Vocabulary Lesson 14 and Beginning your essay

Link to quizlet words for Lesson 14: http://goo.gl/2ZI1PW

Vocabtest.com: http://goo.gl/F3G21R

spend 5 minutes playing a game!

See below for work on your essay:  Today we will be opening up the doc we all copied on Friday, revising our thesis statements, coming up with an organizing scheme for your essay and gathering details to support that thesis.

Thursday: Vocab and R & J paragraph

Vocabulary Lesson 12

30 minutes: Here is the link to the visual slideshow for Lesson 12 (test next Friday).  Flashcards have been added to my quizlet page as well.

Finish your R & J paragraph about Love and Marriage.

After you are done presenting TWO pieces of evidence (along with their context and meaning), end your paragraph explaining how this character is like you.  Present one example to help make the connection clear to me. 

Wednesday: Vocabulary and the PROLOGUE

Here is a link to Vocabulary flashcards for Lesson 11: Lesson 11 quizlet cards  and drum roll.....

another Visual slide show! to help you study for the test next FRIDAY.

Today we will also "play" with the Shakespeare's language, making insults and doing a choral reading of the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet.

RTI FRIDAY: VOCABULARY REVIEW for next Friday

LESSON 10 visual slideshow


Today we took a test on HOS "Age 14" and then practiced making claims from carefully-chosen evidence in the reading.

READ THE REST OF THE BOOK by next MONDAY, March 10!

Wednesday: Vocabulary Lesson 10

Here is the link for the quizlet cards on Vocabulary Lesson 10:  http://quizlet.com/8324092/vocabulary-power-plus-for-the-new-sat-book-1-lesson-10-flash-cards/

I will also add it to my pages.

I look forward to seeing some of you for extra study time during RTI on Friday!

Tuesday: Vocabulary and Malala's speech at the United Nations

I will be at the district office on Tuesday.  Here are your two tasks:

1. Take notes on your new set of vocabulary words from Lesson 6. Lesson 6 quizlet

2. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for demanding education for girls, gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday in July, 2013 where she spoke about the importance of education. 

Watch the video below and write a response, attempting to answer the following questions:  What words or phrases stand out to me as I listen?  What is her attitude about education?

Here is the full text of her speech:Malala's speech (video and text)

Please turn it in to the substitute when you are finished.

Vocabulary Tip

Please note that I have added a page in the column to the right that contains all the flashcards to vocabulary words we have learned so far.