Mrs. Bennitt 2009-10 Term One
Lesson Plans
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Writing Notebook: Set up Section
and Table of Contents
Activity #1: 8/25/09 What kind
of reader are you?
Sequence Activity
Handout Questions
Contact Information
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Collect Parent Contact Periods 1,2,5
Distribute Parent Contact Period 3,4
Collect Writing Activity #1 from periods 3 and 4
Folder Distribution
 Begin first literature:
 Sixth Grade Aesop’s Fables
 Seventh Grade : Greek Creation Mythology
 Eighth Grade: “Flowers for Algernon”
 Notes: Meeting @ 8:00
 Cover Harris 3:35
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Set Up folders: Periods 2-5
Collect Parent Contact Letters Periods 3 &4 plus late ones
Sequencing Activity: MSS Book E page 8
Seventh Grade: Edith Hamilton pages 63-74 “The Creation of the
World and Mankind” and Prometheus p. 743 in the Red book; In the
Writing Notebook: How does the Greek Creation myth resemble any
other mythology you know? Answer the question “the Raa way”.
• Sixth Grade: PowerPoint: Review the morals and assignment
directions
• Eighth Grade: Continue reading “Flowers for Algernon
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Friday, August 28, 2009
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Collect Summer Reading from periods 1,2, and 5
Collect late parent contact forms
Sequence MSS Book E Lesson 17
Seventh Grade: Finish page 63 to 78 of Mythology
book; watch Pandora’s Box; Distribute mythology
test.
• Sixth Grade: Paired reading assignment: Fables
• Eighth Grade: Flowers for Algernon
Monday, August 31, 2009
• Chores:
– Collect Summer Reading from periods 1,2, and 5
absent students;
– Distribute extra dividers to seventh grade;
– Collect late parent contact forms
• Learning:
– Sequence MSS Book F Lesson 8
– Seventh Grade: Finish page 63 to 78 of Mythology
book; work on page one of mythology “test”. Work
on Pantheon Posters.
– Sixth Grade: Paired reading assignment: Fables;
Work on Fractured Fables Poster
– Eighth Grade: Flowers for Algernon
Pantheon Posters
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Pick a partner. Choose your role: artist or writer
Choose your deity from the list at the right
Read everything in both books about your deity
Discuss what should be in the summary.
– Writer: Write the summary on lined paper; trim neatly and glue
onto the poster.
– Artist: Draw your deity. Use the description in the book for
inspiration.
Choose a modern-day celebrity to play the part of your deity in a movie.
Find a picture of that celebrity and add it to the poster.
Present your poster to the class. Defend your celebrity choice.
Zeus
Hera
Demeter
Hestia
Hephaestus
Poseidon
Apollo
Athena
Artemis
Ares
Persephone
Prometheus
Pandora
Dionysus
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
• Chores: Collect missing parent contact forms
• Seventh Grade:
– Work in pairs on Pantheon Posters
• Sixth Grade:
– Work in pairs on Fabulous Fables Storyboard
• Eighth Grade:
• Finish reading “Flowers for Algernon”. Read the news
article about the mistreatment of mentally disabled
students at a Corpus Christi Texas school.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
• Chores:
– Collect Parent Contact Forms.
• All classes: Sequencing Drill: MSS Book F-3 Lesson
17
• Sixth Grade:
– Complete and present Fabulous Fables storyboards.
– Complete Sequence LAP activities A and C.
• Seventh Grade:
– Complete and present Pantheon Posters.
– Complete Sequence LAP activities A and C.
• Eighth Grade:
– Complete Flowers for Algernon Assessment.
– Complete Sequence LAP activities A and C.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Chores: Collect Parent Contact forms
Sequence Activities
Sixth:
– Share some storyboards
– Allegory Thesaurus Search
Seventh:
– Share some Pantheon Posters
– www.mythweb.com
Eighth:
• Turn in completed “Flowers for Algernon” assessments to Completed Work folder
• Cliques vs Gangs
• Character Discussion: Respect
The Olympians
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Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Hera
Hestia
Demeter
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
Ares
Hephaestus
Persephone
Allegory: A story in which animals have human
characteristics
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Donkey: stubborn
Horse: noble
Fox: dishonest
Tortoise: slow
Hare fast
Serpent:
mischievous
• Ant: careful
• Monkey: smart
Peacock: pride
Wolf: mean
Dog: faithful
Use the thesaurus to look up
synonyms for each characteristic.
