"A Change of Heart About Animals"

Good Morning!

 

1.  Independent Reading -- Begin at the bell

 

NOTE:  I am working on your Personal Essays.  If I have indictaed that you need to revise it, do so and let me know so I can give it a grade.

 

2.  "A Change of Heart" -- Yesterday you wrote a rhetorical precis of this article.  I will collect it today after we review it. We will also look at some of the language Rifkin uses and the "Letters to the editor in response to 'A Change of Heart about Animals.'"

 

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading

"A Change of Heart"

Good Morning!

I hope that you had a great weekend!

1.  Independent Reading --Begin at the bell.

NOTE:  I am working on the Personal Essays.  I will not give your essay any grade if it needs to be revised or is incomplete.  

2."A Change of Heart"  --We gave this text a second reading yesterday to examine not only what is said but also the rhetorical function of the paragraph.  Is new information being explained?  Is the writer making an argument?  Is the argument being supported with evidence and examples? 

WRITERS JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT -- Refer to Activity #6.  Select a word and create a word tree as shown by the example (but use a different word, e.g., genetic, humane, esoteric, empathy.  USING YOUR CELL PHONE refer to the online etymology dictionary.  If you do not have a smart phone, let me know so you can use a netbook.

Activity #7 -- complete this activity in your WRITER'S JOURNAL

Activity #10 -- Respond to the second group of questions (1-3)  

(LABEL EACH ACTIVITY IN YOUR JOURNAL -- SKIP A LINE OR TWO BETWEEN EACH ACTIVITY)

(I know this is a variety of assignments here, but the directions are clear.)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

 

"A Change of Heart"

Good Morning!

I hope that you had a great weekend!

1.  Independent Reading -- Let's take about 15 minutes for reading.  With this amount of time, I want to reinforce the concept and importance of this activity.  Please begin at the bell.  DO NOT ask me to go to the library to check a book out.  I reminded you of this ALL last week.

2."A Change of Heart"  -- We gave this text a first reading on Friday.  Today you will read the text again, noting what Rifkin is doing paragraph by paragraph (charting the text).

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

 

"A Change of Heart"

Good Morning!
"You can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
                                                                                             Immanual Kant
  

1.  Independent Reading --  Please have your reading for the second six weeks on Monday.   Make your selection of a new independent reading book and bring it to class each day.  Please take this requirement seriously and have deep respect for your learning by doing so. 

2.  Yesterday you wrote about a time in which you used persuasion  (Activity #1, Option #1).  Please look at Activity #3 with me -- we will simply read it together to understand more about persuasion.
We will do the same for activities #4 & #5. Please follow along. I do not think it is necessary to respond in writing to these activities . . . unless you insist.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Module #2, Activity #1

Good Morning!

1.  Independent Reading -- By the end of the week select your reading for the second six weeks.  Make your selection of a new independent reading book and bring it to class each day.  Please take this requirement seriously and have deep respect for your learning by doing so. 

2. Personal Essay -- Your Personal Essay was due yesterday.

3.  Module #2: Yesterday I passed out to you the packet for Module #2 -- "The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos" 

 Activity #1, Option #1Quickwrite

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book

Module #2: The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page:Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

Good Morning!
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
                                                                                                         Plato 

1.  Independent Reading -- By the end of the week select your reading for the second six weeks.  Make your selection of a new independent reading book and bring it to class each day.  Please take this requirement seriously and have deep respect for your learning by doing so. 

2. Personal Essay -- Your Personal Essay is due today.  You have carefully proofread it for errors.

The following was on my blog on October 13th:
* Please create a new document named Period __ Personal Essay and share it with me IMMEDIATELY (abaltrushes@gmail.com) 

3.  Module #2:  

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book

Personal Essay

Good Morning!

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

                                                             Louisa May Alcott

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

1.  Independent Reading -- By the end of the week select your reading for the second six weeks.  Make your selection of a new independent reading book and bring it to class each day.  Please take this requirement seriously and have deep respect for your learning by doing so.  

2.  Personal Essay -- With a partner read each others' essays. Read for content and for effective writing.  Read carefully for errors.  At the bottom of the essay, give the word count and the name of your peer editor.  Your carefully edited and final draft of your essay is due tomorrow. Be sure to entitle your essay and place your name as follows at the upper left:

Name
Expository Reading and Writing
Ms. Baltrushes
21 October 2015

3.  MODULE #2 -- We will start this tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
                                                                             Thomas Jefferson 

 

1.  Independent Reading -- Today is the first day of the second six weeks.  Make your selection of a new independent reading book and bring it to class each day.  Please take this requirement seriously and have deep respect for your learning by doing so.  Writing a book review should be an enjoyable activity and not a chore because you have invested something of yourself in the reading of the book you have chosen (or one would hope that).  

2. Fully completed Personal Essay is due tomorrow.  Today, continue working on it and very carefully proofread for errors. I see that some of you still have quite a bit to do.  Tomorrow we will peer edit.  We will be starting the next module of ERWC immediately following completion of the essay.

