Monday's Class - Facts and Opinion

Get the following:

1. Composition notebook
2. Topic Sentence from Friday (being handed out)
3. Questions and Questiong Survey from Friday

  

DO NOW - Copy!

Entry Title: Facts and Opinion

Opinion:  a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.

Fact: numbers (statistics) or a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true. 


AGENDA  

1. Do Now - Facts and Opinions?
2. HW Check - Data on Display Essay rough draft.
3. Reminder: No electronic devices allowed at anytime in class! 
4. Quote - “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”  ― Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice
5. MP4 Grades: Will be displayed at the end of the period.
6. Today's Question: How can you use statistics in your writing as examples to support a topic sentence?
7. Bridge: Class needs practice explaining examples.
8. Mini-lesson -  Connecting Examples with Explanations - a PowerPoint Lesson
9. Guided Practice - What are some things you learned on Friday about using data?
10. Divided Groups - Mr. DeGrandis will pair you up.
11. Peer Review - Switch essays. Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Double check use of data and explanation of examples.   
12. Assessment - In order to receive a class particpattion grade today, you must show Mr. DeGrandis the corrections made by your peer reveiwer to your essay.
13. HW - None.