Objective: SWBAT identify and
correct run-ons and comma splices. SWBAT
evaluate the arguments in an informational text.
Do-Now: Vocab Practice: impartial, allegiance, dire, fervent, aspiring
1. Why is it important for teachers to be impartial?
2. Do you show allegiance toward your friends? Why or why not?
3. If you got into a dire car accident, would you probably have to go to the hospital? Why or why not?
4. Who/What are you fervent about?
5. What are you aspiring to do when you graduate high school?
Today: 1) Go over Do-Now
2) Introduction to Comma Splices and Run-Ons
3) As a class, complete "Check Your Understanding"
4) Individually, complete Practice #1.
5) In pairs, read “A Defense of the Jury System” pp. 310-311, completing the web. Write the author's main point in the middle circle and his supporting evidence in the surrounding blocks.
Exit Slip: Answer the following FIVE questions about today's article and yesterday's story:
1) What similarities can you see between the justice system mentioned in the article and the king's justice system from yesterday's story?
2)What differences can you see between the two?
3)What pros can you identify for each of the two systems of justice?
4) What cons can you identify for each of the two?
5)Ultimately, which system of justice do you feel is more fair to the accused?
Homework: Study for Monday's vocabulary quiz! Unit Test #2 on Friday, April 19! ALL MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY APRIL 19!!!
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