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Grammar Focus - Self Assessments - Group Work

There will be no DGP this week.  We will be looking at specific grammar items from Monday's exercise.

 

Essential Questions:

How do companies get your business?
How does knowing persuasive techniques make us better consumers?
Can you make me say yes?

 

Goals:

Students will be able to use propaganda techniques to pusuade an audience.
Students will be able to state a clear opinion in support of a proprostion or proposal.
Students will be able to debate using relevant information and sound arguments and by anticipating counter arguments.

7th Grade AND 8th Grade:
Monday: Grammar exercises to assess knowledge of specific items students are having trouble with in the regular DGPs.
Tuesday:  The Great Return (papers) - Review of grammar exercises, Discussion of Novel Quotes, and Review of papers with grammar in context.
Wednesday - Friday:  Group Work

 

8th Grade:

HW:  Persuasive Vocab #2 - Due Thursday:  sustainable, claim, conservative, omission, syllogism, anecdotal, concession, call to action, environmentalist, green (not the color), fair (not the one with rides)

 

 

Literacy:  It is my hope that we finishe Call of the Wild this week.

Persuasive Assessments 8th - Market that Item 7th

Essential Questions:
How do companies get your business?
How does knowing persuasive techniques make us better consumers?
Can you make me say yes?

 

Goals:

Students will be able to use propaganda techniques to pusuade an audience.
Students will be able to state a clear opinion in support of a proprostion or proposal.
Students will be able to debate using relevant information and sound arguments and by anticipating counter arguments.

This week's DGP sentence:  Will Courtney and I go to play soccer tonight?

 

7th Grade:
Monday: After DGP students completed their sketches and their prototypes.  HW:  Choose 10 vocabulary works to use correctly in context.  Final copy of the paragraph is due Wednesday.  It must be in blue or black ink.   Papers will also be graded for the P1-P4 errors.  Students may also use the propaganda words for their choices.  Download Persuasive_vocab
Tuesday: HOLIDAY
Wednesday - Friday:  Paragraphs will be collected.  Groups will be assigned Task #2 in their marketing adventure.  We will have laptops and the flip camera available. 
HW:  Novel Quotes due FRIDAY! At this time, students may also turn in any additional book summaries they have.  Chapter notes will also be credited if they present them.

 

8th Grade:

Monday: Students had class time to finish presentations and practice.
Tuesday: Holiday
Wednesday-Thursday:  Presentations  HW:  Writing Prompt #3:  In a well-written paragraph, are focus groups a good way for businesses to complete tasks?

Friday:  Portfolio up-date and review.

 

Literacy:  It is my hope that we finishe Call of the Wild this week.

Essential Questions:
How do companies get your business?
How does knowing persuasive techniques make us better consumers?
Can you make me say yes?

 

Goals:

Students will be able to identify propaganda techniques in various forms of media.
Students will be able to state a clear opinion in support of a proprostion or proposal.
Students will be able to debate using relevant information and sound arguments and by anticipating counter arguments.

This week's DGP sentence:  When Missi gave Spring the tickets, she grew excited.

 

7th Grade:

Monday - Review of the persuasive essays - Model papers were shared.   We reviewed the Persuasion in Media papers and discussed types of ad they encountered this weekend. Find ANY print ad and analyze it for: audience and demographics, message/purpose, and propaganda technique.
Tuesday - QUIZ on propaganda techniques - Groups share the ads they brought and consensus must be reached on audience and demographics, message/purpose, and propaganda technique.

Wednesday - Summative Assessment - Assign Task #1 to be completed in class.

Thursday & Friday:  Media Center for group work on prototypes and ad layouts.
Weekend Write with Vocabulary in Context to be assigned.

8th Grade:
Monday and Tuesday - Students divided into new groups - Assigned Task 2 - Work in the computer lab and consensus must be reached by the end of class on Tuesday.
Wednesday to Friday - Group Task #3 - Media Center for group work - Each student must create his or her part of the presentation. 
Weekend Write:  Prompt #2 to be assigned.

7th & 8th Weekend Work

7th:  Students have a matrix to complete using TV, radio, magazine, newspaper, and internet ads.  They were told if they do not have one of these media available, just to double one they do have access to.  Also, each student should attempt to bring in a print ad of some type.

8th:  Now that the students have looked at the cell phone information, they shouldl choose any 10 of the vocabulary words and use them in context to show understanding of meaning.

