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TABLE ONE:

FOA: AUGUST
31
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2016
WHILE YOU ARE

PLEASE PASS OUT FOA


NOTEBOOKS.

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WAITING FOR YOUR PLEASE SIT SILENTLY IN


NOTEBOOK
YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT.

ANSWER:
1. LOOK AT THE PHOTO AND WRITE
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT IT.
THESE TRUCKS WERE SPOTTED IN
FLORIDA. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY
COULD POSSIBLY BE USED FOR? DO
THEY SCARE YOU? WHY? WHY NOT?

WHAT IS TEXTUAL EVIDENCE?


TEXTUAL FROM THE TEXT
EVIDENCE SUPPORT FOR YOUR ANSWER OR IDEA
BUT MISS ELLIS

WHY DOES EVIDENCE MATTER?

IMAGINE THIS.
You walk into my room after youve had a long
day.

I scream at you as soon as


you walk in, saying that you
are getting a step.
Of course, you are confused and ask me what you
are getting a step for.

I then tell you that another student told me


that you tried to copy her homework (which is
ridiculous, of course! You turned your
homework in last week).

You try to tell me that this isnt the truth. I scream in your face that I dont care.
Im sending you straight to ISS.
But thats unfair, right? Why?

Oh, because I dont have any evidence? Hmm

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MAKING AN INFERENCE/CONCLUSION ABOUT YOUR


EVIDENCE
JUST HOW WE USED EVIDENCE IN CLASS YESTERDAY TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO MURDERED
ME, WE CAN DO THE SAME WITH TEXT/PICTURES/VIDEOS.

AN INFERENCE IS THE COMBINATION OF TEXTUAL EVIDENCE AND OUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE


WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN INFERENCE YOU MADE FROM YESTERDAY?

WE MAKE INFERENCES ALL THE TIME. YOU PROBABLY JUST DONT REALIZE IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE TALKING IN CLASS AND MISS ELLIS GIVES YOU THIS FACE:
What can you infer?

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WHAT CAN YOU INFER


FROM THIS PICTURE?
Fill out this chart in your notes based on
the picture.
I observe (evidence):

I infer:

What evidence did you find that supports


your inferences?

THE NIGHT CAME, BRINGING ICY COLD AIR TO THE BATTLEFIELD, AND THE
MOANS ONCE HEARD FELL SILENT AS THE FIRST SNOWFLAKES DRIFTED
DOWN. A SHROUD OF SNOW COVERED EVERYTHING, AND IN THE MORNING
A MORE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE WAS UNIMAGINABLE ANYWHERE ELSE,
EXCEPT FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROTESQUE SHAPES BENEATH.

What can you infer from this story?

WELCOME BACK
1. Sit in assigned seats.
2.Seated and silent: 7:53

PURPOSE:
FINISH YOUR EDITORIALS. YOU MAY USE YOUR PHONE FOR RESEARCH. IT MUST BE IN THE BYOD CORNER
ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR DESK. IT MUST BE TWO HANDWRITTEN PAGES IN LENGTH.

IF YOU ARE DONE, YOU MAY BEGIN BRAINSTORMING AND WORKING ON YOUR ADVICE COLUMN.
WRITE A LETTER FROM AN ANONYMOUS STUDENT THAT NEEDS ADVICE (APPROPRIATE)
WRITE A RESPONSE TO THE LETTER GIVING ADVICE

FOA SEPTEMBER 6 , 2016


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TABLE TWO ONE HALF PASS OUT NOTE


SHEETS FROM WEDNESDAY. THE OTHER
HALF PASS OUT COMP BOOKS.

SEVERAL STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY MISSING THEIR


NARRATIVE ROUGH DRAFT GRADE. YOU MAY HAVE
FORGOTTEN TO SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH ME OR
SAVED IT IN THE WRONG PLACE. PLEASE FIX ASAP.
PROGRESS REPORTS DISTRIBUTED ON FRIDAY.

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:


1. WHY IS EVIDENCE IMPORTANT?
2.WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO

2ND: ARIEL, SAVANNA, ANASSA, GELON

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

8TH: DARRELL AND KIRSTEN

INFER?

4TH: PRESTON, BROOK, JOWANY, CHRYSSA,


AUNTAJHIA, JEVON, MOSES, CHY, CRIS, ISAIAH

5TH: NO ONE
7TH: GREG, TORIE, MADY H., MEERAF, ERIK, MCKINLEY

CITING EVIDENCE
HOW TO
WHEN A PROMPT ASKS YOU TO CITE EVIDENCE,
THIS MEANS TO USE THE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
YOUR POINT

YOU MAY EITHER QUOTE THE EVIDENCE OR


PARAPHRASE THE EVIDENCE.

IF YOU USE THE AUTHORS WORDS EXACTLY, THEN


USE QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THEIR WORDS.

IF YOU PARAPHRASE, YOU DONT NEED QUOTATION


MARKS.

Sample quote: Statistics show that 97% of cats want to


eat your soul.
Sample paraphrase: According to Miss Ellis, the large
majority of cats approach humans with malicious intent.

