Author's+Craft

Skills to be covered in this unit:

 * ==Review the writing process ==
 * ==STAAR expectations ==

~ Expository essay
CO: Students will apply earlier standards with greater depth.
 * Wednesday / Thursday (1/23/13 - 1/24/13) **

LO: Read a passage and answer questions.

Students read and answer STAAR style questions.

Friday (1/25/13) CO: Make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns. LO: Practice reading strategies.

Warm up: Write your thoughts about Internet privacy. Should we have more privacy? Is the amount we have just right? Explain.

Read "Twitter Tapping" and learn how to preview the text, chunk, and chart.


 * Monday (1/28/13) **

CO: The student will consider a range of information on a topic and accurately represent that view.

LO: Students will convince others to go on a trip.


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;"> Think back to your favorite vacation. What made it so great? Write down three reasons why this vacation is the one to remember.


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity: **


 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Use your number to determine what country you are visiting.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read through your country's information (and use any info you may have in your head) and write down three reasons your group should visit that country.
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Convince others.
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">All agree.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Write the country you choose (as a group) and the reasons why.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Share.
 * 7) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Reflect. Write how you were convinced to go to that country. What techniques did the person use?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday (1/29/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">CO: Students analyze relative value of specific data, facts, and ideas.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">LO: Students read the facts of a court case and write why they think the defendant is innocent or guilty in an attempt to convince other jury members.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: Write your answer to this riddle. When Gertrude entered the plane she caused her own death and the deaths of 200 people. Yet she was never blamed or criticized for her actions. What happened?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: Gertrude caused a mechanical failure in the plane.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: It was a jet aircraft.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read your court case.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Pretending you are a jury member, write one page trying to convince the other jury members that the defendant is either innocent or guilty.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">If you finish early, take the opposite stance and write for one full page.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">When everyone is ready, trade papers with someone.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read their paper and write either "agree" or "disagree" on the bottom of their paper.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">When you get your paper, on the back write whose paper you read, then write whether or not they convinced you. Why or why not?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Wednesday / Thursday (1/30/13 - 1/31/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: The student will consider a range of information on a topic and accurately represent that view. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Choose a topic and write about it. Complete an activity designed to help students support their arguments.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: A boy scout was anxious to win maximum points at his monthly inspection. However, despite his mother's best efforts, she could not remove some blue felt-tip marker stains from his hands. What did she do?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: She sent him to the inspection with the marks still on his hands.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: She ensured that the marks would not be seen.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Choose a persuasive topic
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Why did you choose that topic
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">What do you want to say about this topic
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Why SAPPED strategy

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (2/1/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: write a clear thesis based on logical reasons supported by precise and relevant evidence. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Students write a persuasive essay with a clear thesis.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: A man was trapped on an island in the middle of a large and deep lake. He could not swim and had no boat or means of making one. He waited desperately for help, but none came. Eventually he managed to escape. How?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #1: He did not attract or receive help in the form of a boat or a plane. He crossed the lake under his own power.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Clue #2: He was lucky to have found shelter.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Review thesis writing.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Using your materials from Wednesday/Thursday, write a persuasive essay (__**major grade**__). One page.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Turn in your essay stapled to your materials from Wednesday/Thursday. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due today!

