GOALS FOR WEEK 2
By the end of this week, you will:
By the end of this week, you will:
- Learn about the 3 types of sentences and 3 types of sentence structure problems.
- Introduce the three different types of sentence connectors: transition words, coordinating conjunctions, and subordinators.
- Review the parts of an essay and introduce the classification essay.
- Discuss plagiarism and academic integrity problems.
- Learn academic vocabulary through our novel, textbooks, and online homework.
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MONDAY
Materials: Great Writing -Warm-up -Discuss the 3 types of sentences -Warm-up 2 -Review essay structure and introduce classification essays (GW 4, pp. 4-8) HOMEWORK -Work on Journal 2 for Friday (Open topic--use simple, compound, and complex sentences in your work to get full credit). -Great Writing Unit 1 online homework, due Monday |
TUESDAY
Materials: Sentence Structure Packet -Warm-up -Discuss the study plan for The Giver -More sentence structure (handout) -Classification essay (handout from GW 3) HOMEWORK -Work on Journal 2 for Friday (Open topic--use simple, compound, and complex sentences in your work to get full credit). -Great Writing Unit 1 online homework, due Monday -Begin to read the introduction to The Giver and work on the Pre-Reading Assignment (due Friday, 2/7) |
WEDNESDAY
Materials: Sentence Structure Packet, Great Writing -Warm-up -More sentence structure -Introduce classification essay assignment HOMEWORK -Bring laptops tomorrow -Work on Journal 2 for Friday (Open topic--use simple, compound, and complex sentences in your work to get full credit). -Great Writing Unit 1 online homework, due Monday -Begin to read the introduction to The Giver and work on the Pre-Reading Assignment (due Friday, 2/7) |
THURSDAY
Materials: Sentence Structure Packet, Great Writing -Warm-up: Plagiarism workshop -SEW 4 sentence problems practice (Unit 1) -The Writing Process -Review essay introduction info (GW, pp. 18-22) -Classification essay work time (bring laptops) HOMEWORK -Work on Journal 2 for Friday (Open topic--use simple, compound, and complex sentences in your work to get full credit). -Great Writing Unit 1 online homework, due Monday -Begin to read the introduction to The Giver and work on the Pre-Reading Assignment (due Friday, 2/7) |
FRIDAY
Materials: Sentence Structure Packet, Great Writing, Q -Warm-up -Journal #2 due -Transition words in English -Sentence structure practice -Review body paragraph writing (GW pp. 30-31) -Q Unit 1 HOMEWORK -Great Writing Unit 1 online homework, due Monday by class time -Work on classification essay, first draft due Tuesday -Begin to read the introduction to The Giver and work on the Pre-Reading Assignment (due Friday, 2/7) |