Welcome Darling Sophomores

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Welcome Darling Sophomores

• Quietly find your seat, take out your TKM books,
  and open your journals to a fresh page.
• Journal response In which areas do you think
  you did well on the practice MCAS? In which areas
  did you struggle?

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Highest Scores MC/OR

• Lissette C.
• Leslie A.
• Gerard D.
• Brittany T.
• John N.
• Leenette C.
• Paige R.
• Darlene G.
• Shao M.
• Melissa R.

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Highest Scores Multiple Choice

• Lissette C.
• Leslie A.
• Gerard D.
• Brittany T.
• John N.
• Leenette C.

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Highest Scores Open Response

• Lissette C.
• Leslie A.
• John N.
• Gerard D.
• Brittany T.
• Paige R.
• Jasmine P.

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MCAS Review Open-Response

• Honors English 10
• Ms. Pisano

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Common Mistakes

• Not answering the question asked
• Use the topic sentence that weve been practicing
  to keep you focused
• Your quotes are too long
• Use phrases instead of long sentences her hands
  sewed hundreds of jean (Na 110).
• Misuse of the homonym there, their, and theyre

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Format for Open Response

• Topic Sentence that directly answers the question
• First reason to support your topic sentence (your
  words)
• Quote to support your first reason with MLA
  citation
• Second reason to support your topic sentence
  (your words)
• Quote to support your second reason with MLA
  citation
• Third reason to support your topic sentence (your
  words)
• Quote to support your third reason with MLA
  citation
• Clincher Statement to wrap up your paragraph

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Topic Sentence

• Your topic sentence must answer the question
  asked and state the main idea of your paragraph.
• This is the first sentence of your response, so
  it is important that you write it well.

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Perfect Topic Sentence

• A perfect topic sentence should reference the
  author, genre, and title of the reading passage
  AND answer the question asked.
• Everything you need to write the perfect topic
  sentence is already provided for you.
• Simply reference the author, genre, and title AND
  reword the question.?

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Session 1 Open Response

• Title Moving Big Stuff
• Genre article
• Author Wendy Mitman Clarke
• Question In the article, the author uses
  non-technical language and explanations to
  describe the complex, technical process of moving
  a lighthouse. Identify at least three such
  examples and explain how each one helps the
  reader understand the moving process. Use
  relevant and specific information from the
  article to support your answer.

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Session 1 Topic Sentence

• In the article Moving Big Stuff Wendy Clarke
  uses many examples of non-technical language to
  describe the complex, technical process of moving
  a lighthouse.
• Wendy Clarkes article Moving Big Stuff
  describes the complex, technical process of
  moving a lighthouse through the use of
  non-technical language.
• lighthouse_response.doc

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Session 1 Open Response

• Title Barter
• Genre Poem
• Author Sara Teasdale
• Question The word barter means to trade
  something in exchange for something else. Explain
  why Barter is an appropriate title for the
  poem. Use relevant and specific information from
  the poem to support your answer.

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Session 1 Topic Sentence

• The title of Sara Teasdales poem Barter is an
  appropriate title for many reasons.
• Barter is an appropriate title for Sara
  Teasdales poem for a number of reasons.
• barter_response.doc

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Session 2 Open Response

• Title Epilogue Hands
• Genre Epilogue
• Author An Na
• Question Explain how hands record the stories of
  the characters lives in this excerpt. Use
  relevant and specific information from the
  excerpt to support your answer.

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Session 2 Topic Sentence

• In An Nas Epilogue Hands, hands record the
  stories of the characters lives.
• An Na discusses the ways that hands record the
  stories of characters lives in her piece,
  EpilogueHands.
• hands_response.doc

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Session 3 Open Response

• Title The Speech They Only Wish They Could Make
• Genre Speech
• Author Richard A. Katula
• QuestionKatula states that a classic eulogy
  contains two parts praise for the dead and
  advice for the living. How does the Gettysburg
  Address meet Katulas definition of a classic
  eulogy? Use relevant and specific evidence from
  the Gettysburg Address to support your answer.

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Session 3 Topic Sentence

• The Gettysburg Address meets Katulas
  definition of a classic eulogy because it praises
  the dead and advises the living.
• Abraham Lincolns The Gettysburg Address meets
  Katulas definition of a classic eulogy because
  it praises the dead and gives advice to the
  living.
• gettysburg_response.doc

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TKM Review of Chapters 10-11

• In pairs, you will be given one question to
  answer and present to the rest of the class. You
  will record your answer on one slide, support it
  with a quote, and include a picture.
• Slides must be named firstname_TKM.ppt and
  submitted to the DropBox today!

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Mondays Homework

• Please read through Chapter 14 for tomorrows
  class. There will be a reading quiz!
• Complete the there, their, and theyre handout.