1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
8/20/2018

2. Essential Questions for the week…
How does a writer’s use of language create a distinct voice?
How do we use textual evidence of voice to support inferences about a speaker?

3. Monday 8/20/2018 Warm-up
You have been working on your interview narrative for a few days now, so your narrative should have elements of a narrative in it. Identify and explain the following elements in your interview narrative:
Plot?
Characters?
Setting?
Conflict?
Point-of-view
Theme
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

4. Monday 8/20/2018 HW: 1. Interview Narrative due ONE EDMODO BY 11:45PM
Vocab Review– Take out your blue vocab sheet and follow the oral directions for vocab. bingo.
Interview Narrative - Use this time to type your interview narrative. REMEMBER: the reader should not be able to tell which questions you asked when reading your narrative. It should be in paragraph form, not dialogue form.
Independent reading (if time) – take out your independent reading book and continue to read QUIETLY if you have completed your typed narrative.
HW: 1. Interview Narrative due ONE EDMODO BY 11:45PM
2. USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

5. HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Tuesday 8/21/2018 Warm-up Questions for Reflection: Interview Narrative, EA 1
What is going well for you in our class?
What are you not getting that you need in our class?
Grade yourself on your Interview Narrative assignment: A, B, C, D, or F; explain your thinking.
What did you NOT understand about the Interview Narrative assignment?
What was challenging about this assignment?
What could you have done better?
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

6. Tuesday 8/21/2018
Rhetorical Appeals – Read through the “Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, & Logos” handout and highlight parts of the definitions that stand out to you.
Back to School Speech – Read the speech by former president Barack Obama on page and answer questions For number 8, use the “Introduction to Ethos, Pathos, & Logos” handout you just highlighted.
SOAPStone (if time allows) – Complete the SOAPstone chart on page 76 with a partner.
Independent reading (if time) – take out your independent reading book and continue to read QUIETLY if you have completed your typed narrative.

7. Wednesday 8/22/2018 Warm Up
Describe ethos, pathos, and logos and the way they are used for persuasion.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

8. Wednesday 8/22/2018
Vocab review – Complete the blue chart independently.
Back to school speech viewing – We will watch the film version of former President Obama’s speech:
and continue working on the SOAPStone chart on page 76
Independent reading (if time) – take out your independent reading book and continue to read QUIETLY if you have completed your typed narrative.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

9. Thursday 8/23 Warm-up
Describe a time/situation when you had to persuade someone to do something. Did you use pathos, ethos, or logos? What was the outcome? Explain
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

10. HW: USA TEST PREP DUE TOMORROW BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Thursday 8/23
TED Talk Thursday: Complete the TED Talk graphic organizer while we watch the persuasion episode.
Rhetorical Appeals Review: Read each of the persuasion examples and decide which appeal (ethos, pathos, logos). Explain with at least one sentence.
Building an Argument: Turn to page 66 and read the “Education Still Pays” article and review the graph. Answer questions 1 and 2 in complete sentences.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE TOMORROW BY 8:00AM. NO EXCEPTIONS!

11. Friday 8/24/2018 *no warm-up*
Vocabulary Quiz – Place all cell phones in the collector and clear your desk.
Building an Argument - Turn to page 66 so we can discuss the “Education Still Pays” article and review the graph and questions.
Claim/evidence Intro. – Complete the CEI writing notes handout and writing activity.
Rhetorical Appeals – Continue the rhetorical appeals packet with a partner

12. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI ): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCRS L : Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words.
CCRS L b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

13. Unit Assessments… Formative Summative SOAPStone Chart Vocab. quiz
Lit terms chart
Interview Narrative
Peer review
Interview Questions
TED Talks