September 22-October 6

Week Focus: EOCT Review
Extended Text: Bronx Masquerade (9th), Black Jacobins (10th)

Monday: Take notes on the sections of the EOCT.   Take practice EOCT (pg. 76-118)


Tuesday: Analyze Mock EOC

Wednesday: Students will take a mock writing test to prepare them for the junior writing assessment necessary for graduation.

Thursday: Finish Mock EOCT

Friday: Complete Test Analysis using the Answer Key and Mock EOCT questions.
  1. Write down your name as the grader (ie: Graded By Edom)
  2. Mark each wrong answer
  3. Write down correct letter choice
  4. Write down the skill next to each question
  5. Complete the test analysis organizer
  6. Write a one-page strength/weakness essay on your test score.  Be specific.  Add info about what skills you missed and got right in order to help me get a better picture on how you are doing in this class.
Monday:
1. Show Test Analysis Organizer/Strength & Weakness Essay for a grade.
2. Identify the weaknesses from your Test Analysis Organizer you will focus on for today’s activities online.
3. Visit www.usatestprep.com and complete the steps below:
4. Click on “Login” then on the left side “Create an Account”
5. Login using info: “District ID=southcobb  Username: stu1564
6. Create your account: Your username/password=lunch #
7. Join your class period (1st,3rd, 4th block)
8. Click on Milestone or SLO at top of page then “9th Lit/Comp, Amer. Lit, or 10th lit”
9. Click on “Practice” then select the following domain: “reading, writing, speaking, language.”
10. Complete 1 of the activities under the following categories: “Question, Vocabulary, Puzzles, “Performance Task” before playing study games for your identified weaknesses.

Tuesday: Students read about Shelby vs. Holder to debate the merits of the SCOTUS decision and its implication on voting rights.

Wednesday: Students learned about the Trail of Tears and completed a 5W's activity before learning about persuasive techniques.  HW: Analyze two commercials for the techniques in the organizer.

Thursday:  Students continued analyzing political ads for persuasive techniques and choose one issue stated in one of the ads to create their own ad endorsing one of the two candidates using a storyboard template.

Friday: The Warmup was on revising run-ons and fragments.  We took a quiz on 11 persuasive techniques (see Wednesday notes).  (ONLY 1ST BLOCK, HW: Complete 8-14 by analyzing the ads and completing the questions in complete sentences.)
HW for 3rd/4th period: 35 vocab words/ finish watching Consuming Kids Documentary and compete a paragraph on the effects of deregulating child marketing.

Monday: 
1. Visit usatestprep.com and practice 5 skills from your weakness list.
2. Research a candidate you will endorse for Senate and Governor of Georgia by visiting the website below and clicking on each candidates campaign website link.
http://georgia.state-election.info
a. Professional background (jobs)
b. Key issues (things important to them like jobs, taxes)
c. Educational accomplishments (degrees, universities)
d. Place of Birth/Personal Info
3. Create a thesis statement explaining why you chose your candidate for Georgia Senate, or Governor (Hint: TPR)


***Extra Credit***
See Burt's Big Thank You Letter
Guidelines to follow for letter writing:
Each letter should be heartfelt, handwritten, original, and free of any political statements. The purpose of the letter is to express thanks to the military personnel currently deployed outside the United States. We reserve the right to eliminate those messages that are political in nature and do not reflect a positive message in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
All letters must be on 8.5” x 11” paper or smaller.
Do not use glue, tape, staples, cardboard, glitter or otherwise attach anything to the paper.
NO construction paper.
Decorate using crayons, markers, pens or pencils.
Use both sides if you like, but use one page per letter only.
Do not send greeting cards or photographs.
Feel free to include your mailing and email address.
Individual letters should not be sealed in envelopes.
Do not send anything except letters.

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