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">What am I grading for?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Proper thesis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Use of WHY SAPPED strategy.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Monday (2/4/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: relate the figurative language of a work to its setting. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Read and annotate a poem and story. Answer questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: It was reported in the paper that Jim Jones had married his widow's sister. How did he do this?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: When Jim Jones died, his wife became a widow.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: No bigamy is involved and no life after death.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #3: He had married his widow's sister quite legally and legitimately.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Review figurative language terms:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Simile - compare two unlike things using like or as.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">example - "On the clothesline, the white linens flapped like energetic ghosts in the summer breeze."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Metaphor - comparison of two unlike things.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">example - "Bradford, a crafty fox, quickly answered the questions to win the debate match."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Imagery - use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste) to create a picture in the reader's mind
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">example - "Abigail's delectable peach pie, oozing hot nectar,smelled of cinnamon and nutmeg and beckoned us closer.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Personification - a technique in which an author gives human qualities to nonhuman objects.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">example - "The twinkling stars continued to dance and frolic in the summer night sky."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Hyperbole - deliberate exaggeration used for effect.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">example - "Your suggestion is the most brilliant idea in the history of the world."
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read and annotate a poem.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read and annotate a story.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Take a quiz.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday (2/5/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: relate the figurative language of a work to its setting. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Read and annotate a story. Answer questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: If you could travel faster than the speed of light, then you could catch up with the light which radiated from your body some time ago. You would then be able to see yourself as you used to be when you were younger. Although faster-than-light travel is impossible, at least at this time, how can we catch up with the light that we radiated earlier and see ourselves directly - as we used to be? (photographs, movies, and videotapes do not count)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1 - There is a way in which we can see the light which we radiated and therefore an image of the way we were.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2 - It is a common experience to view this image.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Practice annotation.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Quiz
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Discuss quiz (if time)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Wednesday (2/6/13) - Thursday (2/7/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a variety of works of fiction.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Complete singleton and crossover OERs for two pieces of fiction concentrating on imagery, setting, and tone in a lab setting.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Write the CO and LO in your own words. What are we doing today?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Review OER writing and the ATE strategy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Practice writing two OERs together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Answer three OERs on your own.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">You must get your ATE chart checked by the teacher before writing it in the box.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (2/8/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: analyze isolated scenes and their contribution to the success of the plot as a whole in a variety of works of fiction. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Annotate and answer questions about a story.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Turn in Reading Log. Write down three things that are important about OERs. (I'm taking a grade on this).

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Monday (2/11/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">CO: evaluate the role of figurative language on text.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">LO: Read and annotate a poem.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: Jim and Joe were fighting, so their mother punished them by making them both stand on the same sheet of yesterday's newspaper until they were ready to make up. She did this in such a way that neither of the boys could touch the other. How did she manage to do this?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: Jim and Joe were normal boys age seven and eight.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: They both stood on the same sheet of newspaper, but try as they might, they could not touch or even see each other without leaving the newspaper.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Read and annotate a story.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Answer questions and OERs.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday (2/12/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">CO: evaluate the role of figurative language on text. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">LO: Practice answering short answer questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: A man buys coconuts at $5 a dozen and sells them at $3 a dozen. As a result, he becomes a millionaire. How come?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #1: He lost money on every coconut he sold.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Clue #2: He did not make money by any related activity.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">OER practice

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday / Thursday (2/13/13 - 2/14/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: analyze scenes and how they affect the plot. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Read and annotate a dramatic piece.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up - Turn in the OERs from yesterday (if you didn't already). Write the CO and LO.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Drama notes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read dramatic piece
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">OERs

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Drama – fictional genre; to be performed before an audience; story is told through dialogue. Examples:

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Plays

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Short sketches

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Musicals

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Films

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* TV shows

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Comedy – type of drama; serious situations are addressed in humorous ways with humorous characters; usually end happily. Examples:

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Big Bang Theory

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Good Luck, Charlie

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">^^Satire – a type of comedy; recklessness, slip-ups, or shortcomings are lightly teased and exposed in a critical but witty way; often used to critically shame a person or society.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Tragedy – type of drama; main character is often a good person with a serious flaw that result in their (or another character’s) downfall or death; usually ends unhappily. Examples: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Romeo and Juliet <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">* Antigone

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Dialogue – conversation between characters

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Cast – group of characters within the story.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Monologue – one character speaks at length to another

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Soliloquy – when a character thinks aloud while alone

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Act – major division of a dramatic work

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Scene – subdivision of an act, containing a fixed setting and a continual time frame

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Stage directions – tell the actors what actions to perform

