1. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 4- reading comprehension-drama; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ; write an interpretive response to an expository text} ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain with increasing specificity…} Do Now- Read your Thesis Statement Notes- In your journal, write the following thesis statement and then list three (3) things that need to be fixed: Shakespeare says that Friar Laurence is used to create conflict with Romeo.

2. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. In your Journal- Title: Assertion Notes 1/29/2015 Assertion- a declaration Let’s look at an analogy- “A thesis statement is to essay as assertion is to paragraph.” A thesis statement will tell the reader the focus of the essay. An assertion will tell the reader the focus of the paragraph. You may know assertions as “topic sentences.”

3. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. The table top represents the thesis- what the whole essay is about. The legs of the table represent the assertions- they help support and hold up the thesis to prove your take/view/opinion/commentary.

4. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. Assertions Assertions: Topic Sentences – explains or introduces one of the major points that support the writer’s thesis statement

5. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. Assertions Assertions: Topic Sentences – the main ideas expressed in each assertion represent the major divisions of the essay.

6. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. Assertions Assertions: Topic Sentences – It is up to the writer (usually) how many assertion statements are needed. – Keep in mind: 1 assertion = 1 paragraph – For the Character Foil Essay, Ms. Baskin has designated that I need three (3) traits; these will become my assertions.

7. Assertions Practice Read the following thesis statement then write down the 3 assertions statements from the following list that best relate to the thesis statement. Thesis: In the poem “Sea- Fever,” John Masefield reveals his complex attitude toward sailing by using diction, imagery, and figurative language to convey the lonely but exciting life of a sailor. Possible Assertions: 1.The speaker personifies the sea as a powerful being that demands that the sailor return. 2.The poem is divided into three four-line stanzas. 3.The speaker’s description of the solitude of the sea makes the seaman’s life seem exhilarating. 4.Masefield’s use of alliteration reflects the speakers desire to return to the sea. 5.The speaker uses words with positive connotation to show his ambition for a life out at sea, but he also uses words with negative connotations to express the solitary life that parallels excitement.

8. Thursday January 29, 2015 {TEK: 15Aiii- write an analytical essay that includes a controlling idea or thesis; 19B- use reading skills to understand author’s message ELPS: 5G- narrate, describe, and explain in writing a controlling idea or thesis…} Today you will refine your thesis statements to more specificity and debatable assertions. Here’s an example of what your homework will look- Thesis Statement- In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley utilizes the character of the “monster” in order to portray how judgment on outward appearances can cause isolation and depression. Assertion #1 Victor felt a rush of guilt and shame when he first set eyes upon his creation. Assertion #2 When the monster went out into the world, he had no one to look out or care for him due to the fear they felt upon looking at him. Assertion #3 Due to his constant loneliness the monster was no longer able to control his emotions so he fell into a void of depression that consumed him. I will take up your homework page tomorrow, look over them, conference with you during SSR, and evaluate them over the weekend if necessary.

9. Wednesday January 21, 2015 Advisory Class Today you will analyze textual context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words using the prologue from Romeo and Juliet. You must have prior written approval from a teacher before I let you leave Advisory Class. READ OR DO HOMEWORK, or Complete Worksheet! STAY QUIET!

10. Wednesday December 17, 2014 {TEK: 13B; 13C} Do Now- Write this list in your journal. http://www.slideshare.net/eng lishross/the-love-sonnet