College Prep Learning Objectives:
Due Wednesday:
1. Is this act courageous? Argument of Definition - COURAGE Practice Essay
Find a current events news article that describes an action and compose an Argument of Definition Essay in your Writer's Notebook.
See the handout distributed last week, also pictured below.
See the model Argument of Definition Essay on Amends, also pictured below.
* Night annotations + text questions + vocabulary + extended responses for the first two reading assignments. These should already be completed. We will peer review our responses to the reading.
3. Due Friday: Night Reading Assignment pp. 47-65
See questions + vocabulary + create your own extended response
Vocabulary for this reading assignment includes the following:
· convoy n. a group of vehicles traveling together
· frenzy n. a state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement
· torment v to cause physical pain or mental anguish
· thrash v. to beat; to hit
· latter n. the second of two
· raucous adj. boisterous and disorderly
· sabotage n. treacherous action to defeat a cause
- to develop criteria-based definition of courage
- to apply criteria-based definition to scenario
- to determine whether the act described in the scenario meets ALL, some, or NONE of your criteria
Due Wednesday:
1. Is this act courageous? Argument of Definition - COURAGE Practice Essay
Find a current events news article that describes an action and compose an Argument of Definition Essay in your Writer's Notebook.
See the handout distributed last week, also pictured below.
See the model Argument of Definition Essay on Amends, also pictured below.
* Night annotations + text questions + vocabulary + extended responses for the first two reading assignments. These should already be completed. We will peer review our responses to the reading.
3. Due Friday: Night Reading Assignment pp. 47-65
See questions + vocabulary + create your own extended response
Vocabulary for this reading assignment includes the following:
· convoy n. a group of vehicles traveling together
· frenzy n. a state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement
· torment v to cause physical pain or mental anguish
· thrash v. to beat; to hit
· latter n. the second of two
· raucous adj. boisterous and disorderly
· sabotage n. treacherous action to defeat a cause