You have fifteen minutes to get at
least three for each.
Sentence Beginnings
• When the circus started, the audience exploded in
a burst of loud applause.
• When the lady who had disappeared suddenly
reappeared, the audience exploded in a burst of
loud applause.
• After the piano recital, the audience exploded in a
burst of loud applause.
• After the baseball player hit a home run, the
audience exploded in a burst of loud applause.
Sequencing: LAP
Dr. Peterson said to the student, “Steven,
please be careful. This mixture could
explode. Please read the instructions before
you begin.”
• HOWEVER, Steven did not have a chance to read
the instructions before he began his work. Steven
placed the full test tube in the holder. After the
test tube was in the holder, Steven was
concerned. The material in the test tube was
bubbling, even though he had not yet applied
heat with the gas flame. Soon, someone knocked
at the door and said, “ Is everything all right in
here? I heard a loud noise.” Luckily, everyone was
safe, but the test tube had cracked, and the
experiment had to be stopped for that day.
Friday, September 4, 2009
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Complete the Sequencing Unit. Staple and turn in all sequencing activities from your notebook.
Turn in late Parent Contact forms, Pantheon Posters, Fable Storyboards, etc.
Sixth Grade:
– 1. Finish the Thesaurus Hunt; 2. From Fables to Fairy Tales: “The Tinder Box” Read-Aloud
• Comparison: What do fairy tales have in common with fables?
Seventh Grade:
– Second Period: Finish taking notes on the Olympians
– Nature Myths: Blue Books pages 77-94 Orpheus and Narcissus
• Compare these two very different men
Eighth Grade:
– Finish the LAP
– Character Discussion: Respect Choose and complete one of the writing activities.
Tuesday, 9/8/09
• Set up folders; file graded papers
• Sixth Grade:
– Present Storyboards
– Write original fable
• Seventh Grade:
– Five Sentence Summaries: The Greek Gods
– Narcissus and Echo
• Eighth Grade:
– Persuade your peers to act respectfully toward one another
– The Treasure of Lemon Brown
Respect
• Treating people with whom you disagree with
respect and tolerance is essential in the
classroom and in society.
– Write to explain why treating people with
whom you disagree respectfully is very
important in the classroom and society. Include
examples of what can happen to the classroom
environment when respect is not shown to all
people and all ideas.
9/9/09
• Set up folders; file graded papers
• Sixth Grade:
– Present Storyboards
– Write original fable
• Seventh Grade:
– Five Sentence Summaries: The Greek Gods
– Narcissus and Echo
• Eighth Grade:
– Persuade your peers to act respectfully toward one
another
– The Treasure of Lemon Brown p. 5-13
• “That which is worth most is often valued least”
9/10/09
– Set up folders; file graded papers
– RFU Reading Center:
– Sixth Grade:
– Finish original fable; Read aloud
• Seventh Grade:
– Narcissus and Echo
– Compare Narcissus and Orpheus
• Eighth Grade:
– Turn in late “Respect” essays
– Literature terms PowerPoint/vocabulary
– The Treasure of Lemon Brown p. 5-13
• Create Plot Outline
• How does the story illustrate the following theme:
• “That which is worth most is often valued least”
9/11-15/09
• RFU Reading Warm-up
• Sixth Grade: Write an original fable
• Seventh Grade: Cupid and Psyche Black
book page 96
• Eighth Grade: Plot Chart: Lemon Brown
Wednesday 9/16/09
Seventh Grade:
– Last chance to turn in Orpheus/Narcissus writing
– Cupid & Psyche video
– Lit notes/chart Cupid (Use black myth book page 96)
• Sixth Grade Reading:
– Finish Fabulous Fables
– Take Literary Terms notes
– Chart The Tinder Box
• Eighth Grade:
– Finish Literary Terms notes
– Chart Lemon Brown
– Read “Homeless”
Thursday, 9/17/09
• Seventh Grade:
• LAST CHANCE to turn in plot diagram for “Cupid and Psyche”
• Lit Book: Atalanta’s Race p. 714