 HOMEWORK: 1. Personal Essay
                         2. Independent Reading Book

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
      Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 

NOTE:  Keep your CELL PHONE put away for the entire period or it will be confiscated.

*You have created a new document in Google Docs and you have named it Period __ Personal Essay.  You have also shared it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).

TODAY, you will continue working quietly on composing your essay.  Use the time that I am offering.  Completed draft due TUESDAY of next week.  We will then peer edit.

Personal Essay or Letter of Introduction: 
      Please select one of the following  topics:
   
1. Describe the world you come from -- for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

2.  Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you.  What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

HOMEWORK:  1. Personal Essay   2. Independent reading selection

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
"You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you."  

                                                                                      Joseph Joubert

      Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

*You have created a new document in Google Docs and you have named it Period __ Personal Essay.  You have also shared it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com).

TODAY, you will quietly work on composing your essay.  Use the time that I am offering.  

Personal Essay or Letter of Introduction: 
      Please select one of the following  topics:
   
1. Describe the world you come from -- for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

2.  Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you.  What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

Career/work path:

 If you are choosing to write a letter of introduction, then you are telling prospective employers about yourself, your abilities and talents, interests, goals, values, and  what you have to offer.


HOMEWORK:  Personal Essay

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity."
                                                                                -- Cicero 

                                                    

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

*Yesterday you created a new document in Google Docs and you named it Period __ Personal Essay.  You also shared it with me (abaltrushes@gmail.com) 

TODAY, you will quietly work on composing your essay.  Use the time that I am offering.  

Personal Essay or Letter of Introduction: 
      Please select one of the following  topics:
   
1. Describe the world you come from -- for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

2.  Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you.  What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

Career/work path:

 If you are choosing to write a letter of introduction, then you are telling prospective employers about yourself, your abilities and talents, interests, goals, values, and  what you have to offer.

Option 1: Just start writing. Forget about structure and organization because you can figure that out later. Writer's that choose this option should feel ready to write. They should know which essay they want to write and have a good idea what they want to present in their essays.

Option 2: Take some time to sketch out your paper using a planning chart like the in the Personal Statement Prompts file. It may be a good idea to use the mentor text statements or to choose a prompt. Try out different approaches and/or subjects. Draw on what you studied, read, and written over the past few weeks to find a sense of purpose for your essay.Now write.

 HOMEWORK:  Draft of Personal Essay

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
"Don't compromise yourself.  You're all you've got."
                                                      -- Betty Ford 

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

* Let's look at the other two example of personal essays before you settle in with working on yours.

* Please create a new document named Period __ Personal Essay and share it with me IMMEDIATELY (abaltrushes@gmail.com)

Personal Essay or Letter of Introduction: 
      Please select one of the following  topics:
   
1. Describe the world you come from -- for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

2.  Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you.  What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

Career/work path:

 If you are choosing to write a letter of introduction, then you are telling prospective employers about yourself, your abilities and talents, interests, goals, values, and  what you have to offer.

Option 1: Just start writing. Forget about structure and organization because you can figure that out later. Writer's that choose this option should feel ready to write. They should know which essay they want to write and have a good idea what they want to present in their essays.

Option 2: Take some time to sketch out your paper using a planning chart like the in the Personal Statement Prompts file. It may be a good idea to use the mentor text statements or to choose a prompt. Try out different approaches and/or subjects. Draw on what you studied, read, and written over the past few weeks to find a sense of purpose for your essay.Now write.

 HOMEWORK:  Draft of Personal Essay

Personal Essay

Good Morning!
"I say there is no darkness but ignorance." 
                                                         Shakespeare

1. BOOK REVIEWS are due on GOODREADS by midnight tonight, October 12th.  

2. Activity #22 & #23 -- Please take a few moments to look over these activities.

3.  Personal Essay or Letter of Introduction: 
      Please select one of the following  topics:
   
1. Describe the world you come from -- for example, your family, community or school -- and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

2.  Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution, or experience that is important to you.  What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

Career/work path:

 If you are choosing to write a letter of introduction, then you are telling prospective employers about yourself, your abilities and talents, interests, goals, values, and  what you have to offer.

Option 1: Just start writing. Forget about structure and organization because you can figure that out later. Writer's that choose this option should feel ready to write. They should know which essay they want to write and have a good idea what they want to present in their essays.

Option 2: Take some time to sketch out your paper using a planning chart like the in the Personal Statement Prompts file. It may be a good idea to use the mentor text statements or to choose a prompt. Try out different approaches and/or subjects. Draw on what you studied, read, and written over the past few weeks to find a sense of purpose for your essay.Now write.

 HOMEWORK:  Draft of Personal Essay

Book Review

Good Morning!
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul?  Surely, I said, knowledge is the food  of the soul.
                                                                                                                 Plato 
Please get your ASSIGNED Net book when you arrive.

1.  Independent Reading -- BOOK REVIEWS are due on GOODREADS Monday, October 12th.  I will give you time today to work on your review.  Be sure to follow the rubric.  Be attentive to and INTERESTED in composing a well written and interesting review.  Have deep respect for your learning because in the end your self-respect is all that matters.

