chapter 7
Chapter # 7
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Theme
Don’t Be Judgy
QIW
Quote
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Please read the quote and then write a few sentences describing the quote and what it means.
Idiom
Don’t judge a book by the cover one should not judge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone
Write a few sentences about what it means and then give a real life example
Wordparts
Please add two or three words that have these word parts. Do not add the definition. Just add two or three words that have the word parts. Please see the example.
Example:
magn/a/i= great
magnify, magnificent and magnate
man/i/u= hand
manual, maneuver and manuscript
crypto= hidden
cycl= cycle
de= reduce, away
Strategy
Intro to Credible Sources
Before
Please answer these questions before you view the presentation.
1. What is a credible source?
2. Why is it important to use credible sources?
3. Are you comfortable with writing thesis statements?
If you are not sure, that is okay just make your best guess. No need to google it. We will be discussing this.
Task
Complete the Edpuzzle for How to Know If a Source Is Reliable by Shmoop this is in your Google Classroom. Then please complete the Credible Sources quiz also available in your Google Classroom.
After you view the presentation and complete Edpuzzle
1. What is a credible source?
2. Why do we need credible sources?
3. What is objective evidence?
4. Name some ways to judge a website for credibility.
Intro to Transitions
Before
Please answer these questions before you view the presentation.
1. What is a transition?
2. What is the difference between a transition and a conjunction?
3. Why is it important to use transitions?
If you are not sure, that is okay just make your best guess. No need to google it. We will be discussing this.
After you view the presentation and complete Edpuzzle
1. What is a transition?
2. What is the difference between a transition and a conjunction?
3. Why is it important to use transitions?
Patterns
Intro to Definition Writing
Before
Please answer these questions before you view the presentation.
1. Have you ever written a definition essay?
2. Do you think it is easy?
3. Come up with a word that you could write an essay about.
If you are not sure, that is okay just make your best guess. No need to google it. We will be discussing this.
After
1. Describe a definition essay writing.
2. What would be a few examples of terms we could write an essay about?
Task
Please create an outline for a definition essay. You will use this for the writing this week.
Here are some topics. You can pick your own.
Pride
Procrastination
Liberty
Love
Vanity
Kindness
Also complete the Step-by-Step guide to write Definition Essay Edpuzzle in Google Classroom
Vocab
After viewing the presentation please complete SEPA. You can add your work right here. Please use the presentation created by your classmates available in the vocabulary link in our blackboard course.
Vocabulary # 7
Reading
Do We Judge
This week we are reading an article about language and being judged. It is pretty short and an easy read.
Before
1. Have you ever felt judged by the way you speak?
2. Have you ever judged someone based on the words they use?
During Reading
Please take notes after every one or two paragraphs. You decided. You can add the notes here.
After Reading
1. What do you think of this article?.
2. What does this mean for you?
3. What does this mean for education?
4. Does this article have a thesis? If not, what would be a good thesis?
Writing
Definition Essay
This week you are writing a definition essay.This essay 300-500 words and MLA format. You can pick any word you like. Your essay should be a separate file. You do not need citations for this essay although you can add them if you like.
Please add your outline/plan here
Writer’s Workshop
Formal Writing Practice
Please complete the Formal Writing Assignment in google classroom.
QW
Please use 3 vocabulary words from chapters 5, 6 and 7. Please highlight the words
Judgy
This week’s theme is Don’t be Judgy. I do not know anything about this young man nor what his videos consist of. However, someone shared this with me and I like this one. After you watch the video please answer the following in paragraph format. This should be one or two paragraphs. Remember to plan your writing always. you do not need to add your plan for the QWs.
1. Did you judge him before watching the video?
2. Do you tend to judge people?
3. Have you felt judged?
4. Do you feel people tend to judge or not really?
LBOE
Intro to Little Bit of Everything
This week you received 4 LBOE. Pick the one you found most interesting. Write one paragraph about the event oIntro to Quick Writer person. Then write one paragraph with your opinion.
Closing
You have made it to the end!
Connection
Please write a few sentences about this week's assignments and connect them to your life.
Favorite words of the week.
Pick a quote or sentence that stood out from this week's assignments.
This chapter will be submitted with chapter 8 next Sunday.
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