Category Archives: Class News

  • SLOT-Read and Annotate the article for Subject and Tone.
    • Highlight textual evidence
    • Label and explain all annotations
    • Identifying Use of Propaganda
      • Find an example of how the author of the text used the name calling technique to persuade the audience. Explain.
        • You must directly quote your example
        • You must parenthetically cite your example
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Animal Farm-Finish Propaganda Group Project. Presentations are tomorrow!

  • SLOT-Read and Annotate Article of the Week #16 for Audience and Purpose.
    • Highlight textual evidence
    • Label and explain all annotations
    • Identifying Use of Propaganda
      • Find an example of how the author used the plain folks technique to persuade the audience. Explain.
        • You must directly quote your example
        • You must parenthetically cite your example
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Animal Farm-Continue working on Propaganda Group Project. Presentations are Friday!

Reminder-Parent/Teacher Conferences are tonight from 4-7 pm.

  • SLOT-Read and Annotate Article of the Week #16 for Speaker and Occasion.
    • Highlight textual evidence
    • Label and explain all annotations
    • Identifying Use of Propaganda
      • Find an example of how the author used fear to persuade the audience.
        • You must directly quote your example
        • You must parenthetically cite your example
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Animal Farm-Continue working on Propaganda Group Project. Presentations are Friday!

  • SLOT-Read and Annotate Article of the Week #16 for Connections only.
  • AoW #16 Selma
    • Highlight Textual Evidence
    • Label and Explain All Annotations
      • Text to Text
      • Text to Self
      • Text to World
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Animal Farm-Work on Propaganda Group Project. Presentations are Friday!

  • SLOT-Referencing Historical Background-Animal Farm, respond to the following prompt in 1-2 paragraphs. Make sure to provide textual evidence to support your claim. Quote must be correctly embedded.
    • What does it mean to abuse power? Explain.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Animal Farm-Begin Propaganda Group Project. Due Friday, March 27th!

Reminder-Bring in a standard size, white, poster board and art supplies for Monday!

  • SLOT-Referencing the Historical Background-Animal Farm text, create a circle map to define how Russia changed under Stalin’s rule.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Animal Farm-All classes except 1st hour-Propaganda Activity. See Mrs. Lichocki if you were absent.

Reminder-Purchase a copy of Animal Farm if you would like to annotate the text. This is recommended, but not required.

  • SLOT-Referencing the Historical Background-Animal Farm, create a double-bubble thinking map comparing and contrasting Trotsky and Stalin and their beliefs for Russia.
    • Create an appropriate guiding question
    • You must have a frame of reference
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Animal Farm-Discuss communism, socialism, and capitalism. Add info to circle maps from Monday. Discuss and take notes on the 8 types of propaganda.

  • SLOT-Referencing Animal Farm Historical Background, respond to the following questions:
  1. Referencing paragraph #1, summarize what Karl Marx is best known for. 
    • Be sure to include parenthetical citation
  2. According to Marx, capitalists are                                                           .
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
  • Animal Farm-Political Skittles (See Mrs. Lichocki if absent).

  • SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #15, respond to the following prompt in 1-2 paragraphs. Make sure to provide textual evidence to support your claim. Quote must be correctly embedded.
    • Is the dress gold/white or blue/black? Explain.
  • Argumentative Research Paper-Edit/Revise. Final essay due Monday with rubric attached. No late papers will be accepted!