• Identify types of conflict in the story
• Sixth Grade:
– Notes on Story Structure, Characterization, and Conflict
– Twenty Minute Free Read in the Literature Book: Fables
and Folklore Genre
• Eighth Grade:
– Green Book; Twenty Minute Free Read: Unit One: No
Place Like Home
– Personal Response page 94
– Introduce the novel: The Outsiders
Friday, 9/18/2009
• Sixth Grade:
– Work in fable groups to create a plot chart
– Friday Read-Aloud: Thumbelina
• Seventh Grade: Begin watching PBS In Search of:
Jason and read about him on www.mythweb.com
• Eighth Grade:
– The Outsiders; Chapters 1-5
– Character Chart
– Plot Chart
The Outsiders: Character Sketches
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Ponyboy Curtis
Sodapop Curtis
Darry Curtis
“Dally” Winston
Johnny Cade
Steve Randle
Two-Bit Matthews
Cherry Valance
Marcia
Bob
Randy
Monday, 9/21/09
• Volleyball today at Ft. Braden; Good luck, Lady Rams.
• ALL CLASSES: RFU #34
• Sixth Grade Reading:
– Create plot chart for your story
– Remove fables from outside wall and share with the class
• Seventh Grade:
– Complete PBS In Search of: Jason and the Argonauts
– Read about Jason at www.mythweb.com
– Use book to complete notes
• Eighth Grade:
– Complete chapter 1 and 2 of The Outsiders
– Complete character sketches
– Write a paragraph summarizing the exposition of the novel to
include the characters, the conflict, and the backstory
Tuesday, 9/22/09
• RAA football vs Griffin @ Chiles 6:30 Go Rams!
• Seventh Grade:
– Reading Textbook: Page 205-219
– Complete PBS: In Search of Jason and www.mythweb.com
– Note check
• Sixth Grade:
– RFU #34
– Fable plot chart
– Study Skills: Essential questions survey
• Eighth Grade:
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Reading Textbook: Page 176-192
Outsiders Chapter 2 from page 23
Write a paragraph explicating the exposition of the novel
(See next slide)
Last Kiss
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What is the setting?
Who are the characters?
Put the events of the plot on the chart.
What is the mood of the story?
What is the theme of the story?
The Outsiders
Writing Assignment #1
• The conflicts that Ponyboy Curtis and the
greasers have with their general condition and
with the Socs are clearly shown in the first two
chapters of The Outsiders.
• Write a paragraph explaining the conflicts that
the greasers have to face. Cite specific events
or incidents referred to in the first two
chapters to support your explanation.
One Paragraph Organizer
• Topic: Conflicts in The Outsiders
• Lead Sentence:
• Conflict #1:
– Something that happened that shows this conflict
• Conflict #2
– Something that happened that shows this conflict
• Conflict #3
– Something that happened that shows this conflict
• Concluding Sentence
Wednesday, 9/23/09
• Lady Rams volleyball HERE vs Swift Creek; Go Rams!
• Seventh Grade:
– Reading Textbook: finish Persephone Plot Chart
– Read and Answer: pages 220-225
– Jason’s Voyage continued
• Sixth Grade:
– Finish fable plot chart
– SRA Red
– Study Skills Unit: Distribute and discuss “Personal Learning Styles”
• Eighth Grade:
– Reading Textbook: Finish “First Kiss” Plot Chart
– Read and Answer pages 193-205
– The Outsiders: Chapter 2: from middle of page 26
Thursday, 9/24/09
• Seventh Grade:
– Reading Book: Finish Chapter 8 pages 226-234
– Collect Chapter 8 work and Persephone questions and
plot chart
• Sixth Grade:
– Finally finish the fable plot chart
– Finish SRA card
– Study Skills Unit: What is your learning style
• Eighth Grade:
– Reading Textbook: Complete Chapter 8 pages 207-214
– Collect Chapter 8 and “Last Kiss” plot chart
Friday, 9/25/09
• Seventh Grade:
– Turn in Reading Textbook Chapter Eight
– Media Center Orientation and book check-out
• Sixth Grade:
– Finally finish the fable plot chart
– Finish SRA card
• Eighth Grade:
– If you have work from chapter eight of the Reading
Textbook, turn it in.