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Wednesday/Thursday (2/20 - 2/21/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">CO: assess previous skills.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">LO: Complete OER test.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Warm up: Turn in any homework. Prepare materials for test. (Sharpen pencils, straighten desk, etc.)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Today's activity:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">OER test
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">You must annotate!!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">After the test:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Find these poems in the Literature book:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">"Do not weep maiden, for war is kind" by Stephen Crane and "the sonnet ballad" by Gwendolyn Brooks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">Answer the following crossover OERs on your own paper.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">How does war in each poem affect ordinary people? Support your answer with evidence from both selections.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 24px;">According to the speaker of each poem, why do people fight in wars? Support your answer with evidence from both selections.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (2/22/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: identify nonessential information and unsubstantiated opinions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Read and annotate “Bubblemania” for thesis and supporting details differentiating between facts and opinions.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Turn in any homework. Sharpen pencil. Write three facts and one opinion about yourself.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reminder! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reading log due Tuesday!

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Fact vs. Opinion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Share facts and opinions about yourself.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read "Bubblemania" and identify:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Intro
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Thesis
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Supporting details
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Conclusion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Opinions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Answer questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">On your own paper, write 10 things you are __**NOT**__ going to do this weekend.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Monday (2/25/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: structure ideas that include rhetorical devices used to convey meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Practice writing metaphors and similes and learn their place in the writing process.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Make sure you have a copy of the Write Source textbook on your desk. Write a metaphor about yourself. Remember a metaphor is a comparison of two things. Example: Sally is a peach.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Creating metaphors - p. 571
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">basic metaphors:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Noun A = Noun B
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">My cousin Victor is a cat. (Victor = cat)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">The laptops in the mobile lab are dinosaurs. (laptops = dinosaurs)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">advanced metaphors:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Victor slinks around in dark corners and peers out at you with glowing eyes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Can you write one about the laptops?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">extended metaphors:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">My cousin Victor is a cat. He slinks around in dark corners and peers out at you with glowing eyes. You can only talk to him when it's on his terms, but look out! He may scratch!
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Verbal metaphors - p. 575
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">My stomach __**fluttered**__ as I walked into my new job. (The stomach is equated with a butterfly.)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Creating similes - p. 580
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Her laugh is __like nails on a chalkboard__.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reflection:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Write 5 sentences explaining how you will use today's lesson in your writing.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Tuesday (2/26/13) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: structure ideas that include rhetorical devices used to convey meaning. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Practice writing metaphors and other figurative language and learn their place in the writing process.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Turn in reading log! ||

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: What is a basic metaphor?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read Using Metaphors on page 44 of Write Source book.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the "Try it!" on page 44.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read How can figurative language add to my writing? on page 105.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the "Exercise" on page 105.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reflection - Write the three most important things about figurative language.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Wednesday / Thursday (2/27 - 2/28/13)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">CO: structure ideas and develop drafts that include transitions and rhetorical devices used to convey meaning.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">LO: Understand focus, organization and ideas by completing various activities.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Warm up: Write the CO and LO.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read page 36 (Understanding Focus and Coherence).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete "Responding to the Reading" on page 36. (20 min.)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read page 37 (Supporting the Focus).
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the activity found under "Sample Paragraph" on page 37. (10 min)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read page 38 (Understanding Organization).
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete "Responding to the Reading" on page 38. (10 min)
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read page 39 (Connecting the Supporting Ideas).
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the "Try it!" on page 39. (25 min)
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Read page 40 (Understanding Development of Ideas).
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Complete the "Try it!" on page 40. (20 min)
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reflection - What are the top 10 reasons for understanding the writing process. (5 - 10 min)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Friday (3/1/13)

CO: Use and understand the use of pronouns and adverbs.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">LO: Use pronouns and adverbs to engage your reader.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Warm up - What is a pronoun? What is an adverb? Write down your answers.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Today's activity:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Read page 572 of Write Source book. Then complete the "Try it!"
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Read page 578 of Write Source book. Then complete BOTH "Try it!" activities.