English 9A (Period 7) Assignments

• Ass. #E38 Planning an Argument Chart (Speech Notes)
Due Today
• You will be tested for eye contact
• Speak loudly and clearly
• Do Not Read Your Speech
• Speak Directly to Mr. Torres
• Use Notes (this chart) to guide
Your Speech
• Use Ass. #E35 to get ideas

• Grammar Exercises 41 a + b
• Popcorn or Read Alone pp. 37 to 39
• Ass. #E32 p.40 Test Practice (1 to 6)
• Ass. #E33 p.40 Constructed Response (30 lines)

• Ass. #E34 Jackie Robinson SCR Chart
Write the answer then elaborate as much as you can to make your evidence convincing
• Ass. #E35 Should the Administration
Let Students Listen to Music Devices
During Class Time? Why? (30 lines)

• Grammar Exercises 40a + b
Grammar Test 31 to 40 tODAY
• Popcorn or Read Alone pp. 27 to 32
• Ass. #E29 p.33 After You Read (1-11
• Ass. #E30 p.35 Test Practice Chart
• Ass. #E31 p.36 Test Practice A (1-5),
B (1 + 2), C (5 lines)

• Grammar Exercises 39a + b

• Ass. #E28 pg. 24 Cornell Notes
1. Analyze
2. Evaluate
3. Elaborate

• Ass. #E27 pg. 22 Cornell Notes

• Grammar Exercises 35a + b
• Highlight Pages 16 to 17
• Ass. #E25 Argument Chart for “Where I Find My Heroes”

Highlight starting on page 16

McCall’s Magazine

Oliver Stone

When I was young. . . male heroes.

But as I’ve. . . are the myths?

The simple acts. . . overlooked

But I am saying that. . .human being.

I came into contact with it when. . .
Gandhi tradition.

So heroism is tied. . .consciousness.

The teenager who. . . don’t give up

We should allow for . . . ridiculing it.

Circle these words:
• magnificent
• nonviolent and peaceful advocate of change
• everyday, common people
• unheralded
• unappreciated
• stands alone
• remains modest
• treats others with respect
• heroic impulse
• strive for virtue

CLUE: Evidence for Reason #1 is the same as the emotional appeal-anecdote

• Grammar Exercises 33a + b
• Ass. #E23 Self-Assessment of My Learning As of 10/9/13
• Read pages 15 to 20
• Ass. #E24 p. 21 After You Read
• Reading Check (1 to 4)
• Test Practice (1 to 5)

• Grammar Exercises 31a + b
• Ass. #E22 “A Weighty Case” Evaluation Essay
• Use the chart (Ass. #E20)
• Follow the Outline
¶1 Title
Author’s Name
Author’s Audience
Author’s Claim

• Grammar Exercise 29a + b
• Sit With English Partners
• Highlight “A Weighty Case”
• Ass. #E20 “A Weighty Case” Argument Chart
• Finish the chart
• Answer the 8 questions

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 27a + b
• Sit With English Partners
• Ass. #E19 “An Arctic Floe of Climate Questions” Essay
• Follow the chart Ass. #E18

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 25a + b
• Sit With English Partners
• Highlight pp. 11 to 12
• Ass. #E18 “An Arctic Floe of Climate Questions” Argument Chart
• Complete the chart
• Use the purple book
• Answer the 8 questions

Highlight on page 11

Newsday
Write: Audience

Although the blanket of floating . . .
the ice moves and such gaps close.
Write: Emotional Appeal Anecdote

What people need to know. . . how to work it out.
Write: Call to Action

A few years with extra hot . . . in a very changeable system.
Write: Author’s Claim

The reason it’s so hard to find answers is, in part, a matter of ignorance.
Write: Logical Appeal Reason #1
Only in the past half century. . . even roughly track what’s happening to ice at the poles.
Write: Evidence for Reason #1

Because there is no reliable. . . is
actually unusual in global climate.
Write: Logical Appeal Reason #2

Tests in sediments and ice cores . . .
sometimes lower during ice ages.
Write: Evidence for Reason #2

What recent data have suggested. . .
shrunk by a measurable degree.
Write: Counterclaim

On the other hand, there’s . . . for
less than 50 years.
Write: Rebuttal to Counterclaim

Circle these words:
• exaggerated
• enormously complex
• normal fluctuations
• very changeable system
• ignorance
• substantial disagreement

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 23a + b
• Sit With Partners
• Ass. #E15 Evaluating “Rising Tides”
Essay
• Write on a separate sheet of lined
paper.
• Use the chart.
• Follow the outline.

