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Resource
http://edsitement.neh.gov/


Info Text--reading charts--Google Drive: Argument Assmt Data

The skill of describing--Kahn Academy:

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Innovative education:

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Capitalism Framework Argument Topic
Listening 9.3 
I CAN Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Listening 9.2 
I CAN Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.

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Hardcopy Calendar? 
Field Trips--1 per term
If missed I CAN--can't score over a 3 (have to bring up to 4 level)
Writing Rubric for I CANs


9th
Disclosure/procedures/expectations
Google Drive
Revision requirements--basic requirements to be graded
Peer/parent (two other sets of eyes) before I see it (student does own editing)
Portfolios: Save all work
Grading: Bell Work, Tasks, I CANs, Incomplete, standards based
Tardy--In-class reading, book library/bins/40 Book Club/genres
How to succeed in school--Kahn Academy TED talk
whining, repetition (fan), absences, Lexicons (vocab)

9th Term 1
DRP Testing Window 2013--September
Poetry/devices
Figurative language
Narrative Essays
Persuasion Essays
Reading 9.6 Determine author's point of view/purpose
Reading 9.6 Analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance point of view/purpose
Reading 9.8 Delineate/evaluate argument and specific claims
Persuasion (perspective, point of view, hegemony, ideology, bias)
Agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree--where on spectrum?
black/white/good/bad/moral judgments
Thesis (claim with three reasons)
Outline/logical Organization
Evidences--3 for each reason, 2-3 sentences to develop (examples, visuals, facts)--Ideas
Counter claim
Hook
Conclusion
Conventions--basic
 
9th Term 2
Timeline--scope of history, Western World, Christian influence
    graphic organizer for information (other examples: language, latitude/longitude, maps, directions
    Hx Channel--Mankind Decoded http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-decoded/videos#mankind-decoded-information-is-power
Animal Farm
Oppression, prejudice, "fair," exploitation, bullying, colonization
Expository/Research Essays
Symbolism
Persuasion Essays
Review Term One Lexicon for understanding
Rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos)
A Christmas Carol
Fluency
Voice
Powerful Words

9th Term 3
DRP window 2013--March 1-22
Argument Essays (mid Jan-mid Feb)
Reading 9.8 Assess whether the reasoning is valid; if the evidence is relevant/sufficient
Reading 9.8 Identify false statements/fallacious reasoning

Capitalism--Animal Farm followup 

sources (primary, secondary)

        Kahn Video

          http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/5002/economics/pros-and-cons-of-capitalism/
          

anti capitalism article focusing on monopolies) 

        Google Drive--English 9th Capitalism #1 Article Pro

        Google Drive--English 9th Capitalism #2 Article Con

        8 min defining capitalism video (no picture) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWnp28QkdfI

Make a claim, define attributive tags, in-text citations--practice worksheet

Outline; plug into paper
Choose individual topic--finding voice in Argument Essays
Logic vs Pathos
Research using credible sources
Works Cited Page
In-text citations
Attributive Tags
Gender Brains
Romeo and Juliet
drama
Persuasion Essay--families to get together from Romeo's or Juliet's perspective (first person)


Term 4
Narrative Essays
Poem--Poetry Slam


8th
Disclosure/procedures/expectations
Google Drive
Revision requirements--basic requirements to be graded
Peer/parent (two other sets of eyes) before I see it (student does own editing)
Portfolios: Save all work
Grading: Bell Work, Tasks, I CANs, Incomplete, standards based
Tardy--In-class reading, book library/bins/40 Book Club/genres
Honors
Critic's Corner--authentic review--see website, assignments
30 Hour Project (choosing project/topic; anthropology, recording time)

8th Term 1
DRP Testing Window 2013--September
Hate That Cat
Poetry/devices
Figurative language
Flowers for Algernon
Gardner's 8 Intelligences
Identity
Narrative Essay
Persuasion Essay
Persuasion (perspective, point of view, hegemony, ideology, bias)
Agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree--where on spectrum?
black/white/good/bad/moral judgments
Rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos)
Thesis (claim with three reasons)
Outline/logical Organization
Evidences--3 for each reason, 2-3 sentences to develop (examples, visuals, facts)--Ideas
Counter claim
Hook
Conclusion
Conventions--basic

8th Term 2
Timeline--scope of history, Western World, Christian influence
    graphic organizer for information (other examples: language, latitude/longitude, maps, directions
    Hx Channel--Mankind Decoded http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-decoded/videos#mankind-decoded-information-is-power
Watsons Go to Birmingham
Oppression, prejudice, "fair," exploitation, bullying, colonization, 
Persuasion Essays (perspective--you live before 1970: why blacks should have equal rights, 1st person)
Rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos)
The Christmas Box
Tradition--Myth, culture, belief
vocabulary
grammar
Narrative Essay
Mood
Symbolism
Fluency
Voice
Powerful Words
Expository/Research Essay
Review Term One Lexicon for understanding

8th Term 3
DWA Testing window 2013--Feb 22
DRP Testing window 2013--March 1-22

Term 4
CRT Testing Window 2013--?
Narrative Essays
Poem--Poetry Slam
30-Hour Projects








Weekly Points
Bellwork
Reading Logs

End of Term Points
In-class reading points
Two revised essays per term
Term Log, 10 genres, 1500 pages
Honors Critic's Corner


Department Issues
Informational Text Term 2
Argument Term 2
Writing Scoring Rubric with checklist of I CANs (students score, teacher scores, student revises, can't get higher than a 3 on revision, but must meet 4 criteria)

Drive
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