Directions: Draw the bubbles to the right on your page. You can write "My American Dream" in the center bubble, as his is about your American Dream. In the bubbles to the left, you will write two steps that will get you closer to your American Dream. In the two bubbles on the right, you will list possible problems you will face as you set out to achieve your American Dream.
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Directions: You have been introduced to Ethan Couch, a teenage boy who comes from an affluent family. You will now decide whether you think it was the parents’ lack of rules and restrictions that led to Ethan killing and injuring multiple people or if you believe that, despite his parents’ behavior and choices, Ethan is his own person who makes his own decisions and the blame is solely on him. You will use the format below to structure your paragraph.
Understanding the Structure Claim: This is your main focus, and you will use this to establish your stance on the topic. Reasons: These are your personal justification as to why you are making the claim that you are. Evidence: Provide evidence that supports this reason. Explanation/Analysis: This is where you explain or analyze in your own words. The structure requires more explanation/analysis because the paragraph should largely be your argument. Concluding Sentence: Wrap up your whole paragraph by restating the main ideas and reminding readers of your stance on the topic. |
Directions: Draw the chart on your page. You will work with a partner and you will each pick a side to argue. Before you discuss it with each other, write as many reasons in the column in which you are assigned. Then, you will discuss it with your partner. As your partner is providing reasons that they came up with, you will write those in the other column.
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Directions: Before you watch the 20/20 episode on "The Affluenza Teen" Ethan Couch, answer the questions to the right. You do not have to write the questions out. Simply number your answers.
Additional Help: What does it mean to be a victim of circumstance? A person who suffers ill consequences because of factors that were out of his/her control. Example of a victim of circumstance: A baby born addicted to drugs because his mother did drugs while he was in utero |
Directions: After completing your body paragraph #1, you will move onto body paragraph #2. This should address another of the ways Barbara struggled. Remember, you will be using cited evidence from the text with in-text citations.
Example Topic Sentence: One problem that Americans may face when attempting the American Dream is finding affordable housing, which is one problem Ehrenreich encounters. Using Quotations in Your Essay Examples on using quotations from the text, including partial sentences: Example 1: "...I was held back by the kind of moral paralysis that can ask journalistic objectivity" (Ehrenreich, 41). Example 2: "I had to have a second job..." (Ehrenreich, 41). Example 3: "...this lady freely admits is heavy labor..." (Ehrenreich, 60). How to Cite from a Footnote It is like a regular citation, except, after the page number, you will put an "n" and then the number of the footnote. Example of Footnote Citation: (Ehrenreich, 98n2) |
Directions: First, write the prompt below at the top of your page so that your essay prompt is in front of you and you can refer back to it as needed. Then, you will write your introduction below it. Make sure to follow the format provided for you. It will help guide and structure your essay. You may also use the link below to access the Google doc containing the full essay format.
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Directions: As you read the Evaluation at the end of Nickel & Dimed, you will take notes on what Barbara says.
If you missed the in-class reading and note-taking, these are the left side of your notes. You will fill in details on the right side:
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Directions: As you watch the video on Half Homeless: Living in Cars (to the right, and also linked below), you will take notes on each person/family introduced. You will use two pages to spread out the charts for note-taking as you watch the video. You will look at their job and how the describe/explain it, what their financial situation is like, what their living or home life is like, and any other problems they indicate (including health, mental health, education, etc.).
Link: Half Homeless: Living in Cars |
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. You will fill in the blank columns. In the "middle-class life" column, write in typical experiences for each who live a middle class (comfortable, not lower middle class) lifestyle. In the "low-wage life" column, write experiences for each based on those living low-wage lives.
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Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with problems/issues she encounters, that she sees other people encountering, or issues that could be problematic. Write any of these issues/problems on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you read chapter 2 you will write down the context in which the word is used. You will then attempt to determine the definition. If you cannot decipher a definition based on context, you can use an online source to look up an accurate definition.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you read chapter 2 you will write down the context in which the word is used. You will then attempt to determine the definition. If you cannot decipher a definition based on context, you can use an online source to look up an accurate definition.
