June 21, 2021

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

Blocks 1/4

• Silent reading
• Checking in
• Discussion on essay process
• Handing in essay
• Cover page
• Essay
• Works Cited
• Plan
• Handing back books
• Note: any books missing will be reported to the office
• Recap of speech project
• What I would do:
• "I have learned that often, it isn't about me"
• Examples: being a father, COVID, protests on systemic racism
• Today's speech: Independence Day
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• Freewrite: Brainstorm ideas
• Time for speech. Your goals today:
• Choose a topic you want to focus on
• Create a clear argument
• Come up with several possible pieces of evidence
• Create a plan for organizing your information
• For tomorrow, come with a plan for what to write your speech about. You'll have the entire lesson to write it
• Discussion on lessons this week around Reconciliation

Blocks 2/3

• Checking in
• Discussion on essay process
• Handing in essay
• Cover page
• Essay
• Works Cited
• Plan
• Handing back books
• Note: any books missing will be reported to the office
• Recap of speech project
• What I would do:
• "I have learned that often, it isn't about me"
• Examples: being a father, COVID, protests on systemic racism
• Today's speech: Independence Day
• 
  
  
  
• Freewrite: Brainstorm ideas
• Time for speech. Your goals today:
• Choose a topic you want to focus on
• Create a clear argument
• Come up with several possible pieces of evidence
• Create a plan for organizing your information
• For tomorrow, come with a plan for what to write your speech about. You'll have the entire lesson to write it
• Discussion on lessons this week around Reconciliation