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Quickie ReviewIn the comments, answer at least one of these questions:
Experiments about the Power of ContextZimbardo's mock prison experiment at Stanford University asked: "Why are prisons such nasty places?" Hartshorne and May's tests of 11,000 schoolchildren were designed to measure honesty.
HomeworkRevise ONE of your writings from this week; turn it in on Friday.
Make sure when you revise, you check to see if your ideas are on the right track; are you getting your message across? Are you answering the question? Revising is NOT proofreading. It is okay, at this point, if you have errors of grammar or mechanics. This is all about your IDEAS. Writing topics [repeated]Today, work on the third writing topic. Be sure to complete both a pre-write (plan) and a first draft that answers the question. HomeworkNothing is due tomorrow. However, a revision of one of these pieces of writing is due on Friday. You might work on the revision partly on Wednesday night and partly on Thursday night, or do it all in one night.
Also, be sure that you have read the second half of Chapter 4. Writing topicsHomeworkThese are the writing topics for this week. After creating first drafts of each, choose ONE of the three to REVISE by Friday, 10/9. You will have class time to work on this, but you might need to work at home depending upon the progress you make at school. HomeworkRead Chapter 4, second half, pages 151-168
Quickie ReviewClass: writingUsing your pre-write from Friday, move to the drafting step. Compare and contrast the "Stickiness" of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. This week's assessmentYou will have a variety of writing assignments for this week. The assessment for this week will be a revised version of one of your pieces of writing. It is due on Friday, October 9. Homework(1) Continue working on the comparison-contrast of Sesame Street and Blue's Clues if not finished in class.
(2) Re-read (or read) the first half of Chapter 4. Quickie ReviewClass writing![]()
HomeworkActively read the first 1/2 of Chapter 4: pages 133-151.
Quickie ReviewHomework(1) Choose an objective: something you want to influence the 9th/10th graders to do.
(2) Re-read (or read) Chapter 3. Ideas generated in class:
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