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Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with problems/issues she encounters, that she sees other people encountering, or issues that could be problematic. Write any of these issues/problems on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
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Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with problems/issues she encounters, that she sees other people encountering, or issues that could be problematic. Write any of these issues/problems on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you read chapter 2 you will write down the context in which the word is used. You will then attempt to determine the definition. If you cannot decipher a definition based on context, you can use an online source to look up an accurate definition.
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Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with problems/issues she encounters, that she sees other people encountering, or issues that could be problematic. Write any of these issues/problems on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you read chapter 1 you will write down the context in which the word is used. You will then attempt to determine the definition. If you cannot decipher a definition based on context, you can use an online source to look up an accurate definition.
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Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with problems/issues she encounters, that she sees other people encountering, or issues that could be problematic. Write any of these issues/problems on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
Here are some suggestions to help guide you on your notes: -jobs advertised in want ads -housing issues -issues her coworkers face -finding a job -isues Gail discusses -housing problems her coworkers have -issues at work/drug issue -health insurance |
Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you details as to what she is doing for her project. Write these details pertaining to her project on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
Here are some suggestions to help guide you on your notes: -First step does she take when starting her project -housing she finds -applying for jobs -first day at work -what her job is like |
Directions: Divide your page into two columns. As you read, the author will provide you with facts and statistics. Write the fact or statistic on the right side. Then, go back and write a main idea or question on the left side.
Here are some suggestions to help guide you on your notes: -drug testing stat (footnote) -pay for tipped employees (footnote) -costs of housing for author and coworkers -stat on homelessness (footnote) -her start-up costs -"special costs" she talks about (27) -the author's pay and how tips work |
Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you read chaper 1 you will write down the context in which the word is used. You will then attempt to determine the definition. If you cannot decipher a definition based on context, you can use an online source to look up an accurate definition.
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Directions: Divide your page in half lengthwise.Use the slides presentation to the right to take notes as you review the background on the book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. You will be assigned to a group/person as indicated below. Before you get into your groups, you will fill out the middle column with problems your person has in each area or that you can infer s/he could encounter. After you have worked on your own, you will then get into a group of students who are analyzing the same person. You will discuss it together. In the last column, you will fill in any problems/issues that you heard in your group discussion that you did not have written down.
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Directions: You will write your conclusion on the top half of this page. Make sure to label each of your sentences as you write them out. You may have 2-3 sentences under your "Reiteration" (of main ideas). Once you have completed this, exchange with a partner. For your conclusion, you will only have one reader. Your reader should write directly in your notebook and complete all the activities listed under "John Q Conclusion Feedback."
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Directions: Draw four squares on your page. Label each box with a peer number. You will then exchange with four different peers. They will follow the instructions listed. You will do the same for a peer and write directly in their notebook.
Remember, your goal is to help your peer write the best essay they possibly can. |
Directions: You will use your entire page to write your body paragraph #3. Remember, you must have your prewrite, body paragraph #1, and body paragraph #2 completed before you move to this step. Label each sentence and write each sentence on a separate line. This way, you can see each sentence you have written and ensure that you have all sentences.
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Directions: Draw four squares on your page. Label each box with a peer number. You will then exchange with four different peers. They will follow the instructions listed. You will do the same for a peer and write directly in their notebook.
Remember, your goal is to help your peer write the best essay they possibly can. |
Directions: You will use your entire page to write your body paragraph #2. Remember, you must have your prewrite and body paragraph #1 completed before you move to this step. Label each sentence and write each sentence on a separate line. This way, you can see each sentence you have written and ensure that you have all sentences.
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Directions: Draw four squares on your page. Label each box with a peer number. You will then exchange with four different peers. They will follow the instructions listed. You will do the same for a peer and write directly in their notebook.
Remember, your goal is to help your peer write the best essay they possibly can. |
Directions: You will use your entire page to write your body paragraph #1. Remember, you must have your prewrite completed before you move to this step. Label each sentence and write each sentence on a separate line. This way, you can see each sentence you have written and ensure that you have all sentences.