– Media Center Orientation and book check-out
Monday, 9/28/09
• All Classes: RFU #41
• Writes Upon Request tomorrow first period
• Seventh Grade: Return papers; review plot
chart; continue Jason WITH NOTES
• Sixth Grade: Fables Plot Chart
• Eighth Grade: Return papers; review plot
chart; continue The Outsiders
Tuesday, 9/29/09
• HOMEROOM: WUR #1 No First Period
• Seventh Grade Period Two:
– Read Jason in the black mythology book
• Sixth Grade:
– Present fables and tell stories
– Finish SRA lesson
• Eighth Grade:
– Grammar Warm-up: Double Negatives
– Outsiders Chapter 2
Wednesday, 9/30/09
• RFU #42
• Grammar Warm-up: Adjective Clauses
• Seventh Grade: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
p. 123 – 127 and www.mythweb.com; In Search
of Jason: the final segment
• Sixth Grade: Present Plot Charts for the paired
readings completed last week (Fourth Period:
Complete original fable presentations
• Eighth Grade: Choose sides: Greaser or Soc;
complete Chapter One and Two Study Guide in
pairs
Thursday, 10/01/09
• RFU #42
• Grammar Warm-up: Adjective Clauses
• Seventh Grade: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
p. 123 – 127 and www.mythweb.com; In Search
of Jason: the final segment
• Sixth Grade: Present Plot Charts for the paired
readings completed last week (Fourth Period:
Complete original fable presentations
• Eighth Grade: Choose sides: Greaser or Soc;
complete Chapter One and Two Study Guide in
pairs
Friday, 10/02/09
• Grammar Warm-up: Adjective Clauses
• Seventh Grade: The Quest for the Golden Fleece
p. 123 – 127 and www.mythweb.com; In Search
of Jason: the final segment
• Sixth Grade: Present Plot Charts for the paired
readings completed yesterday; Friday Read-Aloud
• Eighth Grade: Sit on your sides: Greaser or Soc;
complete Chapter Three Study Guide in pairs
Monday, 10/5/09
Volleyball VS Nims @ Nims GO RAMS!!
• Reading Center: RFU #43
• Grammar Mini-Lesson: Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses
• Seventh Grade: The Quest for the Golden Fleece p. 126-130
and review at www.mythweb.com; In Search of Jason: the
final segment; Complete plot chart and test questions
• Sixth Grade: Finish presenting plot charts for the paired
readings completed yesterday; Friday Read-Aloud on
Monday: Gifted Hands
• Eighth Grade: Sit on your sides: Greaser or Soc; Discuss the
death of Bob; did Johnny have other options? Why? Why
not? Why not go to the police? Finish reading Chapter Four;
Complete Study Guide; View part one of the movie
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Football VS Cobb at Cox Stadium 7:30
• Seventh Grade: Use plot chart to answer test questions on
Jason;Finish your Jason plot chart; ( If you do not finish,
take it home and use www.mythweb.com to finish; it MUST
be turned in by Wednesday!!; Writing activity with single
paragraph plan/organizer; Begin Love and Adventure myths
assignment.
• Sixth Grade: Finish presenting plot charts for the paired
readings; Sometimes I Scare Myself poetry.
