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Standards Achieved in this Unit:
Read Info 2: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Read Info 3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text.
Read Info 8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Read Info 9: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Write 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Write 9: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking 2: Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Language 2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Read Info 3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text.
Read Info 8: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Read Info 9: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Write 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
- Introduce topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using compare/contrast.
- Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
- Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain a topic.
- Establish and maintain a formal style.
- Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
Write 9: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Speaking 2: Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
Language 2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Day 1:
Objective: I can identify the goals of our upcoming unit and outline my personal goals for the quarter.
- Review Notetaking - What should you write when taking notes? Does it make a difference in a lecture vs. a movie? What will our movie notes look like?
- Fed Up documentary
Day 2:
Objective: I can identify the relevant information in a documentary and make a personal connection to the topic.
- Fed Up - Documentary
- Group discussion: What relevant information did you find in this documentary?
Day 3:
Objective: I can correctly create an in-text citation from an article and incorporate it into my writing.
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Day 4:
Objective: I can use in-text citations to defend my point of view in my writing.
- DOL
- Moby Max - Sign up to get registered
- How to THINK while you read: Performance by Mrs. Meredith
- Read opposing ARTICLE (see yesterday's topic)
- Expand on Reaction Paragraph from yesterday. Incorporate new findings from today's article.
Day 5:
Objective: I can do research on the internet and find an article on a specific topic that is from a credible source.
Day 6:
Objective: I can pass a quiz by identifying correct in text citations.
- DOL
- Moby Max info
- iPads: In-text Citation QUIZ -- Show Mrs. Meredith your score when you are done
- Moby Max time when quiz is complete
Day 7:
Objective: I can write a reflective essay using in-text citations to support my opinions.
HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT OF REFLECTIVE ESSAY DUE MONDAY
- DOL
- Example reflective essay using in-text citations
- Read 'school lunches' articles you found while in the computer lab; compare to 'Fed Up' Documentary
- Writing Time: Write a 3-5 paragraph essay - This essay should compare the school foods article you just read to the documentary "Fed Up"
HOMEWORK: ROUGH DRAFT OF REFLECTIVE ESSAY DUE MONDAY
Day 8:
Objective: I can use a rubric to revise and edit a reflective essay.
- DOL
- Group Editing
- Article: Obesity Rate in the U.S.
Day 9:
Objective: I can compare two articles and support my opinion by citing both.
- DOL
- Articles on Diabetes & Sugar Consumption
Day 10:
Objective: I will use a graphic organizer and an exemplar to plan and begin writing a research paper.
- Writing a research paper - how in-text citations get involved with everything we've been working on this year (introductions, body paragraphs that follow traffic signal, conclusions, grammar, punctuation, sentence-types...the works!)
- Exemplars to analyze - How are they score when using the rubric?
- Graphic Organizer: How should I begin writing a research paper?
- Writing time in the computer lab
Day 11:
Objective: I can type a research paper with in-text citations and proper support for my opinion.
- Continue typing papers from yesterday in the computer lab
Day 12:
Objective: I can edit and revise a research paper for peer editing on Tuesday.
- Typing papers in the computer lab
- PRINTED COPY DUE AT THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD
- In-text citations and Works Cited page must be included! (See Mrs. Meredith for instructions)
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Day 13:
Objective: I can edit my peers' papers to help guide them toward a polished final draft.
HOMEWORK: We'll be typing your final essay in class tomorrow. You will ONLY have the one class period to type. If you know this is not enough time for you, plan ahead today & tonight so that you can be successful tomorrow.
- DOL
- In-class editing
HOMEWORK: We'll be typing your final essay in class tomorrow. You will ONLY have the one class period to type. If you know this is not enough time for you, plan ahead today & tonight so that you can be successful tomorrow.
Day 14:
Objective: I can polish and type a final research paper for submission.
- Review grading rubric for research paper
- Type final draft of your research paper in computer lab
- FINAL ESSAY DUE