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Directions: You will draw both body paragraph bubble maps on your page. Use half of your page for body paragraph #2 and the other half for body paragraph #3. You will then fill in each of these bubble maps. You can write ideas or full sentences. If you write full sentences, you have less work to do on your rough draft.
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Directions: First, write the prompt at the top of your page. Then you will come up with a clear thesis statement. After you have done both of those steps, you will then draw the bubble map for body paragraph #1 below it. You will then fill it in. You can write ideas or full sentences. If you write full sentences, you have less work to do on your rough draft.
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Directions: After you have completed your characteristics chart on page 17, you will color in this pie chart based on what percent you would consider John Q of each: a hero, a villain, and an antihero. Make sure to color the box that says "___% Hero" with the color you make the pie portion indicating John Q as a hero. Do the same for each of the other ones.
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Directions: Draw the chart on your page. It should take up your whole page. In a group, you will list as many characteristics of John Q as you can. Make sure that you place each characteristic in the approproriate spot, whether that characteristic would be caterogized as a hero, villain, or anti-hero.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. As you continue to watch John Q, fill in the chart. In the "one-word description" column, come up with one word that describes John Q in that capacity. Then, in the details box, provide details from the movie that made you label John Q with that word.
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Directions: Draw ou the chart to your right. It is color-coded to indicate the sections that you will do before the movie, during the movie, and after the movie.
In the RED portion, you will answer the question and define the two terms beore you start the movie. In the YELLOW portion, take notes as you watch the movie. These may be bulleted like notes. In the BLUE portion, answer these questions after you watch the movie on day 1. |
My Anti-hero Paragraph pg. 11Directions: You will use your anti-hero prewrite from page 10 as your guiide to write this paragraph. Make sure that you follow the format. One of the important parts of this paragraph is identifying a characteristic of your chosen anti-hero that disqualifies them as either a hero or villain.
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Directions: Draw the chart to the right on your page. You will watch the video clips in the presentations in the slides on page 7. I have also linked the videos in order below.
Al Bundy: https://youtu.be/3_a6JQ0QwDk Dexter: https://youtu.be/YQeUmSD1c3g Danny Tanner: https://youtu.be/aWfzTSa_55U Peter Griffin: https://youtu.be/YggNHQwE1EI Indiana Jones: https://youtu.be/vdnA-ESWcPs Homer Simpson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JokWbIEt3n8 Jay Gatsby: https://youtu.be/2zHHkSu1br4 |
Directions: Divide your page into two columns for Cornell notes. As you go through the notes, use the subheadings on each slide as your left side. (The subheadings will be the bigger phrases.) Then, write notes on the right side. Remember to not copy everything--shorthand it, making sure you have the important ideas.
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Directions: Once you have completed writing your paragraph, you will draw four squares and label each with a numbered "peer" as to the right. However, the boxes will be empty other than the peer number. Your peers will be the ones to write in these boxes after reading your paragraph.
DO: What the peer is supposed to do. WRITE: What the peer should be writing in your peer editing box. |
Directions: You will finish the movie "Life is Beautiful." On day 3, you will draw the chart to your right. You will write down three lies Guido tells Joshua and explain the purpose of each of those lies. these must be written in complete sentences. You will also write the question at the bottom and answer it in 2-3 sentences.
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Directions: You will receive this handout from your teacher and it will go in your notebook on your page 1.
Top Horizontal Box: Put your name in this box. Left Column: Create images and words that represent the "past" you. Middle Column: Create images and words that represent the "present" you. Right Column: Create images and words that represent the "future" you. You MUST color this page. You will be graded on neatness. |
Directions: Label your paper "Thesis Writing Practice." You will go through the slides. First, write down the question. Then, watch the video. Once you have done that, you will write a thesis statement that demonstrates your belief on the topic and two reasons you feel this way. (Completed on Monday, 01/09 and Tuesday, 01/10.)
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