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This webquest is a little different - you will be finding the answers to the question using your own research skills. 

• PROCEDURE
• You may use google or any other search engine (including our library’s very good resources) as long as your source is CREDIBLE.  Sorry, that means NO WIKIPEDIA! (But if you are clever, you know to check the sources at the bottom of the wikipedia page to see if you can find a credible source there.)
• Be sure to CITE YOUR SOURCE using the proper MLA citation format (provided on your worksheet).

If you lost your webquest worksheet, click here:

**This is due at the end of class today, so GET BUSY!**

Today we will trade the rough drafts for our Persuasive Letters and evalaute our partner’s letter using the worksheet provided (click here if you lost yours: persuasive-letter-partner-revision). 

Please also use today’s notes (click here: persausive-letter-revisions) to evaulate your partner’s (and your own) letter.

• DUE DATES
• partner revision - due by end of class Monday
• final revision of your letter - due by end of class Tuesday

**WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY FINISHED, STAPLE YOUR FINAL REVISED DRAFT & THE PARTNER REVISION SHEET TO YOUR PACKET WITH THE RUBRIC ON TOP.**

This is your final day in the lab.  Letters are due at the end of class.  Please review the REMINDERS  on yesterday’s post for your hints and read over today’s notes (CLICK HERE = persuasive-letter-notes-example-day-2).

• BY THE END OF CLASS, TURN IN THESE ITEMS (STAPLED IN THIS ORDER)
• rubric, name facing up
• copy of your letter
• Hot Seat sheet
• pre-writing worksheet (page 22)

Today will be spent in the lab working on our thesis statements & rough drafts.

• Reminders
• Follow the steps on the slides (CLICK HERE - persuasive-letter-notes-example-day-1)
• MAKE SURE YOUR THESIS RESTATES THE PROMPT AND IS PERSUASIVE!
• This is persuasive, so you must use persuasive devices (rhetorical questions, repetition, parallelism, appeals to emotion, appeals to logic).
• This is an OGT style writing test prompt.  This means you need 5 paragraphs (intro, 3 body, conclusion).
• Your thesis must be at the end of your intro and clearly preview your three body paragraphs.
• You must follow the letter format (either block or modified block).

Today we took our non-fiction unit test.  You will need to make it up ASAP if you were absent.

• HW
• reading log due Monday
• page 222  (worksheet for Persuasive Letter to Editor)
• click here for notes on Letter to Editor = persausive-letter-notes

Today we reviewed our “We Choose Honor” homework and what will be on the non-fiction unit test tomorrow.

We also went over the directions for the persuasive letter to the editor we will be working on next week.

HW - study for non-fiction unit test (notes here = we-choose-nf-test-review)

Today we participated in a written hot seat discussion regarding the dehumanization we read about during our non-fiction unit.   This assignment will serve as your pre-writing for our upcoming persuasive letter to the editor.

• HW finish
• “We Choose Honor” article & ?s (see yesterday’s post for handouts)
• finish last question for each ? on your Hot Seat worksheet

Monday - We reviewed the Elie Wiesel video & also read his Nobel Prize acceptance speech (pgs. 542-543).

Tuesday - We reviewed the speech & also read an article about his response to the 9/11 attacks.

• Click here for notes & article: 
• keep-memory-alive-notes
• we-choose-pg-1
• we-choose-pg-2
• we-choose-pg-3
• we-choose-article-questions

HW - “We Choose Honor” article & questions due Thursday

These days will be spent completing our class pilgrimage assignment. View the notes here (class-pilgrimage-notes) for help on exact due dates & helpful hints.  Get the rubric & directions here = ct-class-pilgrimage-project-0910.

• Also keep the following in mind:
• Indirect Characterization - Chaucer was a master of this and so we must attempt to duplicate his style.  How can you demonstrate your pilgirm’s personality without coming out and saying it?  Think clothing, physical appearance, complexion, dialogue from other characters, etc.
• Satire - Remember, you are not merely making fun and will have points deducted for just being plain mean.  The point is to criticize with humor, but to communicate a moral voice or lesson.  Review your notes for those 3 key satire ingredients and keep in mind that we said satire also involved things that could be considered disgusting or taboo!
• Your Pilgirm’s Tale - Remember, the tale your pilgrim tells is not about them.  Think about the Wife of Bath - she tells a tale about a knight who is a rapist.  The Pardoner tells a tale about three criminals.  Your pilgrim’s tale should showcase their personality or somehow reflect ironically on their character.  Remember the host’s challenge - the tale that teaches the best moral wins!
• Visual Aid - Don’t forget to provide some sort of visual aid for your pilgrim that reflects the description you provide in your character sketch.  It can be done on Powerpoint or poster paper.

Thurs. & Fri. we will be viewing a video about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor & Nobel Peace Prize winner.  We will soon be reading his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, so we need to know all about him.

Please view these slides for the video assignment (which is due Monday): wiesel-background-notes1

HW due Fri. = Reading Warm Up worksheet

HW due Mon. = reading log & Wiesel video journal