March 1, 2017

Objective:  I can practice my test-taking skills to prepare to take the SAT or (re)take the SBA by using the skills we practiced as a class when reading "Femininity" and "About Men" and applying those skills to my independent reading of "A Woman's Beauty:  Put-Down or Power Source?"
Agenda:  

• Entry Task:  Get a Chromebook and sign in to Google Classroom
  • Review your notes from yesterday to continue your processing of "Define how the social idea of beauty plays a positive or negative role in self-image."
  • Open the CLASSROOM Beauty Performance Task in Google Classroom--you may take notes here or on a paper copy--your choice--you must turn in your notes on Friday with your essay.  Taking notes/annotating is a key test-taking skill.
  • Follow along in the Beauty prezi as we continue (you do not need to open this unless you are working from home)
  • Review your thesis statement
  • If not completed yesterday, read from The New York Times "The Meanings of the Selfie" by James Franco and answer the short answer questions.
  • Follow along to Lana Del Rey's song "Young and Beautiful" and answer:  Does this account for our obsession with beauty?  Why or why not?
  • Review expectations for Evidence-based body paragraph
  • If time, begin writing your essay in Google Classroom.  For full credit, you must have a thesis statement, two evidence-based body paragraphs, and a concluding statement.
  • Exit Task:  Put your notes someplace safe if you are not annotating in Google Classroom.  In the box is fine, remember to pick them up tomorrow.