DGP 2.2 - Welcome to Persuasion - Freshman Focus Information

Future Freshman Focus

Parent Meeting

October 20th

Awtrey Theater at 6:30 PM

 

Topics will include AVID, Honors, AP, Magnet,

Extra Curricular Activities, and Pinnacle

 

Due to STUDENT REQUEST for these complements, this week's DGP sentence:
Since she is beautiful, she became a model for Vogue magazine.

 

Essential Questions:
How do companies get your business?
How does knowing persuasive techniques make us better consumers?
Can you make me say yes?

 

Goals:

Students will be able to identify propaganda techniques in various forms of media.
Students will be able to state a clear opinion in support of a proprostion or proposal.
Students will be able to debate using relevant information and sound arguments and by anticipating counter arguments.

 

Persuasive Notes:  Download Propaganda 2

 

7th Grade Activities:

Monday - Review Vocabulary   Introduction to the art of persuasion and propaganda techniques.
Tuesday - The Five types of Media Literacy
Wednesday - EARLY RELEASE - Media Analysis What technique is that? Is if effective?
Thrusday - DELL LAB - Persuasion in Advertising  -  Web Ads
      HW - Begin completing the Advertising in Media matrix - Due Monday- Bring to class Friday!
Friday - DELL LAB - Complete the Web advertisement activity and work on matrix.

     Weekend Homework: 1 - Complete Matrix; 2 - Find a print ad from either the newspaper, the web, or from a magazine to bring to class.  Analyze it for message, target audience to include demographics, and purpose.  Be ready to discuss your ad.

8th Grade Activities:
Monday - Review Vocabulary   Review propaganda techniques.
Tuesday - Vocabualry Quiz - The Five types of Media Literacy
Wednesday - Writing Prompt #1 - Final Copy due tomorrow in INK.
Thursday - Dell Lab - Performance Task #1  Reading the Fine Print in consumer advertisments
Friday - Dell Lab - Group work to reach consensus to complete Task #1  Weekend Write:  Write a paragraph or two using a minimum of 10 vocabulary words correctly in context.  Underline the words used. Final must be in ink.

Testing - Testing - Testing Welcome to Persuasion

This week's DGP sentence:  The Robotics Club, who is sponsoring Thursday's dance, meets twice a week.

7th and 8th GRADES: 
Specific Essential Questions and Goals will begin next week as we move into the specific learning activities for the persuasive standard.
Monday = Post test for the 1st 9 weeks.
Tuesday & Wednesday = County Benchmark Test
Thursday = A Night at the Improv - An introduction to Persuasion appropriate vocabulary
Friday = Review of the New Standard for the 9 weeks - time in class to work on vocab.

The Standard:
ELAW2: Persuasion: The student produces a multi-paragraph persuasive essay that engages the reader with context and voice, states a clear position or prospective in support of a proposition or proposal, creates an appropriate structure and arranges details, reasons, and examples, includes relevant information and arguments, provides and arranges information to anticipate and address reader concerns and counter arguments, and provides a sense of closure.

Finishing the Quarter! The Week of 10/5 - 10/9 UPDATED 10/6

DGP 1.6 This week's sentence:  In the beginning, there was the simple sentence, but that soon changed.

7th GRADE:
Essential Question:  How do writers edit effectively?
Learning Goal:  Students will learn and use editing techniques to improve writing scores in both the conventions and Sentence Structure domains.

Activities:
Review of phrase fragment, clause fragments, and run-ons. Exercises as formative assessments.  If students did not complete today's practice:  Download Run On Practice
In-Class worksheet for fruther practice.
Myths returned - Errors pertaining to these specific punctuation and sentence formation errors have been marked.  Students will use their own writing to ID the specific error and correct.   THESE ARE DUE BACK TO ME ON THURSDAY!  NOVEL QUOTES ARE DUE WED. IF UGA BOUND, THURS. FOR ALL OTHERS.   THURS = LAST DAY FOR ANY BOOK POINTS.
Writing Test - Focus Areas:   Ideas - Fuller paragraphs that are on topic:  Use of the RAFT.  Organization - An essay that follows a logical pattern; use of Power Writing.   Sentence Structure/Conventions - We are shooting for no P1-P4 comma errors.  (See the Rules for Editing and Revising).

8th Grade:
Essential Question:  How does word choice impact reader engagement?  How do writers revise effectively to improve style?
Goal:  Students will learn and use revising stchniques and style builders to improve reader engagement.