• Eighth Grade: Sit on your sides: Greaser or Soc; Discuss the
death of Bob; did Johnny have other options? Why? Why
not? Why not go to the police? Finish reading Chapter Four;
Complete Study Guide; Begin “I Am an Outsider” poem.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
• Seventh Grade: Copy revised paragraph, staple to
yesterday’s work and turn in Jason plot chart;
Jason Character Flaw paragraph with graphic
organizer; Complete Love Story notes to present
to class; Complete and turn-in RFU #44 and Blue
Sheet
• Sixth Grade: Complete Scary Poem; RFU #44
• Eighth Grade: Read Chapter 5: The Outsiders
(Chapter 1-5 Test tomorrow); Complete extended
response items for Chapter 3,4 Study Guide
Paragraph Graphic Organizer
• Jason
• Jason destroyed by ambition
– Betrayed Medea
• She gave up everything for him
• Caused Medea’s revenge
– Married another for greed
• Medea killed princess
• Cloak on fire
– Abandoned children
• They would be slaves
• Medea killed them
• Jason left with no kingdom, family, respect because of
ambition
Jason: A Hero destroyed by Ambition
• Jason was one of the most respected Greek heroes until his
ambition, out of control, caused him to lose everything.
After Medea gave up everything for Jason, including her
father, her family, and her country, to help him get the
Golden Fleece, he betrayed her to marry a rich and
powerful princess. Because of his betrayal, Medea became
wild with rage and took revenge. When he married the
princess, Medea caused her to die in a flaming cloak. When
he abandoned their children, leaving them to become
slaves to the king, Medea killed them. In the end, because
of his ambition, Jason was left with no wife, no children, no
power, and no respect from the Greeks. He lost everything
because he tried to get too much.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
• Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
The Road Not Taken
TWO roads diverged in a yellow
wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I
could
To where it bent in the
undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted
wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the
same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day
Yet knowing how way leads on to
way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the
difference.
The Outsiders Chapter 2,3 Extended
Response Question #1
• Johnny reacted violently to the Soc’s attack in the park
and ended up killing Bob, the handsome Soc he and
Ponyboy confronted while walking Cherry and Marcia
home. Johnny is a victim of abuse at home. His father
gets drunk and beats him. Once he beat him with a two
by four. He’s been jumped by Soc’s, too, plenty of
times, but once he was jumped by a group of them and
was beaten and cut up really badly by the rings one of
them is wearing. When he recognizes the rings on
Bob’s hand, it brings back all the fear and the rage of
that other beating. He loses control because of his fear
that Ponyboy will be hurt like he was, or even killed.
The Outsiders Chapter 2,3 Extended
Response Question #2
Chapter Four ends with Ponyboy safe and Bob lying
dead in a pool of blood because Johnny has
stabbed him. Johnny did not see any other
options, but there are other ways the chapter
could have ended. There is a good chance that
Bob would have stopped before Ponyboy died.
The Soc’s are too smart to commit murder. Bob
wanted to terrorize Pony, not kill him. Johnny
could have run for help or screamed bloody
murder, or jumped into the fountain to push Pony
up out of the water, but he didn’t think…he
reacted out of fear and rage.
The Outsiders Chapter 2,3 Extended
Response Question #3
• Walking home from the movies with Cherry and
Marcia, Ponyboy grasps the reality of how unfair
the greasers lives were. He realizes that so many
things that happen to them are not their fault. It’s
not his fault that his parents died and that Darry
has to work two jobs to support them. It’s not
Johnny’s fault that his Mom is a drunk and his
father is a violent bully. But he also realizes that
whether it’s their fault or not, it is still their
problem, and it’s not going away just because it’s
not fair.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
• Seventh Grade:
– Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Adjectives; Take Jason
Quiz and turn in plot chart; Finish Love Stories:
Present to the class;
• Sixth Grade: Complete Scary Poem; Finish Love
Myths Mythology page 92 or 96
• Eighth Grade: Turn in Chapter 1,2 and 3,4 Study
Guides; Take Test on Chapter 1-5 of The
Outsiders; Create Outsider Poem; Capitalizing
Proper Nouns and Adjectives
SGA Meeting
10/08/09
• 8:15: breakfast and fellowship
• 8:34 Come to order and initial attendance roster
• 8:40: Work Session
– Color flyers
– Make ribbons
– Veteran’s Day Door team draw plan for the office door
and make a list of all materials you will need.