While you are working on your book review, it would be a good time for me to check your WRITER'S JOURNAL.  Please be sure to have it available, as it should be anyway!  I am anticipating well organized and neatly written activity responses as well as complete responses.

NOTE:  We begin work on personal essays next week.

HOMEWORK:  Book Review

" FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Guide for College or Work"

Good Morning!
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
                                                  -- Epictetus 

 

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.  BOOK REVIEWS are due on GOODREADS Monday, October 12th.  I will give you time tomorrow to work on your review.  While you are working on your book review, it would be a good time for me to check your WRITER'S JOURNAL.  Please be sure to have it available, as it should be anyway!

NOTE:  Senior Quote -- You may turn it into me, and I will deliver it to Ms. Fulcher.   DUE BY OCT 14 but turn it in sooner!

2.  NOTE:  Please turn in "Hidden Intellectualism" if you have not done so.  I should see words defined and some annotation.

3.  FAQ -- You have recorded 10 FAQ's in your WRITER'S JOURNAL and you have also recorded them on a piece of paper.  I will collect that copy today and share your questions.

4.  WRITER'S JOURNAL CHECK TOMORROW 

5.  Review Activities #22 & #23

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and BOOK REVIEW

Survey

Good Morning!

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
                                                                                      (Epictetus)

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.  BOOK REVIEWS are due on GOODREADS Monday, October 12th.  I will give you time on Friday to work on your review.  While you are working on your book review, it would be a good time for me to check your WRITER'S JOURNAL.  Please be sure to have it available, as it should be anyway!

NOTE:  Senior Quote -- You may turn it into me, and I will deliver it to Ms. Fulcher.   DUE BY OCT 14 but turn it in sooner!

2.  NOTE:  Please turn in "Hidden Intellectualism"

3.  Survey -- this will take most of the period
Survey

3.  FAQ -- You have recorded 10 FAQ's in your WRITER'S JOURNAL and you have also recorded them on a piece of paper.  I will collect that copy.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and book review

" FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Guide for College or Work"

Good Morning!

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.  BOOK REVIEWS are due on GOODREADS Monday, October 12th.  I will give you time on Friday to work on your review.  While you are working on your book review, it would be a good time for me to check your WRITER'S JOURNAL.  Please be sure to have it available, as it should be anyway!

NOTE:  Senior Quote -- You may turn it into me, and I will deliver it to Ms. Fulcher.   DUE BY OCT 14 but turn it in sooner!

2.  Activity #20 -- Refer to this activity and read "FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Guide for College or Work" (handout).  Today you will continue doing some research on either the questions that you have about attending college or careers.  You will be developing 10 FAQ and short answers to these questions.  These questions will be recorded in your WRITER'S JOURNAL.  In addition, please make a separate copy on a piece of paper that I will collect tomorrow.  Many of you will want to use the following links:
California State University

California Careers

ALSO, check out US News and World Report

HOMEWORK: Independent Reading

Research on College or Career

Good Morning!

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

NOTE:  Senior Quote -- You may turn it into me, and I will deliver it to Ms. Fulcher.   DUE BY OCT 14 but turn it in sooner!

2.  Activity #20 -- Refer to this activity and read "FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Guide for College or Work" (handout).  Today you will be doing some research on either the questions that you have about attending college or careers.  You will be developing 10 FAQ and short answers to these questions.  Many of you will want to use the following links:
California State University

California Careers


HOMEWORK: Independent Reading

Jigsaw of Four Articles

Good Morning!
Live as if you were to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you were to live forever.
                                                                      (Mahatma Gandhi)

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

NOTE:  Senior Quote -- You may turn it into me, and I will deliver it to Ms. Fulcher.   DUE BY OCT 14 but turn it in sooner!

2. Jigsaw Reading of Four Articles:Yesterday you read and wrote a report on your assigned article.  Today you will inform the class about your article -- and you will do so thoroughly.  The following is what you will include:

                        * A brief summary of the document's argument
                        * Important quotes or information
                        * An explanation of what you think is important 
                           about the document.

NOTE:  You have also recorded this report in your WRITER'S JOURNAL

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading

Jigsaw of Four Articles

Good Morning!
"A man is but the product of his thoughts.  What he thinks, he becomes."  (Gandhi) 


1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2.  Yesterday you completed Activities #12 & #13 in your WRITER'S JOURNAL.

3.  Jigsaw Reading of Four Articles: In the next part of this module, the focus will be on learning about the requirements, processes, and expectations of college or work:

       1. What will be required of me to enter the school or job that I 

           want?

      2. How ready am I for the work or school I have in mind?

      3. How realistic is my evaluation of myself in terms of being  

          ready for the next stage of my life?

4.  Four Articles -- You will be assigned one of the articles.  With other students assigned the article, you will prepare a report for the class.  Refer to Activity #15.  Record the information in your WRITER'S JOURNAL.
                        * A brief summary of the document's argument
                        * Important quotes or information
                        * An explanation of what you think is important 
                           about the document.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading