Day 1: Housekeeping, Course Review and Assignments

You cannot be what you do not see. 

Welcome to Mr. Allen's Summer Session 2 Work Website on Blogger. This website is set up in line with Minnesota Benchmarks and Standards for the English Language Arts to provide a rich and meaningful teacher-student engagement with expectations for learning.

The following information is aligned with the teaching of ELA. 

• 2010 Minnesota Academic Standards – English Language Arts K-12Curriculum and Assessment Alignment Form  Grades 6-12 English Language Arts 
• Minnesota Academic Standards in English Language Arts

Grade 9-10 Standards (ELA)

9.7.7.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. 

9.7.8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. 

9.7.9.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. 

a. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work [e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare]”). 

b. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning”). 

9.7.10.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. 

a. Independently select writing topics and formats for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks. 

9.12.1.1  Cite specific textual visual or physical evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information. 

9.12.2.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text. 

9.12.3.3 Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them. 

DISCUSSION QUESTION 1:

How are theme and central ideas, word choice, language in context, figurative language, and text structure differenent in informational text and literature? 

Assignment (Reading & Questions): Political Writers -  Passage 6a: Thomas Jefferson, Sixth State of the Union Address