NU Homework DUE: 10-6-21

Homework: 

Write two more paragraphs using the OREO paradigm. 

Each paragraph should state the same OPINION as paragraph 1 (top and bottom of paragraph). Each paragraph should state a different REASON  (2nd sentence ). 

Each paragraph must contain lots of reputable evidence.

Here are examples of the work you are doing in class with your OREO paradigm 1st paragraphs.

SAMPLE TITLE:  Should There be Homework?

OPINION STATEMENT:    No homework should be assigned.

REASON STATEMENT: Because homework causes stress not only to students, but also to parents and teachers, homework is unnecessary.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: No homework should be assigned.

SAMPLE TITLE: Should Students be Able to have Phones in School?

OPINION STATEMENT:   I believe that we should be able to have phones in school.

REASON STATEMENT: Phones provide an extra device for learning.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: I believe that we should be able to have phones in school.

SAMPLE TITLE: Should Masks Be Required for Schools in the State of Texas?

OPINION STATEMENT: Masks should be required for schools in the State of Texas  

REASON STATEMENT: Wearing a mask can offer some protection from airborne transmission.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: Masks should be required for schools in the State of Texas 

SAMPLE TITLE: Is It Better for Students to Buy Lunches or Take Their Own?

OPINION STATEMENT: It is better for students to take their own lunches to school.   

REASON STATEMENT: School lunches may be unhealthy

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: It is better for students to take their own lunches to school.   

SAMPLE TITLE: Should we do Animal Testing?

OPINION STATEMENT: We must stop animal testing.  

REASON STATEMENT: It causes animals suffering.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: We must stop animal testing. 

SAMPLE TITLE: Are Hobbies Important?

OPINION STATEMENT:   Hobbies are important.

REASON STATEMENT:   Hobbies to relieve stress.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: Hobbies are important.

SAMPLE TITLE: Is the New Star Wars Movie Good?

OPINION STATEMENT:  The new Star Wars Movie is good.  

REASON STATEMENT: The movie made over 2 billion USD worldwide.

EVIDENCE:

OPINION STATEMENT: The new Star Wars Movie is good.

SSJ Homework DUE: 9-29-21

1) Memorize the part of MLK's speech that is in blue . . . 
OR
@ least be able to recite it with familiarity while reading it. 

The deadline to flat-out, full-out, completely, totally  know this part of the speech is: 10-6.

2) Write a 3 paragraph opinion (argumentative) essay using the OREO paradigm.

In each paragraph indicate:

1 of each DRESS UP 

1 of each OPENER (as is possible)

1 DEC in each paragraph

1 M3 in 2 paragraphs & 1 ANAPHORA in the other

SECOND HALF OF MLK's SPEECH  (August 28, 1963)

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."   (<- Isiah 40:4)

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,    From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

The "evidence" is support for your reason and may include examples, anecdotes, common sense, fact(s), quotes, and/or statistics, 

Here is a simplified explanation:

MOON Homework DUE: 9-27-21

We learned about ANAPHORAs in class. One of the best examples of an ANAPHORA is MLK's I Have a Dream speech.

Your assignment is to create an opinion essay, specifically an argumentative essay using the OREO format.
Stylistic Requirements:

Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP
Indicate 1 of every OPENER
4 DECs
1 ANAPHORA


Write this in your MOON doc. When it is perfected, copy and paste into the homework doc mailed to you, and submit that.

MOON Homework DUE: 9-27-21

We learned about ANAPHORAs today. One of the best examples of an ANAPHORA is MLK's I Have a Dream speech.

Your assignment is to create an opinion essay, specifically an argumentative essay using the OREO format.

Stylistic Requirements:

Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP

Indicate 1 of every OPENER

4 DECs

1 ANAPHORA

Write this in your MOON doc. When it is perfected, copy and paste into the homework doc mailed to you via Google Classroom and submit that.

PI Homework DUE: 9-25-21

Write an essay that clearly explains the most important content of the Janine Driver's TedTalk: Decided-LY Because Changes What Was.

As discussed in class, you must include:
Speaker
Title
Credentials
Analogy used  (repeat as necessary)
The 3 words and an explanation for each
The 3 steps to decision making. 
Explain which decision making step contains the 3 words
Use examples to explain the individual words & the logic of Decided-LY -Because


JV
In your whole essay 
indicate 1 of each DRESS UP
indicate 1 of each OPENER
1 DEC
1 M3
TT/CC


NOVICE
In your whole essay 
indicate 1 of each DRESS UP
indicate 3 of the OPENERs
1 DEC
1 M3
TT/CC


Write the essay in your RHO doc. Once perfected, copy & paste it into the HOMEWORK doc mailed to you. Then submit that homework doc.

SSJ HOMEWORK DUE: 9-22-21

HOMEWORK:

• KWO this essay.

• Insert a picture of your KWO in your SSJ document

• Using JUST your Key Word Outline, rewrite the America essay.

• Make sure you have NO banned words, NO contractions, and NO dialogue in your final draft.

• Indicate 1 of each DRESS UP

• Indicate 1 of each OPENER (do your best with these.

