Welcome to 2016 by Julie Ryals & Brooke McWilliams

This week at a glance:

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Tuesday: Welcome back with expectations review; Vocabulary acquisition and review; parts of speech grammar review stations;

Wednesday: More vocabulary acquisition; Building strong sentences and arguments/ thesis statements with correct grammar and vocabulary.

Thursday: Review Vocabulary from our reading and List A; Define Civil Rights and Read

Friday:

Wednesday: What did our family fathers say about Human Rights:

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Defining Human Rights

Wednesday:

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History of Child Labor and Human Rights

Wednesday: Domain Vocabulary from "Why Are Your Clothes So Cheap?"

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Thursday: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire News Report

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Look for unfamiliar vocabulary; What human rights were violated.

Tuesday: Sample Persuasive Letter . Your letter will be written in class on Friday. Please remember to take notes as you read this week, in order to use this so you can use this information in your letter.

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Using the vocabulary and grammar lessons from this week, we will write a persuasive letter to our President regarding the deplorable issues that are created by child labor. We will define human and civil rights and how these issues plague our nation and world today.

** Please use the following letter as a model for our letters.

Core Vocabulary List

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We will be using this list over this next 9 weeks in order to broaden our knowledge of unfamiliar words.

Bellringers for this week

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Resource:

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Resource for tutorials on all standards.

Wednesday: Persuasive letter writing techniques:

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Monday: Nouns

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Monday: Adverbs

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Monday: Adjectives

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Monday: Verbs

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Monday's lesson presentation.

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Monday: Bellringer 1/5/2016

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Directions: Read each sentence and determine the meaning of the bold-faced word using sentence clues or your prior knowledge. Then, explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning. Suzie’s mother taught her to never let anyone degrade her, so now she demands respect in all of her relationships. Definition of degrade: How do you know?

Tuesday Bellwork: 1/6/2016

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Bellringer #2 Directions: Read each sentence and determine the meaning of the bold-faced word using sentence clues or your prior knowledge. Then, explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning. My mom wanted to get the red napkins for the party and my dad wanted the blue napkins, but I’m not even concerned about such frivolous things. Definition of frivolous: How do you know?

Quizlet:

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Vocabulary Core List: A