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 21a + b
• Sit With Partners
• Highlight and Annotate “Rising Tides”
pp. 8 to 10 in Purple Book
• Ass. #E14 Evaluating “Rising Tides”
Argument Chart (Handout)
• Complete the chart
• Answer the 8 questions in complete sentences

Highlight on page 8

The New York Times Readers (write this in)

It’s February and it’s cold in New
York. . .It eventually disappeared.
Emotional Appeal Anecdote (write
this on the side)

Many strange things are happening.
Logical Appeal Reason #1 (write
this on the side)

The seasons are changing. . . insects are emerging sooner, and so on. Evidence for Reason #1 (write this on the side)

There are likely to be. . . in deaths related to extreme cold. Counter-claim (write this on the side)

But over all, the effects. . . are potentially catastrophic. Rebuttal to counterclaim (write this on the side)

Circle the word catastrophic

Circle the words rapacious devouring

Circle the words indiscriminate release of pollutants

Circle the words treacherous forces

Circle the words doomed to suffer

Government leaders are not responding to the problem with the sense of urgency that is called for.
Author’s Claim (write on the side)

Carbon dioxide doesn’t just float away in a day or two. Logical Appeal Reason #2 (write this on the side)

It remains in the atmosphere . . . to act will last for centuries. Evidence for Reason #2 (write this on the side)

A mature approach would . . . with
neighbors around the world. Call to
Action (write this on the side)

Circle the words feast like gluttons

• Sit With Partners
• Highlight pages 3 to 7 in the Purple
Book
• Read pp. 8 to 12 in Purple Book
• Ass. #E12 After You Read
• Reading Check (1 to 4)
• Test Practice (1 to 7)

Page 6 on the Bottom Left Highlight

credibility

Do the reasons make sense, and are they relevant to the issue?

fallacies
• Circular reasoning
• False cause and effect
• Hasty generalization
• Attacking the person

How comprehensive is the support?

sufficient evidence

Does the writer deal with opposing
evidence?

does the writer discuss opposing evi-dence to anticipate objections?

Is the structure effective?

Readers generally remember the
beginning and the end

comparison and contrast

cause and effect

What is the author’s intent?

call to action, asking you to go out and do something

What is the tone?

a writer’s attitude toward his or her
subject or audience

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 19a + b
• Sit With Partners
• Highlight pages 3 to 7 in the Purple
Book
Highlight on Page 3
diction (word choice)
sentence structure
tone
specialized language
figurative language

writer’s attitude toward a subject
character
audience

writer’s choice of words
has a major effect on the tone

meanings and emotions associated
with a word

person, book
document that provides information

series of statements designed to con-
vince the reader

an opinion

support for an idea
facts, statistics, examples, anecdotes
quotations

addition of ideas

believability

expert opinions

page 4 highlights

An argument is a series of statements designed to convince you of somthing

1. Understand the claim, or opinion.

Identify

the claim, or opinion

restate the author’s opinion in your own words

2. Identify the support.

Logical appeals

reasons, statements that explain why
the author holds an opinion

Evidence is the information
authors use to support their reasons

• facts
• statistics
• examples
• quotations from or opinions of
experts

analogy is a type of comparison

Emotional appeals. To win readers over to their opinions, authors sometimes appeal to reader’s emotions

• loaded words

• anecdotes

3. Evaluate the evidence

Does the evidence directly support the author’s reasons?

Does the author present sufficient evidence

to prove the claim?

4. Identify the author’s intent.

think about why the author is making this argument

Note how the author’s intent, or purpose, influences the tone of the argument.

5. Create a chart

Such a chart will help you see the strengths and weaknesses of an argument.

