Homework 11/15/10- 11/19/10 November 17, 2010

Monday 11/15/10

Watch a 30 minute sitcom. During commercial breaks, write down every commercial you see and the product being advertised. Use tally marks to show which commercials were shown more than once.  Total the number of commercials seen at the conclusion of the television program.

Alternative Assignment: Acquire a National Geographic from Mrs. Bird. Identify the total number of pages and the total of number of pages with advertisements. Determine the percentage of how many pages have ads in the magazine. Identify any advertisement that takes up more than one page, or any product that is advertised more than once in the magazine.

Tuesday 11/16/10

Review persuasive strategies used by advertisers.

Wednesday 11/17/10

Station 2:

1. Finish answering your questions in the margins.

2. On p. 563 complete the Reading Skill: Fact and Opinion chart. Write the chart on your own sheet of paper. Be sure to include explanations for each answer.

 

Station 3: Complete your essay.

Thursday 11/18/10

Complete Practice A or Practice B on p. 570 including the corresponding challenge question.

Friday 11/19/10

Write your list of counter-arguments based on the topic chosen in class.

 

This week.

Students are starting the Persuasive Unit this week and completed a pre-test over persuasive strategies on yesterday, November 16, 2010. The persuasive unit will be completed prior to the holiday break, and when students return in January, a Review Unit will begin.

During this unit, some homework assignments will require students to watch commercials. However, alternative assignments will be assigned that do not require tv for any student that requests it.

Below is a link to the Georgia Performance Standard’s website, which provides an overview on the unit.

https://www.georgiastandards.org/Frameworks/GSO%20Frameworks/8%20Unit%203%20Persuasion%20Writing.pdf