8th Grade ELA (PreAP) - January 5 - January8

Pre-AP Annoucements

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

*Students need Animal Farm by George Orwell by Friday, January 15th. It needs to be new copy without annotations.

* Latin Roots Set 3 Exam - Tuesday, February 2


Monday, January 4

• No School (last day of break)

Tuesday, January 5

• New seats & review procedures
• SOAPSTone in Writer's Notebook p19, SAM p20, SAM Words/Phrases p21
• Discuss SOAPSTone
• Apply to article "Coke Blinks" by Bittman in journal J19

Homework - none

Wednesday, January 6

• Discuss "Coke Blinks"
• Watch commercial and discuss persuasion used in it in comparison with article
• Identify support used in article
• Start notes - Elements of an Argument  (p980)

Thursday, January 7

• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Notes w/ Examples
• ARI Video and Pathos Sample Video w/ Loaded words
• Types of Argumentation and Examples Notes w/ fill-in-blank worksheet
• Up through "Individuality"

Friday, January 8

• Finish Notes
• Read and discuss p 982 and persuasion in poster example
• Read and annotate "Should Dogs Be Allowed at Parks" (on back on notes chart)
• Identify E.,P.,L., support, claim, counterarguments used in article
• Discuss

Homework: Ethos, Pathos, Logos Worksheet