Choose one of the articles you read, then in a full page response, answer the question asked.

From High School to the State House?

How could this year’s midterm elections shift the balance of power in the U.S. government?

Growing up in the Word’s Most Dangerous Place

Why does the U.S. care what happens there? What are conditions like there? What does the “lost generation” mean?

How did Hitler Happen?

Can a leader like Hitler come to power again? Address opposing claims.

Discuss how Hitler and the Nazis used propaganda to manipulate the German people.

Wednesday November 5{TEK: 18; ELPS: 1E}

TEK: write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventionsELPS: 5B- write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary

Wednesday November 5TEK: 7- understand, make inferences, and draw conclusions about author’s use of irony; 19B- use reading skills to understand

author’s messageELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies…analyzing…expressions; 4J- expand reading skills…inference.

Homework- Due Tomorrow 11/6

Test on Thursday over Desiree’s Baby

 

Monday November 4Advisory Period

• You must have prior written approval from a

teacher before I let you leave Advisory Class.

• Go to thefuelonline.com and vote for the Lip Dub song for

this year!

• Join some UIL teams! Literary Criticism or Current Events, be

a part of Rocket Pride

• READ OR DO HOMEWORK!

• STAY QUIET!

• I will need Handbook Forms, Federal Forms, GT Forms

 TSW use the STAAR Rubric to revise and edit a short answer response.

1. Add to your journal the chart below. This is how your short answer responses will be scored and graded.

Monday September 22TEK: 7- author’s use of sensory language} [ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies; 4J- demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading

Score Point Grade

3 100

2+ 90

2 88

2- 85

1+ 69

1 65

1- 60

0 50

Nothing 0