Thursday, March 20, 2014

1. Thursday, March 20, 2014 HW: STUDY WEIRDO QUESTIONS & VOCAB: TEST MONDAY • Read Quietly or Study/Work on Weirdo Study Guide 2. Hunting Argument Writing Assignment: • Review Rubric • Example of Writing Process • Write, revise, & turn in 3. One Pager: Copy Paper/Color 4. Poetry Introduction: Red Lit. Book/Cornell Notes

2. Hunting in the Powhatan Swamp Pro (In Favor of Hunting) Con (Against Hunting) To increase animal population (58) Hunters kill off a predator like mountain lions or wolves, so there are too many prey like deer (107) A certain number of animals need a certain number of food sources; hunting can kill off food sources (111) Habitat can handle more animals (184-5) Animals can’t defend themselves (198) Animal against animal is the way it should be; it is the natural way (200) People destroy a species for pleasure, not for necessity (268) Animals feel pain & enjoy life (268) Hunting should be allowed only if there are too many animals or if they are damaging plant life (268-9) • To protect crops (103) • For food – bear steaks (103) • Too many animals & not enough food – animals will starve (106-7) • Too many animals (111) • Food during the Depression (194-5) • Hunters keep a balance in nature; they eat what they kill (263-4)

3. ← Position Statement ← Reason #1 ← Explanation of Reason #1 ← Real-life experience ← Reason #2 ← Explanation of Reason #2 ← Fact ← Call to Action The National Wildlife Conservancy should not impose a moratorium on hunting and fishing in north Georgia and they should allow hunting to continue. Hunting helps control the animal population. If we are not allowed to hunt, animals such as deer and bear will overpopulate. This will cause overcrowding causing the deer to seek new habitats. My family has been in an automobile accident when a deer ran out in front of our car. Hunting helps to control overpopulation which forces animals to leave their safe habitat. In addition, animals are an important food source for millions of Americans. Hunters eat what they kill. During difficult times like the Depression, hunting provided food that helped people survive. Please allow hunting to continue in north Georgia and do not impose a moratorium on hunting and fishing.

4. Independent Seat Work • Hunting Argument Writing Assignment: • Write, revise, & TURN IN TODAY: T-Chart & Written Argument • One Pager: • Copy Paper & Instructions on Back Table • Markers on Left desk • Turn in if you finish • Reader’s Workshop: Poetry Introduction/Cornell Notes • Read Red Lit. book, pages 542-547 • Define on paper the following words: form, stanzas, traditional, free verse, speaker, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification • Reread “Under the Back Porch” and answer the “Close Read” questions in the right margin • Reread “A Word is Dead” and “Cynthia in the Snow” and answer the “Close Read” questions in the right margin • Reread “The Courage That My Mother Had” and answer the “Close Read” questions in the right margin • Place Cornell Notes in notebook & read quietly