We will see where work is needed to understand all OPENERs)

• Indicate 1 DEC

• Indicate 1 M3

         

 America Before She Got Her Name

          

          The Americas were inhabited by a variety of different people and groups for many centuries. Thriving in Central America, the Mayan and Aztec people grew into large empires during the Middle Ages. During the same time period the Incas established a complex civilization on the western coast of South America. In the northern and western parts of North America different nomadic tribes lived in wigwams. Notably, Eastern Indian tribes were more settled. They lived in longhouses. They lived by raising crops, hunting, and fishing. The land, inhabited for ages by a variety of peoples, was only “new” to Europeans.

          This beautiful land, varied in landscape and vast in size, has sandy beaches, lofty mountains, arid deserts, and tropical rainforests.  A quick  look at a map, will show the land divided into two continents with a bridge of land linking them. Predictably, the continent to the North is called North America, and the continent to the South is called South America. Linking the two continents is a long narrow strip of land called Central America. Central America is bordered by both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The varied landscape of this beautiful land has been enjoyed for centuries by its many inhabitants.

SSJ Homework DUE: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

 DO NOT SUBMIT ANYTHING TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM YET.

Copy and paste these sentences into your shared Google doc right under your name and date stamp.  Use the date "DUE: Saturday, August 28, 2021."  Label as HOMEWORK.

ASSIGNMENT:

Find the banned words. Rewrite each sentence without the banned words, and BE SURE to make the sentence better.

1. Toby saw the deer, aimed his camera, and hoped he would get a great shot.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

2. Under the umbrella it got very crowded when all of  Jinny's friends tried to get out of the rain.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

3. He looked thirsty so I gave him some water.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

4. My neighbor said that there had been a raccoon eating out of her trashcan the night before.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

5. Our favorite store was going out of business because sales had gone down drastically during COVID.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

6. His sister went to my school and I never knew it.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

7. After finalizing the dates for the swim meet we gave the information to the newspaper.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

8. Why did she go to the mall when she could have gone to the resale shop?

REVISED SENTENCE: 

9. It is wonderful to come home to a home cooked meal.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

10. Darla said that Megan went to get a big pizza.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

11. Her dress was pretty until she fell into the mud puddle.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

12. My dog is bigger than your dog, so they will never both fit into the car with us. 

REVISED SENTENCE: 

13. Whoever said that we should invite then to come visit was crazy!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

14. I hope Santa when comes to my house he does not get stuck in the chimney!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

15.  My Mom told me to eat my vegetables or I would not get dessert.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

16. It is good to finish homework before going out to hang with friends.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

17. It was nice of the driver to slow down in order to avoid hitting the dog.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

18. My brother came home with a black eye and got into so much trouble!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

19. The teacher gave him an award for perfect attendance.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

20. I saw the cat stalk the unsuspecting bird, so I got a horn and blew it to scare the bird away.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

21. We invited them to come eat with us on Thursday.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

22. There is a pretty good chance that it will rain, so I got my big umbrella.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

23. Tacos are my favorite thing to eat for dinner.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

24. Ancient scrolls are looked at with extra care.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

25. Cars go too fast on the school road, and something should be done to stop it!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

Kael, Julian, Andre, Aiden, Kat, Stein, Sarah - 

Choose three of  your revised sentences from this list, and weave them into an amazing essay (fiction, of course). You may revise slightly differently depending on the context in which you want to use the sentences.
Highlight the sentences in blue, so I can find them.

Cool Cats - Siberian Tigers

Cool Cats - Siberian Tigers

Siberian Tigers

by

Your Name

Siberian tigers live in the far north, where the temperatures fall to minus 50º F. Beneath their golden and black coats, they have thick layers of fat for insulation.

Though the male tigers are loners, the females live in family units. They nurse their cubs in secluded dens. After two weeks the cubs open their eyes, and their teeth begin growing. Within three months they begin exploring outdoors.

While still nursing them, the females bring them meat to eat. When they are five to six months old, the cubs begin to accompany their mothers on hunting trips. Before they are one year old they start to hunt for themselves.

Siberian tigers prefer to eat wild pigs and deer, but they catch smaller game, too. They must search for prey persistently, for only a tenth of their hunting trips prove successful. When they capture a large animal they eat what they can, then drag the rest to a hiding place to finish later. When game is scarce, they often range hundreds of miles to find food. Their determination keeps them going.

Are you determined enough to work hard for what is good, pure, and worthwhile?  Or, do you shrug your shoulders and quit?  Wise King Solomon 1 asked, “Did you fail in a day of adversity?”2     If your goals are  just, worthwhile and pure, don’t give up!  In the book of Galatians you find this wonderful advice,  “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up.”3   Like the Siberian tiger on its hunt, try until you succeed.

 

FOOTNOTES

1  King Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was an incredibly wise king of the United Kingdom of Israel and  succeeded his father, King David. The dates of King Solomon's reign are about 970–931 BC which are in alignment with the dates of King David's reign.

2  Book of Proverbs, ch. 24:10

3  Galatians 6:9