TH
8
ELA
Week of November 17-21, 2014
Quick Write
◦Would you rather be a rich and famous movie
star or a great doctor who saves a lot of
people but is not wealthy or well-known?
◦ Claim-restate and answer the prompt
◦ Prove-give reasons for your claim
◦ Explain-explain your reasons in depth
Be sure to include a conclusion that refers back to the
prompt.
Announcements
◦Do The Write Thing rough draft due now
◦Do The Write Thing final draft due next Monday
◦Due Date Changes:
◦We’ll review vocabulary units 1-3 this week; test
will be next Monday/Tuesday
◦Free choice Cornel notes will be done in class
on Thurs/Fri after the Snapshot
◦Free choice project due Monday/Tuesday next
week
Reading Logs
◦Weekly grade instead of every 3 weeks to
avoid confusion
◦Due every Friday by 4 at turnitin.com
Turnitin.com
◦Reading Logs due every Friday by 4
◦5 points will be taken off if assignment is emailed
instead of Turnitin.com
◦Reasons
◦Emails are more time consuming for the
teacher
◦College professors expect work turned in on
time in the manner they request
Turnitin.com Codes
(also on website under “resources”)
Class Period
Code
Password
2nd
ELA
3rd
ELA
7th ELA
8908769
YWCPA2
8908729
YWCPA3
8908740
YWCPA7
8th ELA
8908755
YWCPA8
Housekeeping
◦Take projects home today. Any projects
left will be thrown away on Friday after
school.
◦Stop writing on the desks. I will check at
the end of each class. If you deface
school property, you will clean all the desks.
Do The Write Thing Peer Review
◦ Select Team Facilitator to lead the feedback process
Assignment:
◦ Table groups: Round Robin read-aloud
◦ Questions
◦ Warm/Cool Feedback
◦ I like….
◦ I’m wondering…Have you considered….
COMMONPLACE
ASSERTION
What’s the difference between a commonplace assertion, opinion, fact
Commonplace Assertion
◦ A commonplace assertion is something that people might accept as true, but is not. It
is not a proven fact, just something that many people have accepted as fact. Think of
old-wives tales, not always true although widely accepted over facts
◦ Commonplace assertions use general words: most, everyone, never, always.
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◦ http://www.acschools.org/cms/lib07/PA01916405/Centricity/Domain/400/Great%20Whi
te%20Sharks.pdf
WORD MAP
Commonplace assertion
STAAR PRACTICE:
PERSUASION
What is the author’s stance; what techniques do they use; what is the effect/impact of those
techniques
Quickwrite
◦If for one day you could do absolutely
anything you wanted and not get caught
or punished, what would you do?
◦ Claim-restate and answer the prompt
◦ Prove-give reasons for your claim
◦ Explain-explain your reasons in depth
Be sure to include a conclusion that refers back to the
prompt.