• 9:20 Adjourn
• Next Meeting: October 15, 4:00
Monday, 10/12, 2009
• Seventh:
– FAIR Testing
– Preparing for FCAT Grade 7: pages 57-69
Compare/Contrast
• Sixth:
– Present and display Scary Poetry
– Compare/Contrast Skill Drill
• Eighth:
– The Outsiders View film/ Discuss tone
Tuesday, 10/13/09
• Seventh Grade:
– Complete FAIR testing
– Preparing for FCAT pages 57-76
– Write a paragraph summarizing what you have learned about
the reading skill Compare/Contrast
• Sixth:
– Study Skills Unit: Multiple Intelligence Survey
– Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
• Eighth:
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Return Papers
Revise extended response items
Child Abuse Research
The Outsiders: Chapter 6-7 and Study Guide
Wednesday, 10/14/09
Before school help session 8:45
• All Classes: MSS Book F-3 Units 4,13,22 Compare/Contrast
• Seventh Grade:
– Complete FAIR testing
– Preparing for FCAT pages 57-76
– Write a paragraph summarizing what you have learned about the
reading skill Compare/Contrast; Use the one-paragraph plan sheet
• Sixth:
– Study Skills Unit: Multiple Intelligence Survey
– Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
• Eighth:
– Return Papers
– Revise extended response items
– The Outsiders: Chapter 7 and Study Guide
Thursday, October 15, 2009
• All Classes: Grammar Drill Using Adjectives and Adverbs
• Seventh Grade:
– Collect Preparing for FCAT pages 57-76
– Write a paragraph summarizing what you have learned about
the reading skill Compare/Contrast; Use the one-paragraph plan
sheet
– Hercules Labors on www.mythweb.com
• Sixth:
– Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
• Eighth:
– Return Papers
– Revise extended response items
– The Outsiders: Chapter 7 and Study Guide
Seventh Grade 10/14/09
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FAIR Testing Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Get headphones; BE Quiet; Today’s code is
DG4752
Preparing for FCAT: Book #7 Complete all reading and
answer all questions on pages 57-76
• Edith Hamilton Mythology Read pages 159-172
• “Hercules” Take notes on the twelve labors Hercules
must perform for King Eurysthius to atone for the
death of his children. Include what the task was, how
he tried to complete it, any unusual events that
happened along the way, and how the task turned out.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
• Seventh Grade:
– Compare/Contrast Unit F-3
– FAIR Testing
– Hercules (Heracles) Twelve Labors: Read and take notes
• Sixth Grade:
– Compare/Contrast Unit F-3
– Ben Carson Story
• Eighth Grade:
– Compare/Contrast F-3
– Return papers
• Revise extended response items from The Outsiders Chapter 1-5
test
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• In the presentation by The Big Bend Homeless Coalition, we learned:
– There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of violence directed
towards homeless people in recent years. Young people have been caught
attacking, beating, and even killing these people.
– The causes of homelessness include:
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Unemployment
Lack of affordable housing
Medical costs
Mental health and substance abuse
Domestic violence
– The Shelter houses 220 persons a day, on average, but Tallahassee has from 34 thousand homeless at any one time
• Those people are sleeping in public and private spaces like parks, bus stations, decks
behind businesses, wooded areas, etc.
• Many of these are being made “illegal”
– The homeless are often forced to use the Emergency Room for medical care
and are often seriously ill before they get treatment which is much more
expensive to the community
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• We are going to develop a piece of persuasive
writing to convince those in power in our
county or city government to do more to
provide help to the homeless,
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• We are going to develop a piece of persuasive
writing to convince people of all ages in our
community to treat the homeless with respect
and to leave them unharmed.
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• Our first step:
– Choose the topic
– Define the topic
– Explain why it matters
• Our second step:
– Choose the audience
• Who are you writing to
• Why did you choose that audience
• Get a good picture of one of those people in your mind’s eye
– How does that person look, talk, dress? What kind of movies do
they watch? Music do they listen to? What church do they go to?
