Friday,+December+2,+2011

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**Learning Objectives (copy into journal):**

 * 1) Understand and identify a "call to action" statement
 * 2) Complete an Argument Map
 * 3) Complete an Academic Summary
 * ==== __MATERIALS__: ====
 * ==== Planner ====
 * ====Journal====
 * ====Highlighter====
 * ==== Pen/pencil ==== ||

** IMPORTANT WEEKLY DATES (copy into Planner): **

 * 1. Arguments, Claims & Evidence**
 * Argument/Claims PPT
 * Student continue their cornell notes from yesterday
 * Teacher shows "How does a written argument end?" sheet and students take cornell notes, highlighting bold text (show via docucam)
 * Students __underline call to action (sentence 6)__ and label CTA in their "Letter to Principal"
 * Teacher models on whiteboard example after students complete
 * Argument Map
 * Students copy into journal (show via docucam)
 * Students complete using information from their marked "Letter to Principal" (move shoulder to shoulder in A-B pairs)
 * //They have not done this activity before, so you may have to aid/prompt them before they can work with their pairs.//
 * Academic Summary
 * Teacher PASS OUT and COLLECT Academic Summary worksheets at beginning and end of each period because there is only enough copies for a class set, so the students do not get their own.
 * Students copy the "Structure for Summary" section sentence into journal and complete the template that follows in their journal using their Argument Map (show via docucam) (individual)
 * Students highlight typed text that is provided in the template as they complete/fill-in the template in their journals (they write EVERYTHING in the template, they do not just fill in the blanks) (individual)
 * //They have not done this activity before, so you may have to aid/prompt them before they can work on their own.//