ if my professors were more flex____. I don't think voting twice in national elections is permiss____.

Bell Work - Tuesday, November 28
Rewrite the question and answer choices below in your bell work notebook and choose the correct answer. Write what you think is the distractor answer choice and the throw away answer choice to the side. In Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” he says, “the sun does not willingly shine...the earth does not willingly yield her increase...nor is it a willingly stage for wickedness to be acted upon,” which is an example of both of the following devices: antithesis and rhetorical question antithesis and personification simile and metaphor parallelism and personification

Due this week! The 2nd card marking period ends this Friday, December 1. Bell Work from October 19 to this Thursday, November 30 is due. DON’T tear out your pages, turn in your entire notebook. Extra Credit is also due this Friday. You may complete the assignment on the blog OR bring one of these items for 5 summative points added to your lowest summative grade. Remember, if you have any missing assignments in the gradebook, I cannot take your extra credit. Glue Sticks, Printer Paper, Coloring Markers, or Colored Pencils

The following sentences are all considered to be run-on sentences. Rewrite each sentence in your notebook correctly. You can fix run-on sentences by adding punctuation or a conjunction (FANBOYS). Do you like football my dad loves it. I love that blue dress, the color looks great on you. The gardener trims the plants on Tuesday he does a great job. It’s really hot today, we’re going to the ocean. This computer doesn’t make sense to me, it came without a manual. The sun is high, put on some sunblock.

Rewrite the passage and answer the multiple choice questions that follow. “During (1) their early years, the movement also focused on the value of (2) spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals.” A) NO CHANGE B) there C) its D) it’s A) NO CHANGE B) leisurely meals with friends and family. C) eating slowly and in the company of loved ones such as friends and family D) joining friends as well as family for time-consuming meals.

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