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GOALS FOR WEEK 4
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Learn about relative (adjective) clauses and how to reduce them.
  2. Learn about and develop a persuasive essay.
  3. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel and textbooks.
  4. Practice defining words in context.
MONDAY
-Warm-up
-Grammar: Relative Clauses, Grammar Dimensions Workbook, p. 58)
-Discuss Animal Farm homework 3
-Practice with thesis statements for persuasive essays (Great Writing 4, pp. 122-123)

HOMEWORK
-Develop persuasive essay for Thursday peer review
-
Work on Journal 4 for Friday
-Begin reading Animal Farm pp. 111-141 and complete Homework 4 for Monday.
-Study for Longman Academic Reading Chapter 2 Quiz

TUESDAY
-Warm-up: Don't Say It!
-Grammar: Reduced Relative Clauses, GD Chapter 7
-Quiz: Longman Academic Reading Chapter 2
-Persuasive essay model 2 (LAW 5, pp. 146-150, 156-159)


HOMEWORK
-Develop persuasive essay for Thursday peer review
-Work on Journal 4 for Friday
-Begin reading Animal Farm pp. 111-141 and complete Homework 4 for Monday.

WEDNESDAY
-Warm-up
-Grammar: Relative clauses, GD Chapter 8
-Review quiz
-Phrases for argumentation and practice (GAB 4, pp. 279-284)
-Persuasive essay work session


HOMEWORK
-Develop and print persuasive essay for Thursday peer review
-Work on Journal 4 for Friday
-Begin reading Animal Farm pp. 111-141 and complete Homework 4 for Monday.



THURSDAY
-Warm-up
-Grammar; Relative clauses, GD Chapter 9
-LAR Chapter 3, Reading 1
-Persuasive essay peer review


HOMEWORK
-Complete and print final persuasive essay for Friday
-Work on Journal 4 for Friday
-Begin reading Animal Farm pp. 111-141 and complete Homework 4 for Monday.




FRIDAY
-Warm-up

-Grammar: Relative clauses
-LAR Chapter 3
-Introduce summary-response essay and assignment


HOMEWORK
-Finish reading Animal Farm pp. 111-141 and complete Homework 4 for Monday.
-Pick summary-response essay topic by Monday.
-Study for relative clause quiz by Monday.


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