What kind of pet do they have? What do they have for lunch?
What is important to them?
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• Step Three:
– What do you want that person to DO or Not DO?
• What does that behavior look like (elaboration)
– What do you want them to do instead?
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What does a solution look like.
How will it change the situation?
What’s in it for the “audience” member you are writing to?
Why is it important?
Why should they care?
• Repeat Step Three at least two more times.
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• Step Four: PLAN the essay
– Now, put that thinking on paper.
– Plan to put each set of ideas in its own paragraph.
– Do NOT write in sentences! List key words and phrases
from your brainstorming process.
• Step Five: Plan the conclusion. What will you say
to get this person to take action? Think back on
your “mental picture” of this person and what is
important to them. Make this issue appeal to
what matters to this person.
Persuasive Essay
Topic: Homeless Issues
• Step Six: Write the essay
– It must be legible
– Choose the best words for each idea.
• Step Seven:
– Read over the essay. “Hear” it in your head. Let your
ear catch mistakes in word choice. Look for spelling
errors and missing or incorrect punctuation. Pretend
you are the “audience”. Picture how you will react to
the essay. See your face. Make any changes you think
of that will give you the reaction you want from that
person.
Friday, October 16, 2009
• Seventh Grade:
– FAIR Testing
– Adjective and Adverb Usage
– Jason and the Argonauts
• Sixth Grade:
– Ben Carson Story
– Writing Notebook Response
• Eighth Grade:
– Adjective and Adverb Usage
– Persuasive Essay: Homeless topics
– The Outsiders: Chapter Seven and complete chapter 5-7
Study Guide
Monday, October 19, 2009
• Seventh Grade:
– FAIR Testing
– Reading Warm-Up: Compare/Contrast
– Edith Hamilton Mythology Read pages 159-172“Hercules” Take notes
on the twelve labors Hercules must perform for King Eurysthius to
atone for the death of his children. Include
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what the task was,
how he tried to complete it,
any unusual events that happened along the way,
how the task turned out.
• Sixth Grade:
– Reading Warm-Up: Compare/Contrast
– Jason and the Argonauts
• Eighth Grade:
– Reading Warm-Up: Compare/Contrast
– Persuasive Essay: Homeless topics
– The Outsiders: Chapter Seven and complete chapter 5-7 Study Guide
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
• Seventh Grade
– Grammar Warm-Up: Verbs
– Bellerophon and Pegasus
• Sixth Grade
– Jason and the Argonauts
• Eighth Grade:
– Grammar Warm-Ups: Verbs
– Collect persuasive essay: homeless topics
– The Outsiders: Chapter Seven and complete chapter
5-7 Study Guide
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
• Seventh Grade:
– Reading Warm-Ups Compare/Contrast G-3
– Greek Hero: Bellerophon (pages 134-137)
• Complete items on the mythology test about the heroes Jason, Hercules, and
Bellerophon
• Plan essay (see next slide)
• Sixth Grade:
– Reading Warm-Ups Compare/Contrast G-3
– Jason and the Argonauts
• Eighth Grade:
– Reading Warm-Ups Compare/Contrast G-3
– Homeless Essay Final Deadline is TODAY!!
– The Outsiders: Finish Chapter Seven; complete study guide; view
selected video scenes
Seventh Grade Essay: Man’s Fatal Flaw
• The Greeks believed that hubris was the worst flaw in
mankind. Hubris was defined as a destructive kind of
pride in which a person did not humble himself before
the almighty power of the gods, but thought of himself
as the most important being in the universe.
• Consider human flaws such as pride, rage, cowardice,
greed, conceit, laziness, violence, disloyalty, excessive
ambition, selfishness, rudeness, dishonest, ignorance,
disrespectful, irresponsible, jealousy, merciless,
vengeance, obsession, and others.
• Now write to convince me that your choice is the worst
character flaw in mankind.
Thursday, October 22,2009
• Seventh and Sixth Grades:
– Jason And The Argonauts: Enrichment Activity
• Eighth Grades:
– The Outsiders Enrichment Activity