Conformity Essay

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Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

FOOD DRIVE -- Here is an extra credit opportunity. 

Conformity Essay -- Please continue working on your essay.  You will finish today. Tomorrow we will read our essays small groups. You will respond to each group member's essay.  I have a handout for that which you will turn in at the end of the period. Please take care in proofreading your essays for sentence correctness and MEANING.  A minimum of 500 words is required.

HOMEWORK:  Select your independent reading book for the next six weeks.

Essay on Conformity

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Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

FOOD DRIVE -- Here is an extra credit opportunity.  

Book Reviews were due yesterday. Please start making your selection for the final six weeks.  If you have not done so already, select a book from the recommended list.  See the annotated list under "Important Links" here on my blog.

Essay on conformity -- I am giving you time today and tomorrow to complete this essay. If you are done before this time, have a partner proofread your writing for errors. A minimum of 500 words is required.

Homework: Independent Reading

Book Review

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I hope that you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving vacation!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

FOOD DRIVE -- Here is an extra credit opportunity.  

Book Reviews are due today.  I gave you the form before vacation so that you might work on it.  As promised, I am giving you time in class today to complete the review and turn it in TODAY.

Essay on conformity -- I am giving you time tomorrow and Wednesday to complete the essay. 

Essay on Conformity

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

FOOD DRIVE -- Here is an extra credit opportunity. 

1. Independent Reading -- Book Reviews will be due on November 28th.  I am giving you the form today so you can work on it over vacation, but I will give you time in class on the Monday that we return to complete it -- November 28th.

2.  The Wall Street Journal summary is due today

3.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man" --  Yesterday you created
a new document and named it Period ___ Conformity Essay.  THEN you shared it with me immediately as follows:
abaltrushes@gmail.com

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Book Review

Leaopard Man Essay

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes.  Book Reviews will be due on November 28th.  I will give you time in class on that day to complete them.  You will receive a form again.

2.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man" --  You looked at Writing Assignment #3 under Activity #13.  I asked you to complete "The Essay Organizer" under Activity #14.  This was to get you thinking of what your main idea/thesis will be and the ideas that will support your thesis.

3.  Create a new document and name it Period ___ Conformity Essay.  THEN share it with me immediately at the following:
abaltrushes@gmail.com

HOMEWORK: Wall Street Journal summary

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes.  Book Reviews will be due on November 28th.  I will give you time in class on that day to complete them.  You will receive a form again.

NOTE: Looks like The Wall Street Journal has concluded its delivery as of last Friday.  A summary is due on Friday from the paper that you received yesterday.

2.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man" --   We will continue discussing and annotating the text.  You will be annotating. 

 HOMEWORK:  Under Activity #9, answer the SECOND set of questions (1-5).  Activity #10, Responding -- Respond to the second part of Activity #10 under "Responding."  Complete #11 as follows:
                           Logos:  #1 & #2
                          Ethos:  # 1 - 3
                          Pathos:  #1

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes.  Book Reviews will be due on November 28th.  I will give you time in class on that day to complete them.  You will receive a form again.

2.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man" -- On Thursday you completed Activity #5 and the quickwrite.  We will complete Activity #7 -8 together.  You will be annotating.

Leopard Man

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2."Leopard Man" Module -- Please turn to Activiy #5 in your module handout.  Read the questions to preview the article.

3.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man"  -- Read the article through without stopping.  When you are done, respond to the questions in Activity #5 on the Activity Response sheet.  After you have responded to the questions, complete the Quickwrite that follows.

4.  Activity #7 -- Annotating and Questioning the Text.  We will do this together.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2."Leopard Man" Module -- Please turn to Activiy #5 in your module handout.  Read the questions to preview the article.

3.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man"  -- Read the article through without stopping.  When you are done, respond to the questions in Activity #5 on the Activity Response sheet.  After you have responded to the questions, complete the Quickwrite that follows.

4.  Activity #7 -- Annotating and Questioning the Text.  We will do this together.

HOMEWORK:  Wall Street Journal summary

Leopard Man

Good Morning!
 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2."Leopard Man" Module -- Please turn to Activiy #5 in your module handout.  Read the questions to preview the article.

3.  "The Sociology of Leopard Man"  -- Read the article through without stopping.  When you are done, respond to the questions in Activity #5 on the Activity Response sheet.  After you have responded to the questions, complete the Quickwrite that follows.

4.  Activity #7 -- Annotating and Questioning the Text.  We will do this together.

HOMEWORK:  Watch election results!

Junior Achievement

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 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1.  The Wall Street Journal summary will be collected today

2.  Letter to the World

3.  Junior Achievement

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2. "Leopard Man" -- Yesterday you responded to Activity #1 on the response sheet that I gave you.

3.  Activity #2 -- Record the definitions as follows:
     * conformist- one who obeys, observes, follows, accepts, 
                          upholds conventions, rules, or standards
     * nonconformist- a person who rejects conventions or does
                                 not behave the way most people behave.

4.  Activity #3 -- Respond to question #1  (the title of the essay is
                           "Leopard Man")

5.  Activity #4 -- Complete the chart in the packet

HOMEWORK: The Wall Street Journal

"Leopard Man"

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. NOTE: Please bring a book to class vs. reading a book on your phone. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2. Expository Reading and Writing Unit -- Pre-reading Activity:I will collect your responses to the questions to which you responded yesterday.  Be sure to have your name, per, and date in the upper right corner.

3.  Module Packet for "Leopard Man" and Activity Response Sheets.
     Activity #1 -- On the response sheet respond to Activity #1 (the first two questions).
    Activity #2 -- Record the definitions that I give to you.

HOMEWORK:  Wall Street Journal summary

ERWC

Good Morning!

 Please put your cell phones completely out of sight for the FULL duration of the class.  Please do not have me remind you of this. 

1. Independent Reading --  Please read for 10 minutes

2. Expository Reading and Writing Unit -- Pre-reading Activity: Responding to four questions in a group of four. These questions are relevant to the expository text that we will be reading. We will discuss the group's responses.  Each group member will share the group's responses to the question with which YOU start. For example, if you begin with Question #1, you will share what the other group members have said about that question.

HOMEWORK:  Wall Street Journal