1. “Come what may, all bad fortune is conquered by endurance.”
Monday March 2, 2009 (3/2/2009)
AGENDA
Time Given:
What We Will Do:
5 minutes
1 minute
2 minutes
15-20 minutes
15 minutes
Warm up: “Making the World a Safer Place.”
Warm up Discussion
Today’s Objectives and Standards (TOS)
Last Week Review/This Week Preview
PP Notes: Author’s Purpose
Read “On Nuclear Disarmament.”
Write: 1-page Extended Response Answer
Required Materials:
Composition Notebook
Pen/Pencil
One (1) Sheet of Paper
“Come what may, all bad fortune is conquered by endurance.”
--Virgil
Quote

2. Monday March 2, 2009 (3/2/2009) Time Given: 5 minutes
WARM UP
Time Given:
5 minutes
Newspapers are full of reports of war, famine, disease, terrorism, and environmental crisis’. Some of these problems are so serious that they threaten civilization itself. Think about something (or things) that can be done to make the world a safer place. Explain your answer.

3. Today’s Objectives and Standards (TOS)
Monday March 2, 2009 (3/2/2009)
NO NOTES
Today’s Objectives and Standards (TOS)
The student will be able to:
Identify different types of persuasive appeals by taking Powerpoint notes.
Apply notes by reading the story, “On Nuclear Disarmament.”
Distinguish between different types of persuasive appeals by writing a 1-page extended response.
Standards:
Author’s Purpose

4. Last Week Review Day What Did I Miss? How Can I Make Up? Monday
NO NOTES
Day
What Did I Miss?
How Can I Make Up?
Monday
Notes on plot elements. Worked on two Mastering FCAT stories.
Get notes online or from a friend. Do pg. 214 in Mastering FCAT—all questions.
Tuesday
Notes on cause and effect. Read “How to Fight Monsters” and answered questions at end.
Get notes online or from a friend. See me for copy of story and questions.
Wednesday
Notes on context clues.
Get notes online or from a friend.
Thursday/
Friday
Quiz on plot elements, cause and effect, organization patterns, and context clues. Read “Flipped” and “Diving Under” and filled out a matrix worksheet.
See me to get the stories and matrix worksheet.

5. This Week Preview Day What Are We Doing? Monday Tuesday Wednesday
NO NOTES
Day
What Are We Doing?
Monday
Notes on author’s purpose. Reading “On Nuclear Disarmament” and writing a 1-page extended response.
Tuesday
Notes on research skills. A jeopardy-style game will be played with winners getting 100% on quiz passes. Context clue review.
Wednesday
FCA #7 (Cause and Effect, Context Clues)
Thursday/
Friday
Notes on main idea. A “Whose Main Idea Is It Anyway?” will be played. This will count as a project grade (same as your Fairy Tale Project).

6. Author’s Purpose The author’s reason for writing Persuade (convince)
TAKE NOTES
The author’s reason for writing
Persuade (convince)
Inform (give information)
Entertain

7. Author’s Purpose Types of Persuasion in Media/Books Logical Emotional
TAKE NOTES
Types of Persuasion in Media/Books
Logical
Bandwagon: everyone does it
Plain Folks: average people do it
Testimonial: a knowledgeable/famous person does it
Emotional
Scare Tactic: fear of doing it/not doing it

8. Author’s Purpose
NO NOTES
Bandwagon: Wendy’s

9. Plain Folks: Average Joe.
Author’s Purpose
NO NOTES
Plain Folks: Average Joe.

10. Testimonial: Proactol
Author’s Purpose
NO NOTES
Testimonial: Proactol

11. Scare Tactic: ADT Alarm Company
Author’s Purpose
NO NOTES
Scare Tactic: ADT Alarm Company

12. Practice Read “On Nuclear Disarmament.”
NO NOTES
Read “On Nuclear Disarmament.”
On a sheet of paper, write an EXTENDED (1-page) RESPONSE to the follow question: