Wednesday, Feb. 12th

Goals: 
Student synthesizes information for a purpose that goes beyond explicit text information. Student narrows or broadens research, seeking multiple, reliable sources, including primary source.

Baby Pig says: 

• Rough Draft Friday, Feb. 14th 
• Friday: bring a contender for love poetry tournament. 
• Final Drafts due Monday, Feb. 24th 
• Read one of the Mentor Texts below for tomorrow (Wednesday).  Reverse outline and take notes and be prepared to discuss how it uses evidence. 
  • ​"Nick Carroway is Queer and in Love With Jay Gatsby"--Mya Nunnally (reading one text through a lens)
  • "The Tenacity of Hope"---Natalie Standiford (evaluative comparison between two texts
  • "What Really Makes Katniss Stand Out? Peeta, Her Movie Girlfriend"--Linda Holmes (reading a text through a lens)
  • "What We Hunger For"--Roxanne Gay (reading through a lens? Synthesis around a topic? also--trigger warning on this text)

1. Mentor Texts

• How is your article organized?  Create a group reverse outline. 
• What do you notice about how it uses evidence? 
  • ​Share out with the class. Let's begin working on our success criteria for this paper. 
    

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2. Writing Workshop

• Work on rough drafts.