1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
8/27/2018 – 8/31/2018

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. Learning Targets:
W2 I can…
understand and use various organizational structures.
W4 I can…
identify and understand the writing task.
TUESday 9/3/2019 Warm Up
What are the characteristics of a strong interview? What elements should the interview include?
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

4. TUESday 9/3/2019 Learning Targets: W2 I can…
understand and use various organizational structures.
W4 I can…
identify and understand the writing task.
Unit 2 Test Review: Work with a partner to complete your study guide.
*If you have not scored a 100% on the lit terms quiz, you will retake it at this time.*
Interviewing Techniques: In this part of the unit we will discuss the ins and outs of interviewing, and you will conduct an interview yourself. In order to prepare for this, we will analyze sample interviews. As we watch the interviews, take note of the good, bad, and ugly parts of each interview.

5. WEDNEsday 9/4/2019 (no warm-up)
Unit 2A Test – Turn off your phones and place them in your bookbags. Put your bookbags in the front of the room. Put your name, date, block, and subject (Unit 2A test) on the blue side of your scantron.
Interviewing Techniques (continued from yesterday): In this part of the unit we will discuss the ins and outs of interviewing, and you will conduct an interview yourself. In order to prepare for this, we will analyze sample interviews. As we watch the interviews, take note of the good, bad, and ugly parts of each interview.
Interview #1:
Interview #2:
Interview #3:
Interview Planning: In your Springboard text, read the Chuck Liddell Interview transcript (1.10). After reading that interview, start planning an interview asking about life after high school. You will conduct an interview with a family member (or someone else you know) discussing his/her experiences in college or the workforce
Learning Targets:
W2 I can…
understand and use various organizational structures.
W4 I can…
identify and understand the writing task.
HOMEWORK: COMPLETE PAGE BY PLANNING OUT YOUR INTERVIEW. BRING THIS TO CLASS WITH YOU TOMORROW.

6. THURSDAY 9/5/2019 Warm-up
If you were going to interview someone about their life after high school, what kinds of questions would you ask? What information would you want to know specifically?
Learning Target: W2
I can…
understand and use various organizational structures.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

7. THURsday 9/5/2019 Learning Target:
TED Talk Thursday: As you watch the Interviewing TED Talk, complete your TED Talk graphic organizer.
Learning How to Interview: Now it’s time to practice interviewing with a partner. Turn to page 30 (1.6 in Springboard) and complete the interview brainstorming questions. Once you have completed the brainstorming, you will interview your classmate and complete the chart on page 31 during your discussion.
Independent reading – Take out your independent reading book and read quietly and independently.
Learning Target:
W2 I can…
understand and use various organizational structures.

8. FRIDAY 9/6/2019 Warm-up
Learning Targets:
W1 I can…
introduce a precise claim.
What is the purpose of a claim? How long should the claim be, and what should it include?
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

9. IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT?
FRIDAY 9/6/2019
Education Still Pays - Read the “Education Still Pays” article on page 66. Once you have finished reading, answer questions 1 & 2 independently.
CEI Intro – We will begin discussing the requirements for CEI writing. Follow along on your handout as Dr. George goes through the CEI PPT.
Education Claim - Now that you understand the purpose of a claim and its requirements, write a claim in response to the following question (based on the information provided in the “Education Still Pays” article):
IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT?
Be prepared to share!
Independent reading – Take out your independent reading book and read quietly and independently.
Learning Targets:
W1 I can…
introduce a
precise claim.

10. 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.

11. Unit Assessments…
Formative
TED Talks
Summative
Unit Test