April 14-17

Monday

STAAR practice/review

Annotating Review

Hw:  read THOTS

Tuesday

STAAR practice/review Poetry

Find someone who:  Poetry
Persuasive Techniques:
Create an advertisement for THOTS using bandwagon appeal, testimonial, appeal to pity, fear, or vanity, sound devices (repetition, alliteration) or loaded language.  Your advertisement must promote an idea covered in the text such as abuse to animals, cloning, organ donation, border control, slavery, etc. or WRite a one-page paper persuading Opium, the country in the novel THOTS, to change its policy regarding eejits or cloning.  Clearly state your position or a possible solution. Provide convincing reasons for your position.

Your advertisement must have:
clear audience
persuasive language that makes it appealing
visual elements that help the product stand out

Hw:  read THOTS

Wednesday

Early Release
Finish Advertisement

fakebook pg assigned

POETRY review continued

Thursday
Present advertisement or letter to Opium

Quiz: THOTS

Hw:  read 26-30

Friday

Good Friday!

April 7-11

Monday

Assign Debate topics

STAAR practice

Context Clues

Hw:  Read THOTS chapters 10-15 by Wednesday
Debate topics

Friendly debate time!               April 10, 2014

You will be assigned a topic (from the list below) to research and a position you must argue, whether you agree with that position or not.  Regardless, you must defend your position to the end.  These are bioethics issues you will see in our novel, The House of the Scorpion.

Write your name in the appropriate space below.  Complete the chart on the back.

Topic	Pro (For)	Con (Against)
Cloning	,	,
Genetically modified food	,	,
Stem Cell research	,	,
Organ Donation	,	,
Animal Product Testing	,	,
Modified crops	,	,
Border Control	,	,
Patient rights	,	,
Population Control	,	,
Death Penalty	,	,

Tuesday

Computer Lab to research debate topics

Hw:  Read THOTS

Wednesday

Reading quiz chapters 10-15
Fakebook assignment
sample fakebook pg

Inference practice "Cheques by Ordeal"

Hw:  Read chapters 16-20

Thursday
Debate Day
Hw:  writing reflection
STAAR practice

Friday

STAAR practice
Read chapters 16-20 by Wednesday.
characterization