Monday, Sept. 28Independent Reading - You must have a book of choice by this date. You will start losing points if you do not have a book to read in class. Backing: a direct attack on the counterclaim with explanation and evidence.
Tuesday, Sept. 29Independent Reading Argumentative Essay Outline: Define all AW terms and understand the basic outline Color code a sample argumentative essay Wednesday, Sept. 30 Independent Reading Introduce CFA for Argumentative Writing: Argumentative Writing: Norman Rockwell Paintings
You must complete the Argumentative Writing Flow Chart before you start writing your paper. YOU WILL TURN THIS IN SO TAKE IS SERIOUSLY! Choose ONE of the Norman Rockwell paintings in class. Make sure to TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WITH YOUR CHROMEBOOK. If you don’t know the name of your painting LOOK IT UP OR ASK! Write and color code your text as follows:
Your paper should be 3-5 paragraphs long. Make sure to include the name of the painting and the artist somewhere in your paragraphs (the artist is Norman Rockwell). In order to get a 4 on this paper you must include everything explained in the bullet points; you must correctly color code your paper; and you must CITE your painting somewhere in your text. You will submit your paper as a file upload on Canvas. Sample Essays Thursday, October 1Independent Reading Argumentative Writing
Friday, Oct. 2Independent Reading Argumentative Writing:
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Monday September 28, 2020 Independent Reading: You must have a book of choice by this date. You will start losing points if you do not have a book to read in class. Argumentative Writing: Backing and Exit Ticket Tuesday September 29, 2020 Argumentative Writing PowerPoint and Flow Chart Outline Fill out the outline with the information from the PowerPoint Wednesday September 30, 2020 Distributed Argumentative Writing Assignment and "No Swimming" Sample Paper Activity The "No Swimming" Assignment is under assignments OR click here. ONLY DO IT ON CANVAS IF YOU WERE NOT IN CLASS THIS DAY OR IF YOU ARE ONLY ONLINE! Thursday October 1, 2020 Choose A Norman Rockwell Painting & Create list of Evidence and Claim on the Blank Flow Chart. List everything you see on the back of the chart, then write a claim based on what you see. Write the claim in the diamond on the chart. Circle all the evidence that supports your claim, then star the two STRONGEST pieces of evidence. Friday October 2, 2020 Finish Flow Chart with Counterclaim and Backing If you have questions about how to do the check-points check out this videoPlay media comment. If you are CONFUSED about CLAIM, EVIDENCE, WARRANT, or COUNTERCLAIM, WATCH THESE VIDEOS! Claim:Link (Links to an external site.) Link (Links to an external site.) Evidence:Link (Links to an external site.) Link (Links to an external site.) Link (Links to an external site.) Warrant: Link (Links to an external site.) Counterclaim: Link (Links to an external site.) Monday, September 21, 2020 Check-point catch-up and Argumentative Writing Power Point (AW): WARRANT
Monday September 14, 2020
Argumentative Writing Introduction (Links to an external site.) Tuesday September 15, 2020 Norman Rockwell and CLAIM Wednesday September 16, 2020 CLAIM checkpoint and Norman Rockwell EVIDENCE Thursday September 17, 2020 EVIDENCE checkpoint and Norman Rockwell WARRANT Friday September 18, 2020 WARRANT checkpoint and STAR Test (tentative) |
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