Objective: I can annotate the Kristof op-ed article “Lessons from Guns and a Goose.”
BW: Complete writing the second rough draft paragraph of rhetorical analysis for the Jacobson op-ed piece against gun control.
Activities:
- Four-step vocabulary: toll(n), trough(n), prevail(v), escalate(v), and indignation(n).
- Show the word!
- Skim/read for roadblocks and box or circle them.
- Independent Reading: Read the essay.
- Promethean Model: Ask questions for “How the text says it?”.
- Think Pair/Share: Ask questions while focusing on the writer’s process, not content.
- HW: Define roadblocks and continue asking/answering questions.
- Reminder: Mr. Sapienza is available after school for make-up work and consultation on Thursday and Friday of this week, but not Tuesday and Wednesday.