Warm up: Spelling practice - silent consonants

SOAPS-LT with The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oluadah Equiano on page 25 of your StudySync booklet, or online on StudySync. I want you to do just the SOAPS part of the paper. The goal here is EFFORT. I'm looking to see that you're trying to understand the text right now. Tomorrow we will go over it in class so you'll need to have it done by then. You can print your own worksheet from the link below.

HOMEWORK: 
Finish SOAPS if not done in class.

Warm up: Are you prepared for the test? Why or why not?

1. Hyphen Test
2. Close Read: "On Being Brought from Africa to America" assignment on StudySync. Use the AXES structure to answer the Write prompt. Due 9/27 by midnight. Peer reviews due 10/2 by midnight.

HOMEWORK:
Finish Close Read.
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GRAMMAR TEST CORRECTIONS DUE FRIDAY
You may earn up to half the points you missed on your first grammar test by doing test corrections. How to:

1. Put an MLA heading on a new sheet of paper
2. For each question you got wrong, you need to 
   1. Put the correct answer
   2. Explain why that answer is correct
3. Staple to the front of your grammar test and turn in.

THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE.

Warm up: Hyphens

Self-Paced Friday. All the following due by Monday:

1. Vocabulary
   1. Identify the part of speech and make a prediction for each word
   2. Look up the definition online - PAY ATTENTION to the part of speech!
2. Annotations
   1. Annotate the poem online using the annotation guide
3. Think Questions
   1. Complete the think questions online​

​HOMEWORK:
Whatever needs to be completed from above. One pagers on 500 pages of reading are due on October 5th. That's just 15 days away! Be sure you're reading!

​GRAMMAR TEST CORRECTIONS DUE NEXT FRIDAY
You may earn up to half the points you missed on your first grammar test by doing test corrections. How to:

1. Put an MLA heading on a new sheet of paper
2. For each question you got wrong, you need to 
   1. Put the correct answer
   2. Explain why that answer is correct
3. Staple to the front of your grammar test and turn in.

THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE.

Warm up: Hyphen practice

Two handouts: 

Do the quickwrite and background information on the first handout. Then add vocabulary words and rank how familiar you are with them on the second handout. 

Afterwards, log in to StudySync and open "First Read: On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley. Read through the poem a couple of times and then determine the part of speech for each vocabulary word.  Stop here for today. The rest we will do tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
None.

Warm up: Hyphen practice - TEST NEXT WEDNESDAY

1. Log in to Google Classroom and record yourself explaining your thinking map from yesterday. Turn in thinking map.

2. I passed back the assignment "Textual Evidence - The Crucible" so we could talk about how to write an AXES paragraph. Find the link below to see my model of how to do this. Afterwards, you will revise your AXES paragraph on the back of your paper. This is due tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
Finish your recording and turn it in.
Revise your AXES paragraph; due tomorrow.

Warm up: Hyphens - when NOT to use them

Quickwrite:
​“(Senator McCarthy), by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.” 
Senator J. William Fulbright
What do you think this quote means? How do you think this quote will relate to the witchcraft investigations described in The Crucible? What are some other instances, historical or contemporary, in which the word "witch-hunt" might be applicable?

Complete the following multi-flow map. Make sure you explain HOW each event, character, or setting detail contributes to fear and paranoia. Be prepared to speak from it tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:
None. Multi-flow maps were completed in class.

Warm up: Hyphens: Compound adjectives practice

Textual Evidence - The Crucible
We did an activity on how to find and use textual evidence to make inferences when we were reading Of Plymouth Plantation. In English, we circle back and practice tasks till we're proficient. Today, we're using these textual evidence skills in relation to The Crucible and "At the Foot of the Gallows". 

There are three parts to this assignment. Follow the instructions listed on the handout, found below. For part 1, don't forget to answer the "Your Turn" questions on StudySync.

HOMEWORK:
Part 1 was due in class today. If you did not finish this part, you must finish it tonight.  We will continue to work on Part 2 and 3 in class tomorrow.

Today we remember the bravery of the first responders and the lives lost on September 11, 2001 when the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked. 

ANNOUNCEMENT: Late work may only be turned in up to 3 days late. After this time, I will not grade the assignment. Be responsible and plan ahead!

Warm up: Hyphens: Prefixes practice

In class we had a discussion about The Crucible, reviewing major themes from the text. We also watched and discussed the SyncTV episode where students discussed the text. We took notes on our discussions but you will hold on to them for now. 

If you were absent, please find the "First Read: The Crucible" assignment on StudySync. Watch the SyncTV episode. Put an MLA heading on a sheet of paper and answer the 3 questions that follow to get participation credit from today's discussion:

• 01:30 - Ben claims that Abigail and Betty "were doing some pretty witchy things" in the forest. Does evidence in the text support his judgment?
  
• 04:43 - Olivia says she would like to bring "lies and deception" into the list of themes being discussed. Do you think she has already made a valid argument for including that topic?
  
• 05:31 - Ben proposes that "religion and spirituality" are themes, and Olivia responds that this is "obvious." Do you think she means that in a good way or a bad way? Does the text support Ben's analysis?
  

HOMEWORK:
None.