Wednesday, January 29th

Lesson Objectives - Students will continue working in Vocabulary Unit 8.  They will then be able to tell the difference between a news article and an editorial.  Students will also evaluate the means by which writers attempt to persuade their readers (Logos, Pathos, and Ethos.)
Homework - Three things:

• Students will have a brief but important quiz about editorial analysis on Thursday.  Look over pages 134-159. (exclude page 154)
• Students are to continue looking for samples of editorials either online or in print.  Hint: Google search "newspaper editorials opinion."  Eventually, students will have to select one example of an editorial and analyze the author's effectiveness. (UPDATE - http://www.headlinespot.com/opinion/oped/ is a pretty good place to start.)
• January's Reader Response Sheet is due on Friday.

 CCSS -

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2 Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.