Friday,+January,+18

Bell Ringer: Tone Words and Power Verbs
Copy the sentences in your writer's notebook and fill in the blanks.
 * 1) I think you are really ___ this problem. You may think that this is extremely important, but it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.__
 * 2) The speaker the White House committee for their failure to act quickly in the best interests of the American people.
 * 3) The snarky teen was jealous of her former friend’s new boyfriend, so she spread vicious rumors throughout the school, _ her to anyone who would listen.
 * 4) So much has happened that I just don’t have any tears left to cry. Forgive me if I appear ___,__ but I’m just drained of any emotion.
 * 5) The class was so boring! I felt like I could have completed the assignment in the first five minutes, but the teacher just droned on and on in this ___ tone, giving us meticulous instructions for everything.

Discussion: Essay Grades
Give back several essays and look at rubrics and samples.

= **Apartheid in Africa: View video about apartheid and take notes. We will utilize the notes to compose a timed essay comparing and contrasting apartheid to Jim Crow Laws and the life of Nelson Mandela to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.** =