Activities:
Students will be introduced to the Writing with Style list.  These will be reviewed.
From here, students willl look at their mock writing test which will be used as the example.  They should find any/all examples of the style builders in their writing.
Paragraphs will be revised to show evidence of writing with style.
Writing Test - Focus Areas:   Ideas - Fuller paragraphs that are on topic:  Use of the RAFT.  Organization - An essay that follows a logical pattern; use of Power Writing.   Sentence Structure/Conventions - We are shooting for evidence of Writing with Style techniques.

Literacy:
Today we finish ATTWN.  Students will have time in class to finish their matrix.  All will be given a study guide to accompany their matrix.  TEST ON TUESDAY.
We will also complete a summary of the book for book points.
Movie for compare and contrast and experiencing literature in a variety of media ends the week.

DGP - What do they really want me to write?

Today we did parts of a sentence for our DGP.

7th and 8th Grade:
Essential Question for the Week:  How do I read prompts and decide what to write?
Learning Goal:  Students will be able to analyze a writing prompt to find their role or point of view, their audience, the required format, and the topic to address.

Activities:

Students looked at the last prompt and discussed what they wrote.  We then discussed what needed to be written. From here, students looked at their own papers and had a chance to rate themselves against the prior discussion.

An activity designed to take a state prompt and analyze it was done in a think/pair/share mode.  This activity will be practiced several times.

After practice, students will be assigned a prompt from which a complete essay will be written.  Actual Date of Assignment TBA – depends of the amount of practice needed.

 

Wednesday's HW - 7th GRADE:  Use your Power Writing to create an outline for two body paragraphs for the topic we analyzed in class.  DO NOT WRITE A PAPER!  This is just an outline down to the P3 level.  You should have your RAFT from class.

For your reference, the topic:
 2nd period

Writing Situation

                Your favorite television show has been cancelled. The president of the television network has announced that he might change his mind about canceling the show if enough people write letters to complain about his decision.

Directions for Writing

                Write a letter to the president of the television network to convince him or her to bring back your favorite show. Include specific details to support your position.

 

LITERACY:
Read and discuss.  We also went over our matrix for information to date. Journal entries will be checked on Friday.  The list thus far:  Download Journal Prompts ATTWN 1 to 13

This week's DGP sentence:  Abbey's cousin recently took a rafting trip on the Colorado River.  We did corrections and parts of speech today.

7th Grade - Presentations Wrap-Up   -   Followed by a look at writing prompt analyzation
Essential Questions - What constitutes a good presentation?  What are the elements of all litreature?
Learning Goals - Students will be able to identify share the elements of literature

Essential Questions - How do I decide what I should write?
Learning Goals - Students will be able to identify the topic, format, and genre assigned in a writing prompt.

Tuesday's HW:  A review of run-ons and fragments with subject and predicate emphasis - Worksheet   Due on Thursday! 

8th Grade:Writing Prompt Analyzation
Essential Questions - How do I decide what I should write?
Learning Goals - Students will be able to identify the topic, format, and genre assigned in a writing prompt.

ALL GRADES Activities (7th will begin after presentations are completed.): 
Students will be given several prompts and to analyze for role, audience, format, and topic.  These will be discussed in a think/pair/share setting where students work individually first, then with a partner, and finally with the entire class.  Outlines will be produced in Power Writing format for each prompt used as a back-up for our previous work in organizaion.  A final paper will be done in class to a new prompt to check for comprehension.

LITERACY:  We will continue to read aloud.  Journal entries will be due on FRIDAY for a response to literature grade!

Regrouping the Wagons

Both grades will omit DGP this week.  We'll start fresh on Monday.

7th Grade - Presentation Week
Essential Questions - What constitutes a good presentation?  What are the elements of all litreature?
Learning Goals - Students will be able to identify share the elements of literature.
Presentations will be all week. 

HW:  Novel Quotes are due tomorrow.

8th Grade -
In conjuction with our technical writing with resumes, letters of application, and applications, Dr. Deane our 8th grade counselor did a career interest lesson in the lab with us today.  He and I hope that your student enjoyed seeing what jobs the computer matched to them. 

HW:  Corrected letters of application are due tomorrow!

LITERACY:   We reviewed Ch. 1-4 and up-dated our matrix.  We discussed our journal entries and took a short comprehension quiz.   Reading aloud as much as time would allow.