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GOALS FOR WEEK 10
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Learn about two structures for a summary-response essay and complete your first draft.
  2. Discuss how to recognize objective and subjective tone in writing.
  3. Learn how to form passive and perfect gerunds and infinitives.
  4. Learn and practice structures for introducing data and sources in academic writing.
  5. Learn about reporting verbs and how to express reported speech in English.
  6. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel and textbooks.
  7. Continue practicing skimming and scanning texts for information.
 MONDAY
-Warm-up
-Discuss Flowers for Algernon homework 7

-GS Chapter 9: Passive Gerunds and Infinitives

HOMEWORK
-Continue working on Grammar Sense Chapter 9 online homework and study for quiz on Wednesday
-Work on first draft of summary-response essay for peer review for Friday.
-Work on Journal 9 for Friday.
-Begin reading Flowers for Algernon pp. 255-284 and complete Homework 8 for Monday.

TUESDAY
-Warm-up
-Library research workshop with Core 8 class
-Practice passive gerunds and infinitives


HOMEWORK
-Continue working on Grammar Sense Chapter 9 online homework and study for quiz on Thursday
-Work on first draft of summary-response essay for peer review for Friday.
-Work on Journal 9 for Friday.
-Continue reading Flowers for Algernon pp. 255-284 and complete Homework 8 for Monday.

WEDNESDAY
-Warm-up
-Finish GS Chapter 9 (perfect gerunds and infinitives)
-Pathways Chapter 4: Tone exercise
-Review a second summary-response essay and structure.


HOMEWORK
-Finish Grammar Sense Chapter 9 online homework and study for quiz on Thursday
-Work on first draft of summary-response essay for peer review for Friday.
-Work on Journal 9 for Friday.
-Continue reading Flowers for Algernon pp.255-284 and complete Homework 8  for Monday.



THURSDAY
-Warm-up
-Quiz: GS 9 Gerunds and Infinitives
-Start GS Chapter 15
-More summary-response practice and writing time


HOMEWORK
-Complete and print first draft of summary-response essay for peer review tomorrow.
-Journal 9 due Friday
-Continue reading Flowers for Algernon pp. 255-284 and complete Homework 8 for Monday.
-Start GS Chapter 15 online homework.




FRIDAY
-Warm-up
-Review quiz
-Journal 9 due
-GS Chapter 15
-Summary-response peer review


HOMEWORK
-Complete final draft of summary-response essay for Tuesday, April 3.
-Continue reading Flowers for Algernon pp. 255-284 and complete Homework 8 for Monday. Bring your printed, completed homework to turn in on Monday.
-Start GS Chapter 15 online homework.



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