Page 6

how can you decide which side to believe?

understand the issue and the opinion, or claim, presented in each argument

Start by identifying the logical appeals–the reasons

evidence

facts
statistics
examples
comments from experts

emotional appeals
loaded words
anecdotes

• Summary of Silent Reading
• Grammar Exercise 15a + b
• Finish Ass. #E8 Evaluating MLK’s
Arguments Worksheet
• Work with Partners
• Begin Ass. #E10 Evaluating MLK’s
Speech Essay
• Follow the outline
• Use Ass. #E4
• Use Purple book

• Grammar Exercise 10a + b
• Underline reasons in
“I Have a Dream” speech
• Ass. #E8 Evaluating MLK’s Arguments Worksheet

Underline the following sentences:

On page left column 43

But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free.

Next to it write: Reason #1

on page left column 44 underline

Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content

Next to it write: Counterclaim

on page 44 right column underline

There are those who ask the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?”

Next to it write: Reason #2

on page 44 right column underline:

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

Next to it write: Reason #3
• the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
• the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.
• the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

Reason #2 (pick 3 out of the 5)
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Reason #3 (pick 3 out of the 4)
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• Grammar Exercise 13a + b
• Ass. #E9 Self-Assessment
• Check Overall Class Score and
Overall Class Grade and Number
of Missing Assignments at bulletin board in the back
• Select Best Assignment
• Select Worst Assignment
• Write note to your parent
• Finish missing work or keep reading

• Concrete words refer to things you
can actually touch, see, smell, taste
or hear
• Abstract words refer to ideas
• Highlight examples of metaphors
“I Have a Dream” speech
Highlights the following words starting on page 43:
• beacon light of hope
• flames of withering injustice
• night of their captivity
• manacles of segregation
• chains of discrimination
• lonely island of poverty
• vast ocean of material prosperity
• bank of justice
• great vaults of opportunity
• drug of gradualism
• valley of segregation
• sunlight of racial justice
• quicksands of racial injustice
• rock of brotherhood
• whirlwinds of revolt
• day of justice
• palace of justice
• storms of persecution
• winds of police brutality
• table of brotherhood
• heat of injustice
• heat of oppression
• oasis of freedom and justice
• mountain of despair
• stone of hope
• discords of our nation
• symphony of brotherhood
• Ass. #E5 MLK’s Use of Metaphors
• Work with Your English Partners
• Ass. #E6 Best Metaphor Drawing
• Top Half: Draw a colored picture
of the best metaphor MLK uses
• Bottom Half: Explain which meta-
phor you selected and what it
means.

• Silent Reading = The Giver
• Brief Summary after reading
• Grammar Exercise #9a + b
• Highlight examples of repetition in
“I Have a Dream” speech
• Ass. #E4 MLK’s Use of Repetition
• Work with Your English Partners
Highlights the following words starting on page 43 in your purple book:
One hundred years later, (x4)
We refuse to believe (x2)
Now is the time (x4)
We must (x3)
We can never be satisfied (x3)
We cannot be satisfied (x2)
Some of you have come (x3)
Go back to (x6)
I have a dream that (x6)
With this faith we will be able to (x3)
Let freedom ring from (x8)

• Silent Reading = The Giver
• Brief Summary after reading
• Grammar Exercise #7a + b
• Ass. #E3 Identify Author’s Audience
• Finish Essay on back side
• Begin with this sentence
Martin Luther King’s audience in
his “I Have a Dream Speech” was
the demonstrators who gathered in
Washington, D. C. to demand civil
rights for African-Americans. For
example King states, “

• Silent Reading = The Giver
• Write Brief Summary in Composi-
tion Book
• Grammar Exercise #5a + b
• Answer in Composition Book
• Ass. #E3 Identify Author’s Audience
• Who is King’s Audience?
• Listen to MLK Speech & Find clues
in King’s speech.
• Circle Every Time You Hear “You”
or “Your”

• Silent Reading = The Giver
• Write Brief Summary in Composi-
tion Book
• Grammar Exercise #3a + b
• Answer in Composition Book
• Get Textbooks for English
• Ass. #E2 MLK Circle Map
• Watch MLK Speech Video
• Put slash marks starting on pg. 43 where you hear applause.

• Silent Reading = The Giver
• Write Brief Summary in Composi-
tion Book
• Grammar Exercise #1
• Answer in Composition Book
• Ass. #1 Literature Inventory
1 The kind of books I like to read are
(15 lines)
2. The best book I read was
(15 lines)
3. The kind of movies I like to watch
are
(15 lines)
4. The best movie I watched was
(15 lines)