WAYS
QUOTE STATE DIRECTLY WHAT THE
SOURCE SAYS

SUMMARIZE PROVIDE A BRIEF

STATEMENT OF WHAT YOUR SOURCE SAYS

PARAPHRASE EXPRESS THE MEANING


USING DIFFERENT WORDS

Discuss: what is the difference between paraphrasing and summarizing?

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?


PARAPHRASE

SUMMARIZE

PUT A PASSAGE INTO YOUR OWN WORDS


RESTATE MATERIAL IN A DIFFERENT FORM
TO USE AN AUTHORS WORDS WITHOUT QUOTING

PUT THE MAIN IDEAS OF A PASSAGE IN YOUR OWN

THE WORDS OF THE AUTHOR ARE TOO COMPLEX

SIMPLIFY A LONG ARGUMENT


GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR TOPIC

DIRECTLY

FOR YOUR READERS

WORDS

CONDENSE SOURCE MATERIAL INTO A SHORTER


FORM

HINTS FOR PARAPHRASING


KEEP THE LENGTH APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
DONT STRESS ONE POINT MORE THAN ANOTHER
DO NOT CHANGE THE MEANING BY ADDING YOUR OWN THOUGHTS
DO NOT USE THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE STRUCTURE
YOU DONT NEED TO CHANGE EVERY WORD
REFER EXPLICITLY TO THE AUTHOR
DONT JUST PARAPHRASE. ANALYZE AS WELL.
YOU DONT NEED TO INCLUDE ALL THE DETAILS. JUST THE RELEVANT ONES.

MECHANICAL RULES
WHEN CITING EVIDENCE, YOU MUST GIVE CREDIT TO THE AUTHOR.
IN MLA, YOU DO THIS BY PROVIDING THE PAGE NUMBER AND/OR THE AUTHORS NAME.
IF YOU MENTION THE AUTHORS NAME, THEN YOU DONT NEED TO PROVIDE IT IN THE

CITATION.
EXAMPLE: ACCORDING TO MISS ELLIS, HER STUDENTS ARE THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD (73).
MISS ELLISS STUDENTS ARE THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD (ELLIS 73).

LETS PRACTICE: QUOTING AND PARAPHRASING


WORK IN GROUPS OF TWO
ASK WHO THEIR FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST IS AND WHY. (2 MINUTES)
NOW: WORK ALONE
QUOTE WHAT THEY TOLD YOU (YOU CAN MAKE UP A PAGE NUMBER).
PARAPHRASE WHAT THEY TOLD YOU (YOU CAN MAKE UP A PAGE NUMBER). (3
MINUTES)

SUMMARIZING
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE FOOD IS. THINK ABOUT WHETHER IT
IS HOMEMADE, WHERE YOU GET IT FROM, WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE IN IT,
ETC.

TALK TO YOUR TABLE PARTNER FOR TWO MINUTES ABOUT WHAT YOUR
FAVORITE FOOD IS.

SUMMARIZE IN THREE SENTENCES WHAT YOUR PARTNER TOLD YOU


ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE FOOD.

FOA SEPTEMBER 7 , 2016


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TABLE TWO:
PASS OUT
COMP BOOKS

ANSWER:
1. WRITE A SAMPLE QUOTATION IN MLA FORMAT (LIKE WE
LEARNED YESTERDAY)
2. DO YOU THINK THAT STUDENTS DESERVE A SECOND
CHANCE AFTER THEY MAKE MISTAKES? WHY OR WHY NOT?
WRITE AT LEAST FIVE SENTENCES. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES .

PEEL YOUR PARAGRAPHS


POINT MAKE YOUR POINT (WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVE/SAY?)
EVIDENCE PROVIDE YOUR EVIDENCE (WHAT CAN YOU SAY THAT
WILL BACK YOU UP?)

EXPLANATION EXPLAIN YOURSELF (HOW DOES THIS EVIDENCE

APPLY TO WHAT YOURE SAYING? HOW DOES IT PROVE YOUR POINT?)

LINK LINK TO ANOTHER POINT OR BACK TO QUESTION (HOW ARE


YOU GOING TO TRANSITION INTO YOUR NEXT THOUGHT?)

EXPLANATION OF PEEL

Make your point


Provide your evidence

BROWNIES REALLY ARE THE BEST FOOD IN THE WORLD. REALLY. ACCORDING
TO LEADING EXPERTS, CHOCOLATE AND SUGAR RELEASE ENDORPHINS TO THE
HUMAN BRAIN THAT MANY OTHER FOODS DO NOT. THEREFORE, CHOCOLATE
ACTUALLY DOES MAKE US HAPPIER AS HUMANS, WHICH MAKES US LIVE A
BETTER LIFE, WHICH MAKES IT THE BEST FOOD EVER. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER
FOODS ARE KNOWN TO MAKE HUMANS FEEL MORE DEPRESSED.

Analyze your evidence

Link to another thought

ARE ALIENS REAL?


