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Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal

Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal

 

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #6, use the following claim statement to complete your “12-Minute Draft.” I have given you the claim statement for this week because our article is biased.
    • Students who do well in high school are more successful adults.
      • Paragraph #1 – Intro and Claim (underline claim)
      • Paragraph #2 –
        • Introduce quote
        • Copy quote w/parenthetical citation (Healy 1)
        • Reasoning
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
    • Honors – Continue with your dialectical journal
  • Personal Narrative
    • LA 1 – Add 2 paragraphs to the personal narrative, The Talk, by Gary Soto. Be creative and add information that you as the reader are wondering about the characters, their future, etc.
    • Honors – Brainstorm ideas for your personal narrative using a bubble map. Come up with at least 3 possible topics.

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #6, read and annotate for Subject and Tone.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your green highlighter
    • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
      • SAT Practice
        • Part A – Summarize the article in one sentence.
        • Part B –
          • Which choice best summarizes the article?

            a)This article reveals that intrinsic motivation leads to higher grades.

            b)This article states that popularity has no effect on your pay as an adult.

            c)This article reveals that there is a direct correlation between high school GPA and how much money you will earn as an adult.

            d)This article shows that girls will make more money than boys as long as they have a high GPA.

  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Be sure to read at home each night!
    • Honors – Work on dialectical journal
      • 10 entries due by end of CM #2
  • Personal Narrative-Mentor Text #1
    • Sequence of Events
    • Setting
    • Characterization

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #6, read and annotate for Audience and Purpose.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your orange highlighter
    • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
      • SAT Practice
        • Using the clues from the text, figure out what the words “innate smarts” as used in line 9 mean.
          • Using your PINK highlighter, highlight the words, and any other words, that helped you to come to your conclusion.
          • Give your definition in the margin next to the highlighted text.
        • As used in line 9, “innate smarts” most nearly means

          A)Ethical character

          B)Learned abilities

          C)Natural abilities

          D)Powerful influence

  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Be sure to read at home each night!
    • Book talks have begun. Don’t forget the date you signed up for!
      • Honors – Work on dialectical journal entries
        • 10 entries due by the end of CM #2 – December 2nd
  • Personal Narrative – Read and annotate the mentor text for POV and Theme/Central Idea using your YELLOW highlighter.

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #6, read and annotate for Speaker and Occasion.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your blue highlighter
    • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Make sure you read at home each night! Book talks begin.
    • Honors – Work on your dialectical journal entries. I will begin conferring with you today!
    • LA 1 – Complete “One Pager” using your SSR novel

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #6, read and annotate for Connections.
  • AoW #6
    • Highlight textual evidence using your yellow highlighter
    • Label each connection and explain through annotation
      • Text to Text
      • Text to Self
      • Text to World
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Make sure you are reading at home each night!
  • “The Scarlet Ibis”-Quiz
    • All work due!

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #5, respond to the following prompt in 2 paragraphs:
    • Do you agree or disagree with parents who lie on the home language survey?
      • Paragraph #1 – Intro and claim (underline claim)
      • Paragraph #2 – Correctly embedded textual evidence to support your claim. Highlight evidence using your pink highlighter.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Read novel at home each night!
    • Honors – Continue working on your dialectical journal
  • “The Scarlet Ibis”-Character Analysis/Analytical paragraph
  • Reminder – The quiz covering “The Scarlet Ibis” is Monday!!

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #5, read and annotate for Subject and Tone.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your green highlighter
    • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Be sure to read at home each night!
    • Honors – Continue working on your dialectical journal
  • “The Scarlet Ibis”-Theme Analysis

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #5, read and annotate for Audience and Purpose.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your orange highlighter
    • Label your evidence and explain through annotation
      • Remember, this week’s article is a summative assessment of your ability to ready for connections, the elements of SOAPSTone, and to write argumentatively (claim, evidence, reasoning)
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. Make sure you are reading at home each night as well!
    • Honors – Continue working on your dialectical journals
  • “The Scarlet Ibis” – Theme/Central Idea
    • Prepare for Monday’s Quiz!

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #5, read and annotate for Speaker and Occasion.
    • Highlight textual evidence using your blue highlighter
    • Label evidence and explain through annotation
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
    • Honors – Continue working on dialectical journal
  • “The Scarlet Ibis”-Author’s Craft
    • Whose voice did the author choose as the narrator and why?
    • What is the mood of the text?
    • What word choice, imagery and figures of speech (simile, metaphor, alliteration, irony, repetition, personification, etc.) does the author use?