April 16, 2013 E.Q. How do you meet and/or exceed the American Literature EOCT in two weeks?

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Opening—

We will be working on usatestprep.com this week to review for EOCT. Please go to usatestprep and follow

the directions on the back of the agenda to make your username and password.

Work Session—

1. We will receive an overview of the domains for the EOCT.

2. We will be focusing on the Reading Literary and Informational Domain for today.

3. First, let’s go to11th Grade EOCT tab and select Practice with the Reading Literary and Informational Text Domain. Now go to Glossary under the Vocabulary tab and right click (open in new tab).

4. We will leave this glossary up for our practice.

5. Now, we will go to Crossword Puzzle 2 and complete this assignment. When you have finished, submit it and choose me as your teacher.

6. Next, go to Practice tab again (same domain) and select the Persuasive Techniques activity and submit it selecting me as your teacher.

Homework—Rhetorical Fallacies activity. See end of agenda

Closing—

For a quiz grade, go back to the practice tab and select the 5 Random Questions to complete. Please make sure you submit it to me as your teacher. You can retake it again if you fail it. For homework, you will complete the Persuasive Techniques Exercise. You may finish that now if you finish your quiz early.

Opening –Registering for usatestprep.com

Directions—

1. Go to member login and go to create a new account. The account id is: wilcox

Activation code is: newton29

2. Fill out information that you need to create your own password and username. When you have done this, fill it in on this agenda, so we can use it for the next two weeks.

3. Now go to join a class and choose Jennifer Greene as your teacher. Find the name of your class and add it.

4. You will now be able to access usatestprep.com for the rest of the year at school or at home.

Work Session Grades Today**Crossword Puzzle 2--------I made a _________.

**Persuasive Techniques---I made a _________.

**Random Quiz Questions---I made a ________.

@@@@@@@@@@@ SEE HOMEWORK EXERCISE @@@@@@@@@@@

Rhetorical Fallacies Homework 4/29/14 NAME_____________________________________

April 30, 2014 E.Q. How do you meet and/or exceed the American Literature EOCT in two weeks? Group I

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Opening—

Using the directions on the back of the agenda, we are going to be focusing on the following element—

**Integrate and Evaluate Sources of Information

Work Session—

1. Under the same element, we will be focusing on more rhetorical strategies; such as: propaganda, ethos, logos, and pathos.

2. Complete the Activity—Propaganda in Non-print Media—bandwagon, plain folks, name calling, and testimonials. Don’t forget to choose me as your teacher.

3. Next, we will go to Primary and Secondary Sources which is still under the same element. Before you complete the activity, go to videos and choose Reliable Sources (see directions)

Closing—

For a quiz grade, go back to the practice tab and select the 5 Random Questions to complete. Please make sure you submit it to me as your teacher. You can retake it again if you fail it. For homework, you will complete the Comparison of Two Writing Styles in American Speeches. You may finish that now if you finish your quiz early.

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1. Go usatestprep and sign in. We are still focusing on Reading Literary and Informational Texts Domain today; however, we are going to be working with the following element inside the domain:

2. Scroll down under elements until you see Integrate/evaluate sources. For the opening, let’s go to 3 random Vocabulary and complete 3 random vocabulary Activity. Don’t forget to choose me as your teacher.

Work Session—

HW 4/30/14

Group II—Work Session Directions for Differentiated Levels of Product

You will complete the original Work Session directions. Next, you will go back to the Ninth Grade EOCT Home page and you will complete each section of the Daily Resources. You will then chose a thinking map of your choice to communicate the information found in the Daily Resources. Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph. This may take 2 Work Sessions to complete.

Group III for ILT Work Session Enrichment.

1) You will complete the originally assigned Work Session for Group I. 2) After that is finished, you will be selecting from the following menu options:

Option 1(Time Expected—2 Work Sessions)

Option 2( Time Expected 2 Work Sessions)

Option 3(Time Expected 2 Work Sessions)

With option one, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

With option two, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

With option three, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

May 1, 2014 E.Q. How do you meet and/or exceed the American Literature EOCT in two weeks?

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Opening—

Using the directions on the back of the agenda, we are going to be focusing on the following domain—Writing Domain with the focus on literary terms for this Domain.

**see the back of the agenda

Work Session—

1. Under the same element, we will be completing Crossword Puzzle 1. Don’t forget to choose me as your teacher.

2. Next, we will go to Elements of Discourse, which is still under the same element.

Closing—

For a quiz grade, go back to the practice tab and select the 5 Random Questions to complete. Please make sure you submit it to me as your teacher. You can retake it again if you fail it. For homework, you will complete the Credibility and Biases activity under the Writing Domain. **You may finish that now if you finish your quiz early.

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1. Go to usatestprep and select American Literature EOCT and let’s focus on the WRITING Domain today.

2. You want to open your Glossary in another tab so that you can peruse it as you need to review the vocabulary for this domain. Next, you will go to 10 Random Vocabulary and complete the activity.

Work Session—

a) You will now complete the Crossword Puzzle One and submit your results, selecting me as your teacher. You may use your Glossary, but no other online resource can be used.

b) Last in the Work Session, you will complete Elements of Discourse under the Writing Domain. Don’t forget to select me as your teacher.

Homework 5/1/14

Group II—Work Session Directions for Differentiated Levels of Product

You will complete the original Work Session directions. Next, you will go back to the Ninth Grade EOCT Home page and you will complete each section of the Daily Resources. You will then chose a thinking map of your choice to communicate the information found in the Daily Resources. Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph. This may take 2 Work Sessions to complete.

Group III for ILT Work Session Enrichment.

3) You will complete the originally assigned Work Session for Group I. 4) After that is finished, you will be selecting from the following menu options:

Option 1(Time Expected—2 Work Sessions)

Option 2( Time Expected 2 Work Sessions)

Option 3(Time Expected 2 Work Sessions)

With option one, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

With option two, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

With option three, you will go to the Videos section. You will choose to watch the following video:

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

After watching the video, you will choose a Thinking Map of your choice to visually demonstrate an undersanding of the content in the video (use white paper). Next, you will create a summarizer that has an introduction paragraph with controlling idea. It also must have two body paragraphs and a conclusion. The Writing Test Rubric will be used to grade the Summarizer.

May 2, 2014 E.Q. How do you meet and/or exceed the American Literature EOCT in two weeks?

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Work Session—

Go to your homepage on usatestprep.com. You will want to click on the tab BENCHMARKS.

4th period’s code is BUDUFOCUJE

6th and 3rd period’s code is CAWEHUJAWU

Closing—

When you finish your exam, you may play any game for any domain that you would like on usatestprep. Don’t forget that you must select me as your teacher when you begin the game so that I can give you credit for it in the grade book. Please do not go anywhere else on the internet other than test prep. You cannot go to dictionary.com until after the exam.

Opening—

As our culminating event for this week’s focus on Reading Informational and Literary Texts with Writing Domain, we will take an Exam. Please

follow the directions in the Work Session to be able to take the exam on usatestprep.