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Monday
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Wednesday.
Planning for the persuasive essay in-class speeches is scheduled for today; index cards for notes are distributed as students work to plan remarks. Logical, ethical, and emotional appeals and a call to action are required for the three-minute delivery.
New literary terms are introduced; test is scheduled for Thursday.
Cesar Chavez speech response are due today.
Tuesday
Multiple choice strategies and skills for the upcoming (SPA) Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion are covered.
Literary terms are continued in class.
Wednesday
Multiple choice strategies and skills for the SPA continue in class.
Literary terms test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Persuasive essay speeches begin in class today.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test is scheduled for today.
Thursday
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Monday; test day will be announced.
Persuasive essay speeches continue in class today.
Friday
Weekend homework will be announced.
Persuasive essay speeches continue in class today.
Catcher in the Rye novels are assigned and talking points are due next Friday (five talking points per chapter for Chapters One-Five); class discussion is set for November 12.
