Today we did a handout on the New England Primer and Puritan beliefs. 

Then we had a Think with Ink called Maxims. (attached below)

Today we discussed how the Puritans were like and unlike "us" today.

Then we learned about the author, Arthur Miller.

Today we watched Salem Witch Trials documentary.
​Then we talked about how it all compared to the Red Scare of the 1950's.
We ended by starting to annotate an article called "How Did the Puritans Affect the Development of America?"

Today we finished annotating our article on multitasking and then did a pair/compare/share of them.

Then we listened to a podcast on popularity and took "what" style notes.

Today we practiced analyzing 4 texts using the P.A.P.E.R.S. acronym.

Then we learned how to annotate and started annotating an article on multitasking. 

Today we had our department argumentative paper.
​ It took the whole class. Those who finished read their book.

​Today was commercial day!

We talked about the various ways to reach an audience with an advertisement.

Then we had an assignment to analyze 10 advertisements. (Attached below)
This is due Monday/Tuesday.

Today we did the ACT English practice test.

After reading, we did a practice session of the reading section of the ACT and then corrected it.

We read in class.

We learned about topic sentences and how to write a paragraph.

Then we talked about what a text is and the possible text purposes, presentations, and roles.