Digital Agenda: Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 5th!

Do Now (10 mins):

First, copy your homework in your Agenda:

1. Read and answer the activities for "There's a Bear" and "No Phones, Safer Roads" from your Mailbox.

Write the question and answer on p. 34L of your Interactive Notebook.  Explain how you figured out each answer.  Fill in each sentence with one of these homophones where/ware/wear, then explain your thinking.

1. On Friday you can _________ college gear.  I used the homophone _________ in the sentence because__________________________________.
2. Vendors sell their _____________s at the flea market on the weekends.  I used the homophone___________ in the sentence because _____________________.
3. __________ are you going after school?  I used the homophone ___________ in the sentence because _________________________________.

On the left side of your desk, leave your Agenda open.  I will check this while you are working.

Objectives:

Students will...

identify logical fallacies by taking notes and writing examples with 80% accuracy.

read at their lexile level on TeenBiz3000 and answer questions with 75% accuracy.

spell commonly misspelled homophones correctly in the Do Now with 66% accuracy.

Standards

Reading: Informational Text.6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

Reading: Informational Text.6.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments

Language.6.2b Spell correctly.

Whole Group:

Standards Tracker set-up, making an Action Plan for improvement
Logical Fallacies, Cornell Notes set-up

Direct/Collaborative Station:

Group Activity

Identifying and explaining fallacies using examples
I think this is a _____________   ________________ because _________________.

Exit Ticket:  Tell me what type of fallacy is being used?  How did you know?

This is a ___________  _____________ because ______________________.

Independent:

1. Follow this link to teenbiz3000.com
2. Type your username and password
3. Start the 5 step lesson 
4. Read & Listen to the Vocabulary
5. As you read each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SETTING THE PURPOSE box.  This can be copy and pasted into your Thought Question, and will be graded.
6. When you do the ACTIVITY, refer back to the article for answers by opening it in a side-by-side screen.
7. On the Thought Question, remember to click on "Include in Your Answer" so you can get a 3 or 4 score.
8. If you finish early, do the Stretch Article and Activities!

Exit Ticket:  What was the main idea of the article and how do you know?
The main idea of the article is ________________ because it was mostly about _______________________.