Planner for late November and DECEMBER

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
26 Tie up opinion writing unit	27 Tie up opinion writing unit	28 Begin Literary Response essay writing Read and annotate a literary passage	29 Begin Literary Response essay writing Read and annotate a literary passage	30 Review rubric for LRE Review state exemplars for that literary passage
3 Review rubric for LRE Review state exemplars for that literary passage	4 Discuss what works and what doesn’t with a literary response essay	5 Discuss what works and what doesn’t with a literary response essay	6 IXL:  reading comprehension OR writing	7 IXL:  reading comprehension OR writing
10 Begin a Literary response essay	11 Begin a Literary response essay	12 LRE	13 LRE	14 LRE
17 LRE	18 Review exemplars	18 Review exemplars	20 TBA	21 TBA

Paragraphs

Paragraphs are actually pretty sophisticated.  Use this link as you construct or revise your lockdown piece:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/paragraphs_and_paragraphing/index.html


Let me know if you would like a printout of "On Paragraphs."

Current event update

Niskayuna lockdown...

First, read articles, watch news stories online, search social media.  What is being said?  Fill out the worksheets.

Then, highlight what you agree with and what you disagree with.  WHY do you agree or disagree?


Next, construct CONTEXT.  From your experience, what happened on Monday?  Write about your perspective.

Then, develop what you consider PROBLEMS with the situation.  Be sure to discuss WHY you consider them problems.

Now, detail SOLUTIONS to some of the problems you noted.  EACH SOLUTION SHOULD BE  ILLUSTRATED AND EXTENDED WITH RESEARCH.

We can walk through this process Thursday / Friday of this week.

Links for problem / solution piece

There are more... and don't forget social media posts.


https://www.timesunion.com/7dayarchive/article/Niskayuna-high-school-in-lockdown-after-13364014.php

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Niskayuna-parents-students-press-school-13373079.php

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/niskayuna-high-school-on-lockdown-following-threatening-note-found

https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/11/05/nisky-hs-put-on-lockdown-after-threating-note-found

https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/11/07/niskayuna-parents-students-air-frustration-with-threats-lockdowns

http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2018/11/05/niskayuna-hs-lockdown-still-in-effect

Current event directions and report form

Directions:

1.     Find a current event article that interests you.  It should not be more than 2 weeks old.  Current events can be local, state wide, or national.

2.     Fill out the report form for your article.

3.     Once you have completed the report form, choose another article that deals with that current event.  Repeat steps 1 and 2.

4.     Now, find a third article that deals with your current event.  Repeat steps 1 and 2.

Opinion writing on a current event issue

Directions:

1.     Review all of your report forms.  Note again where the information came from.  Locate those sources on the infographic provided.  Do you have a cross-section of information or does it lean to the left or the right?

2.     Balance your information—repeat the analysis assignment with other articles if necessary.

3.     Now, review the Current Event Personal Response choices provided in this packet.  Choose a structure that best suits your new thinking about this topic.

4.     Begin drafting a formal response in Google docs and share me in (krichard@niskyschools.org).  We can work together to formalize your piece.

Name:                                                                                                                                    

Current event report form

Title of the article / report:                                                                                                                        

Author / reporter:                                                                                                                                       

Date of article / report:                                                                                                                             

Where did you find this information?                                                                                                                                   

Geographic location:    Local                          State               National

Write a personal response to the article.  Use one of the text structure provided to help sequence your thinking.  Make sure you write in paragraph form.  Use the back of this sheet if necessary.

What question(s) do you have regarding this article, the perspective / bias, or the event?

Interesting quote(s) from the article or program: