Friday,+September+1

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

 * [|Diogenes Laertius]**

Bell Ringer: Word Study


You might want to use this link to Wordnik.com or to Dictionary.com
 * Induction
 * Idiosyncratic
 * ballast
 * banal
 * ambiguity
 * paradigm


 * Read Aloud: LOC book pg.87-88

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 * Video: Dead Poet's Society - "Studying the Masters"

Mini-Lesson: Exemplification

 * Read Section on Exemplification (LOC pg.20-21)
 * As a class, begin reading Francine Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read." This is on pages 89-99 in your textbook, but I have provided copies so you can mark up the text!
 * Model- Annotating to find meaning. Looking for Prose's claims and evidence as I read.

Independent Reading:

 * Reading 1 (Pencil) Annotate in margins regarding Prose's claims and evidence.
 * Small Group Discussion- Discuss with one another the claims Prose makes. What evidence does she offer to support her claims?

Small Group Reading:
Reading 2 (Pen or highligher color 1) Answer questions from handout by writing annotations in the margins.

Homework
Reading 3 (Pen or highlighter color 2) Read LOC pg.13-17. Divide Prose's essay, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read," into sections according to the "classical model."