Welcome!Language Arts

Ms. Marek

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Independent Reading

Retrieve your library book

READ READ READ READ READ READ READ

Schedule

• WEDNESDAY: Make up work due!• FRIDAY: Drop and Write final draft due!• TUESDAY: Begin MSA review• ALL WEEK: Meetings during reading

Monday Half dayTuesday Bias and Causal ChainWednesday Causal Chain and Persuasive

Introductions and Conclusions

Thursday Rubric and ReviewFriday Test!

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT analyze organizational patterns such as causal chain in their own writing

SWBAT analyze elements of persuasive introductions and conclusions

Review …

Author’s Position – Viewpoint, Opinion, Argument– When the author states his opinion the the

audience knows exactly what the writer wants How is Position different from Point of

View?

If the teachers of Drew Freeman do not allow the students to turn in their homework late then the students will learn to finish their work on time, correct? This may be, but this Sink or Swim philosophy often leaves many students failing and does more harm than good. If a student does not see himself as being able to finish the assignment on time, he may simply decide to not do it. This would not only cause the student’s grades to fall, but also his or her teacher would likely spend unnecessary time trying to persuade the student to do work.

This would not be only one student though! Many students would fall into this downward spiral of not doing their homework. This would result in many declining grades… This in turn would result in the school’s reputation declining… So how do we solve this?

Review …

Causal Chain …– If “A” happens, then “B” happens, then “C”

happens, etc

REMINDERS

READ READ READ!

Start thinking about a book you

want to read.

READ READ READ!