Thursday, February 9, 2017

Argument

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 a bit before we get started.  

2.   "Mexico's a great neighbor . . ."  -- You completed the assignment on this article, and I will collect after review.
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NAFTA

3.  Defining Argument (handout)


HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Articulation

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. 

 Articulation today in the library

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Argument

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. 

NOTE: Articulation tomorrow

 1. Independent Reading -- Today we will resume independent reading at the beginning of the period.

2.  Article -- "Why the Women's March may be the start of a serious social movement"
    Review of your questions and I will collect

3.  Article -- "Mexico's a great neighbor, but we could turn it into a bad one"
    Assignment: Questions (handout)-- please complete for homework.  It will be due on Thursday because of articulation tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

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Monday, February 6, 2017

Argument

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. 

"Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." 

 1. Independent Reading -- Today we will resume independent reading at the beginning of the period.

2.  Article -- "Why the Women's March may be the start of a serious social movement"
    Assignment:  Write ten questions in the margins with answers.  
                          Number the questions and answers.
                          At the end, state the argument of this article.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

Friday, February 3, 2017

Argument

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. 
Image result for images of statue of liberty

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to    
  breathe free,  
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 
                                                               Emma Lazarus 


NOTE:  Independent Reading Book for Monday.

Please get your assigned Chromebook and wait for instructions.
 Clever Reading Test
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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Argument

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. 

Image result for images of statue of liberty

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to    
  breathe free,  
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 
                                                               Emma Lazarus 


1.  Article --  You have written 15 questions and answers on "How to Lose the War on Terror" -- 5 per page.  At the end of the article, state the argument of the article. (How do we lose the war on terror?)

2.  Defining Argument (handout)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book 

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Argument

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. 

Image result for statue of liberty images

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,  
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.  
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:  
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” 
                                                               Emma Lazarus 

 Article -- In a second reading of "How to Lose the War on Terror" you will write 15 questions and answers to your questions in the margin -- write 5 questions for the second, third, and fourth page.  At the end of the article, state the argument of the article. (How do we lose the war on terror?)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading Book