April 22, 2016

Objective:  I can type the final draft of my Civil Rights Speech by following the explanation and the rubric principles.

BW:  Highlight one quote in the introduction, five quotes in the body paragraph, and one in the conclusion.

Activities:

  1.  Share Out:  What are the requirements in the rubric?  Can you use more than four quotes from one article?  Do you need a journal article provided for each quote?  Can you put quotations back-to-back?
  2. Use the explanation and the rubric to complete the final draft of your speech.  This draft is the retake.
  3. If time allows, you can type your quote/source citation page for extra credit.
  4. Submit all work five minutes before class is over and get signed off by the teacher.  No work is allowed home!

 

April 21, 2016

Objective:  I can write a quote/source and source citation properly for completion of my civil rights speech.

BW:  Review the “Correct Quote/Source” example.  Make corrections for the two errors on the example below it.  Follow the same instructions for the rest of the worksheet.

Activities:

  1.  Share Out:  Review the errors in each of the misquoted examples.
  2. Think Pair/Share:  Correct your neighbor’s quote/source citation worksheet.
  3. Each student will rewrite the quote/source citation worksheet.
  4. If time allows, we will complete Part IV of TKAM.

 

April 20, 2016

Objective:  I can determine whether or not the jury decided fairly in the Tom Robinson case?

BW:  DLW(7:1)

Activities:

  1.  Student as teacher explains the corrections.
  2. While viewing Part IV, answer questions in your notebook as they occur.
  3. Share Out:  Review some answers to worksheet aloud.

April 19, 2016

Objective:  I can identify details/events leading to Tom Robinson’s confession.

BW:  DLW(7:3)

Activities:

  1.  Student as teacher will explain the corrections.
  2. Visual Presentation:  Complete the answers for the worksheet of TKAM viewing.
  3. Share Out:  Identify an event that illustrates the build of the plot regarding Tom Robinson’s conviction.

April 18, 2016

Objective:  I can complete the rough draft of my civil rights speech.

Activities:

  1.  Complete writing the three paragraphs of the civil rights speech.
  2. Complete the quote/source citations sheet.
  3. Add notes to your SSR log.
  4. View video presentation of TKAM and write notes in the worksheet.
  5. Reminder:  Make-up work for the rough draft and the quote/source citation page completed will be after school Tues. (Apr. 19) until 3 pm.

April 15, 2016

Objective:  I can complete my rough draft and essay worksheet with quotations and source citations.

BW:  Rewrite the source citation at the board exactly as it is written.

Activities:

  1. Share Out:  Who missed an underline for italics? Who missed a colon?
  2. Before beginning the completion of your essay, complete the worksheet with the list of seven quotes and source citations at the bottom.  Write this information exactly.
  3. Complete writing the rough draft of your essay.
  4. Think Pair/Share:  Read your essay to your neighbor and discuss your worksheet.
  5. Edit:  Make changes like referencing sources in the speech, sticking to the topic,  writing source citations exactly, etc.
  6. Submit your rough draft and essay worksheet with your name, date, and hour on each page.

April 11, 2016

Objective: I can write my civil rights speech by using my evidence to fulfill the writer’s purpose for its introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion.

BW:  Random reading of several students’ rough draft introductions.

Activities:

  1.  Share Out:  Has the writer “captured the reader’s attention” with the paragraph?
  2. Write your body paragraph with this goal:  Use evidence to provide detailed aspects of your topic’s civil rights connection.
  3. Write your conclusion with this goal:  Show your topic’s overall impact on civil rights in this country.  How did your topic help to change the movement?
  4. Review the rubric for the “Picture Page” of quotes, sources, and source citations.

April 8, 2016

Objective:  I can write my speech with the evidence collected in my research.

BW:  Read the author’s purpose in the conclusion(3rd paragraph) in the sample speech.  Write down the purpose in your own words in your notebook.

Activities:

  1.  Share Out:  What is the author’s purpose?
  2. Write down a quote used in the conclusion and explain how the author uses it to serve the purpose.
  3. Review aloud how the author develops each paragraph’s purpose in the Lester Maddox speech.
  4. Students will begin writing theirs speeches by using the exemplar to model.  Each paragraph should use the same purpose as the stated ones in the exemplar.  Each paragraph should follow the requirements suggested in the outline.

 

April 7, 2016

Objective:  I can locate at least one more journal article for my civil rights topic and highlight four more quotes.

BW:  Read the author’s purpose for the body paragraph on the sample.  Locate an example(quote/paraphrase) that fulfills the author’s purpose.  In a short paragraph, explain  how the author uses the quote to develop that purpose.

Activities:

  1. Locate one more journal article from the DHS library(Gale Research) web base.
  2. Raise your hand and the teacher will check off your work.  Have your printed journal article readily available so the teacher can see both of them(one on the screen and one in your hand).
  3.  As you research, highlight quotes that you can use to write your speech.  When you have gotten four more quotes(one was due yesterday), raise your hand and the teacher will assign a grade.
  4. Reminder:  Make-up and retakes for the TKAM test(5-10) will be given after school today.  HW:  Students will need two copied journal articles from home with at least 7 quotes highlighted at the beginning of class tomorrow.  Students are permitted a maximum of 4 quotes per journal.  It would be a good idea to find three or four journal articles and 10 quotes.

April 6, 2016

Objective:  I can write down the explanation of connections between the author’s purpose for each of the three supporting paragraphs and the examples provided by the Lester Maddox speech.

Activities:

  1.  Bubble information for the PSAT test.
  2. Independent Activity:  Write a short explanation in your notebooks of how one of examples in the introduction fulfills the author’s stated purpose.
  3. Think Pair/Share:  Use two examples to connect with author’s purpose for the body paragraph of the speech.
  4. Share Out:  Random shares of responses and discussion.
  5. Indepent Activity:  Write a similar response by showing how one of the examples in the conclusion fulfills the author’s stated purpose.
  6. Reminder:  Late retakes for the Radley House Project are today after school.  Make-up and retakes for the TKAM test on Chapters 5-10 are tomorrow after school.