Tuesday

Today we will discuss your essays - those of you who have turned them in - and finish reading the grammar packet that I handed out.


cumulative sentence (also known as loose sentence)

periodic sentence 

Finally, we are going to read a nonfiction memoir (or section of a memoir) on the Montgomery Boycott.  Remember, your unit goal is to write a personal narrative using elements of fiction that you have learned from the short story unit.  Think about how Coretta Scott King uses literary elements in her story.  Also, think about how you would compare this story to "Everyday Use".

Turn to page 968.

Questions: 1-4, 7 and 8 on page 978. 

RUBRIC FOR ESSAY

4- Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point) and analyze the evidence, making connections between the evidence and the thesis.

 

3 -  Student can write a thesis connecting "Harrison Bergeron", "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Pedestrian" by either theme, character, symbol and back up his or her position with at least two pieces of evidence (for each point), some analysis or connection is made between evidence and thesis but it might be taken out of context, misinterpreted, or oversimplified.  

2 - Student can write a thesis statement connecting "Harrison Bergeron" and either "There Will Come Soft Rain" or "The Pedestrian".  Evidence from at least two sources is used but little connection or no analysis is made between the evidence and the thesis.

1- Thesis statement is attempted.  Body paragraphs either simply restates the thesis or the evidence is unclear or unrelated to the prompt; or less than two sources are provided.

HOMEWORK: Edpuzzle

https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/5d7c179d83b95940b6bf139e/watch