students worked in partners to peer-edit rough drafts using a guided packet

–Homework–USA test prep and final drafts submitted to turnitin.com tonight!!

students watched and took notes over the following tedtalks –utilizing their tedtalk argument sheets as guides :

Tedtalk 1

Tedtalk 2

Tedtalk 3

–Homework–to type up tedtalk responses in the format of the guide, print, and bring to class Monday (no late work)–complete USA test prep

Students worked on annotating and responding to questions in regards to John Winthrop’s piece.

–Homework–complete the work above and USA test prep—be prepared to discuss Winthrop in class tomorrow.

Students took an argumentative timed write—some students recieved remediation plans that need to be signed and turned in by Tuesday 9/18.

–Homework–complete USA test prep and any unfinished work with reading annotations from this week

discussed and annotated and analyzed John Winthrop’s Modell of Christanity as a class–began working on William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation

–Homework–USA test prep–review back over Bradford’s work focusing on what we discussed in class and bring with you for the next class

students took notes over pronoun antecedents and then identified them in the first part of Mary Rowlandson’s narrative

–Homework–review Bradstreet and Wheatley focusing on elements discussed in class today–USA test prep

students worked on teaching the teacher the breakdown and analysis of Anne Bradstreet and Phylis Wheatley

–Homework–USA test prep and print the next few authors from the handouts page

Pairs continued to teach the class by breaking down the poems

–Homework–USA Test prep

students completed the classroom reversal annotation

–Homework–USA Test prep —read and annotate the two pieces by Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson–Bring to class along with your Chromebooks!!

Students worked in groups to construct their own version of the Declaration of Independance —students were supposed to construct this in a shared google doc that was supposed to be shared with the teacher

–Homework–complete your rough drafts through google docs and print your completed rough drafts to bring a physical copy in class tomorrow!!!  Usa test prep