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GOALS FOR WEEK 12
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Continue to learn about and begin writing a persuasive essay.
  2. Learn about the use of gerunds and infinitives in English.
  3. Practice active reading skills through our novel and prediction and scanning skills through our reading text.
  4. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel, textbooks, and other sources.
MONDAY
-Warm-up
-Review GAB 12 quiz
-GAB 13
-Persuasive essay work (Great Writing)
-Steps of a Counterargument


HOMEWORK
-GAB 13 due Friday
-Journal 12 due Friday
-Great Writing pp. 126-127


TUESDAY
-Warm-up
-GAB 13

-Gerund vs. infinitive practice 1
-Gerund vs. infinitive practice 2
-Great Writing homework 126-127
-Discuss persuasive essay project

-Counterargument homework examples

HOMEWORK
-GAB 13 due Friday
-Journal 12 due Friday

WEDNESDAY
-Warm-up
-GAB 13

-Gerund vs. Infinitive practice 3
-Gerund vs. infinitive practice 4
-Persuasive essay


HOMEWORK
-GAB 13 due Friday
-Journal 12 due Friday


THURSDAY
-Warm-up
-GAB 13
-Gerund vs. infinitive practice 5
-Gerund vs. infinitive practice 6
-Persuasive essay


HOMEWORK
-GAB 13 due Friday; study for quiz tomorrow
-Journal 12 due Friday
-Great Writing Unit 5 Online Homework for Monday
-First draft printed of persuasive essay for peer review for Monday


FRIDAY
-Warm-up
-Quiz: GAB 13
-Persuasive essay


HOMEWORK
-Great Writing Unit 5 Online Homework for Monday
-First draft printed of persuasive essay for peer review




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