Week 7 (December 8th-12th)
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M:
- Review subject-verb agreement packet from last Wednesday
- Review transitions in two sample STAAR essays
- Revise Expository Essay #3 (Make sure to include the major transition between your two body paragraphs.) Due at the end of class.
T:
- Act III, A Raisin in the Sun quiz
- Review and discuss ARITS Act III/quiz
- Begin TP-CASTT of "If" by Rudyard Kipling (this will be compared to ARITS in the form of a crossover question.)
W:
- Finish TP-CASTT for "If"
- Respond to the following question: What similar message about maturity do ARITS and "If" convey? Answer as you would a crossover short answer (two CDs), but your two CDs don't have to be quotes (just specific paraphrases/summaries).
- Begin brainstorming for Expository Essay #4 (to be completed in groups; individual essays may be written only in special cases).
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- Draft group essay
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- Peer review group essay with another group; turn in final draft.
- Begin reviewing for the final exam with final exam review sheet (If you are in 1st period, hard copies can be picked up in class on Monday, and you will be given all of Monday to review since I did not post this until Sunday morning
- Complete the review sheet and ask questions in class during the review period before the final exam.