English 3P Honors Weekly Updates: 6.12-6.16

Monday: Martin Luther King and the Philosophy of Nonviolence

Objective: After CLOSE READING Dr. Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech students will be able to explain philosophy of nonviolence and evaluate how the author uses evidence and rhetorical strategies (i.e.) ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and ideas across genres.

Agenda: 1. Agree or Disagree: ANY Conflict can be resolved without violence 2. Art Analysis “Nonviolent Resistance” from World Wall: A Vision of  the Future without Fear by Judy Baca 3. Close Read:“Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech” by Dr. Martin Luther King

HW. Last Notebooks & End of Course Project Due June 20th

Tuesday: Malcolm X’s Response to Dr. King’s Philosophy of Nonviolence

Objective: After CLOSE READING Malcolm X’s “Advice to Mississippi Youth” students will be able to explain philosophy of nonviolence and evaluate how the author uses evidence and rhetorical strategies (i.e.) ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and ideas across genres.

Agenda: 1. Agree or Disagree: “Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech” by Dr. Martin Luther King 2. Close Read: “Advice to Mississippi

HW. Last Notebooks & End of Course Project Due June 20th

English 3P Honors: 6.5-6.9

Monday: Big Idea Bank

UNIT GOAL: : At the end of the course, students will complete an group argument paper where they: write a 3-5 page SYNTHESIS paper that addresses the major ideas covered by this course using support from both fictional and informational texts read over the course of the semester

Objective: After completing BIG IDEA CIRCLE MAP, students will identify big ideas, writers, and terms that they learned through a class that features American Literature.

  1.  Yearbook Survey 2. BIG IDEA CIRCLE MAP 3.  Select Research Questions and Map Out Ideas w/ Pod group

HW. Late Start Wednesday 6/7, Benchmarks Thursday 6/8

Tuesday: Group Agreements and Timeline

UNIT GOAL: : At the end of the course, students will complete an group argument paper where they: write a 3-5 page SYNTHESIS paper that addresses the major ideas covered by this course using support from both fictional and informational texts read over the course of the semester.

Objective: After discussing features of effective group work, students will write GROUP AGREEMENTS, PROJECT PROPOSAL, and delegate tasks through the use of TIMELINES.

HW. Late Start Wednesday 6/7, Benchmarks Thursday 6/8

Wednesday: Thesis Statements

UNIT GOAL: : At the end of the course, students will complete an group argument paper where they: write a 3-5 page SYNTHESIS paper that addresses the major ideas covered by this course using support from both fictional and informational texts read over the course of the semester.

Objective: After reviewing features of effective Thesis Statements and analyzing an example, students will write GROUP thesis statement draft.

HW. Benchmarks Thursday 6/8

Thursday: Quarter 4 Benchmarks

Friday: Thesis Statement Feedback and Introduction to Civil Rights

UNIT GOAL: : At the end of the course, students will complete an group argument paper where they: write a 3-5 page SYNTHESIS paper that addresses the major ideas covered by this course using support from both fictional and informational texts read over the course of the semester.

Objective(s): 1. After reviewing features of effective Thesis Statements and analyzing PEER EXAMPLES, students will revise GROUP thesis statement draft.

2. After CLOSE READING Dr. Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech students will be able to explain philosophy of nonviolence and evaluate how the author uses evidence and rhetorical strategies (i.e.) ethos, pathos, and/or logos to communicate and support and ideas across genres.

HW.Last Notebooks & End of Course Project Due June 20th