THE GOVERNMENT GOES BACK AND FORTH ON THE SUBJECT ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE. IN 1948, A DIVISION OF THE AIR MATERIAL COMMAND CALLED
PROJECT SIGN WAS TASKED WITH FIGURING OUT HOW LIKELY IT WAS THAT ALL THESE
UFO SIGHTINGS WERE ALIEN SPACECRAFT. THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THE PHENOMENON
REPORTED IS SOMETHING REAL AND NOT VISIONARY OR FICTITIOUS. THEY EVEN FILED A
DETAILED REPORT OF A UFO FLYING PAST AN EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT IN VIEW OF THE
PILOT AND CO-PILOT AS WELL AS THE GROUND CREW. THE AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF
AT THE TIME REJECTED THE REPORT FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH PROOF AND LATER THE
AIR FORCE SHUT DOWN PROJECT SIGN AND SPENT THE NEXT DECADE DEBUNKING
UFOS ENTIRELY.

Find a piece of evidence in this paragraph that either confirms or denies your answer.

PEEL ORGANIZER
Point: Aliens are not
real.

Evidence: Air Force chief of staff


at the time rejected the report for
not having enough proof and later
the Air Force shut down Project
Sign and spent the next decade
debunking UFOs entirely

Explanation (at least two or three


sentences): Since the Air Force
chief shut down the investigation,
this means that anyone credible
should reject this study on UFO
sightings. UFO sightings are one
of the main reasons we believe
aliens are real, therefore, society
cannot realistically claim aliens
have visited earth, much less that
they are real.

Link: However, some scholars will


tell you that UFO sightings are not
the only reason to believe that
extraterrestrial life exists. In fact,
scientists have countless other
studies that demonstrate the
rational behind believing in aliens
other than UFOs.

PRACTICE FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE


WORK TOGETHER WITH YOUR TABLE GROUP.
READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE ARTICLE.
WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSES FAIR CHANCE HIGHER EDUCATION PLEDGE?
CITE A PIECE OF TEXTUAL EVIDENCE THAT TELLS YOU THE ANSWER ON THE BACK OF
YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. BE READY TO SHARE.

MAKE SURE IT IS IN MLA FORMAT.

NOW: YOUR TURN


READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE ON YOUR OWN, WORKING TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION FROM YOUR FOA:

DO YOU THINK STUDENTS DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE AFTER THEY MAKE


MISTAKES? WHY OR WHY NOT?

FILL OUT YOUR PEEL ORGANIZER AS YOU READ. YOU SHOULD FIND AT LEAST
THREE PIECES OF TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.

WHEN YOU ARE DONE, YOU MAY GO THROUGH AND START ANALYZING YOUR
EVIDENCE (FILL OUT THE EXPLANATION BLANK).

FOA 9/8/16

TABLE TWO:
PASS OUT
COMP BOOKS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:


1. DO YOU USE COMMAS IN YOUR
WRITING? IF YES, WHEN YOU USE A
COMMA, WHY DO YOU USE IT (WHAT IS
YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT)? IF
NO, WHY NOT?
2. DO YOU THINK COMMAS ARE EVEN
NECESSARY? WHY OR WHY NOT?

WRITE THE OBJECTIVE FOR THE DAY AND


RATE YOURSELF 1-5:
I CAN CITE RELEVANT EVIDENCE AND
EXPLAIN ITS IMPORTANCE IN MY WRITING.

Quiz
TOMORROW

SOME STUDENTS ARE STILL MISSING THEIR ROUGH


DRAFT. EVERYTHING IS UPDATED IN THE GRADE
BOOK. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR WANT TO RE-DO
SOMETHING BEFORE PROGRESS REPORTS COME
OUT, YOU MUST SEE ME TODAY.

WHY DO WE USE COMMAS?

SO HOW CAN I USE THIS?


COMMA RULE #1:

USE A COMMA BETWEEN TWO INDEPENDENT

CLAUSES THAT ARE CONNECTED BY A


COORDINATING CONJUNCTION.
WHATS AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
WHATS A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION?

WILL MAKE YOUR WRITING MORE CLEAR, AND


WILL MAKE YOU SOUND REALLY SMART

EXAMPLES:

MY THROAT HURTS. I DONT FEEL LIKE

GETTING OUT OF BED TODAY.


WITH COMMA/CC: MY THROAT
HURTS, AND I DONT FEEL LIKE
GETTING OUT OF BED TODAY.

NOW:
FINISH FILLING OUT YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER WITH EVIDENCE FROM
THE ARTICLE.

WRITE AN EXPLANATION FOR EACH PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU FOUND.


WRITE A PEEL PARAGRAPH ON YOUR OWN SHEET OF PAPER (THERE IS
NOTEBOOK PAPER ON THE BACK TABLE IF YOU NEED A SHEET).

HIGHLIGHT TWO EXAMPLES OF USING A COMMAS CORRECTLY WITH A


COORDINATING CONJUNCTION BETWEEN TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES.

DUE AT THE END OF CLASS TODAY.

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