Writing Your Letter

Big Idea: How do the audience, purpose, and occasion affect the way we write?

Learning Target: 

Reading: Today you will read articles on Newsela for 10 minutes.

Agenda:

1. I will grade your vocabulary homework today. Here is your new list of vocabulary words. It will be due next Monday.
2. Newsela reading assignment:
1. You need to read at least five articles this week from five different topics.
2. You need to pass the quiz for each article. Start on a higher difficulty of reading and then move down.
3. Screenshot your screen when you pass a quiz and paste it onto the Google Doc in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
4. Write a one-sentence summary of the article. Your sentence must have exactly 15 words. I will check.
5. This is due on Friday.
6. If you finish before Friday, you may borrow one of the books from my bookshelf and read it for ten minutes.
7. Use this class code if you don't see quizzes after the articles: HZNDZD
3. Rhetorical Situation: Audience, Purpose, and Occasion
1. You will find the slides for this in Google Classroom. You will complete this with a partner.
2. Today you will write your letter arguing for one of the paintings.
3. Start a new English Journal: Business Letter

Homework:

1. Make sure you started your new vocabulary assignment. It is due on Monday.