Phasing Continues

In all classes, we are working with Alcott and the team close read in some fashion. Read along for the specifics in your hour. And, next week's close reading club will meet on Wednesday and will feature an AP prompt.

1: We began with the vocab quiz for unit 14, which means any absentees have 48 hours to take the quiz or schedule a time to take the quiz. We continued forward with identifying syntax types with third hour's handout. To end the hour, we began our team close read, making it through the prompt and the first section of the text. Bring back Alcott for Monday when we continue with our team close reading.

3: We looked at your hour's syntax handout, noting a plethora of sentence types. Next, you returned back to your group to begin phase 2 of the Alcott prompt. In groups, you created a team thesis statement and constructed individual body paragraphs. If you were absent, you will need to create a thesis statement for the prompt and write 1 body paragraph for 1 of the strategies in your thesis.

4: We shared incredibly moving, incredibly analogous, incredibly setting-filled, incredibly similar statistical introductions in fourth hour. From our first "veiled" example to our last, these introductions of quality that I knew your were capable of writing! I would love to put the specific examples on the blog, but I don't think we want the other hours drawing inspiration from your samples. In addition to these hooks, we heard strong, specific, audience-related analyses for body paragraphs and the concluding paragraphs reference back to the introductions. I hope this activity inspires even greater introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions - when you write on your own. Bring back syntax handout for third hour on Monday.

7: The whole hour was dedicated to the prompt writing for the Alcott passage. You individually constructed body paragraphs analyzing the rhetorical strategies from the thesis statement, you were challenged to composed an extraordinary hook to gain the audience's attention and challenge the precedent set by fourth hour, and you began work on the concluding paragraph to tie it together. You will be finishing up the writing portion and sharing your work to the class on Monday.