Lessons for Oct 9-12

10/09/07 | 10/10/07 | 10/11/07 | 10/12/07 |

10/09/07

Activities:

1. Take Voc. Quiz#1 (Answer Sheet)
2. Copy WOD
3. Do Test-Prep Question of the Day
4. Read today's news summaries and copy one into your note book including the date and title of the article

HW#19 Respond to the Book Talk #4

Describe two lessons you have learned from the book. Use the characters, events or themes of the book to illustrate your ideas.

10/10/07

Aim: What are some of the ongoing topics, issues and events we have read about in the newspaper during the past week?

Do Now:

1. WOD
2. Respond to today's cartoon
3. Do Test-Prep Question of the Day

Activities:

Go to the Opinion site in the NYTimes to read the letters that respond to the  article Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations . Choose one letter to read and answer :

• What opinion does the letter you have read convey on the issue of "Severe Interrogation"?
•  Do you agree with the author? Why?
• Read the article Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations and select evidence from the article to support your opinions
• HW # 20 Write a brief letter to the editor to share your opinion on the issue.

10/11/07

• Reading Comprehension Test
• Notebook Check

10/12/07

Aim: What's in an editorial? What's it for? Where can you find it?

Do Now:

• Answer for the writing test-
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 4
  6. 2
  7. 3
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. 1
• Copy WOD
• Do Test of the Day
• Respond: What's your way of expressing an opinion on any issue?( use harsh word, logic, reasoning, curse words, facts to argue/counter-argue, opinions backed up by evidence) What forms of writing can we do to express our opinions? (letter, editorial, commentary, parody, cartoon, etc)

Activities:

Read the editorial "Nice Shot" in the Opinion section. And consider-

• What's author's argument about?
• What facts did she use to support her position?
• What opinions did she use to support her position on the issue?
• Here is the past coverage on the same topic. Write a letter to the editor  to share your opinions on the issue.

Use the worksheet to work with a partner to do the following activities:

Worksheet

Partner Names ___________________________________and_________________________________

A: Look in today’s New York Times and work together to identify the topic, issue or event referred to in every piece on the editorial and Op-Ed pages. (Be sure to include the letters to the editor, as well as any editorial illustrations.) Write the topic, issue or event directly above, below or to the side of each item on these pages.

B: Look at the news and business pages of today’s New York Times to see if you can find news articles, analysis, special features of columns on these same events, issues or topics. Make a list of the items you find that do connect and decide which of the items you will use in part C.

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C: Work together to create a “smart chart.” In the center of the sheet of poster paper write an event, topic or issue that is connected to several of the items you found in the editorial pages. Clip news articles from the newspaper that have a connection to the topic, event of issue you selected. Arrange the  news articles you find around the topic in the center of the poster, and tape them to the poster.

D: On your own, write a brief letter to the editor in which you give your opinion on the issue. Proofread each other’s letters for accuracy. Tape your letters on the poster.

Homework #21: Complete the chart and use it to write a letter to the editor expressing your opinion on the issue.