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GOALS FOR WEEK 2
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Continue to work on sentence structure, transition words, and avoiding the three types of sentence errors.
  2. Learn about adverbial clauses of condition with only if, unless, and even if.
  3. Learn and practice 5 techniques to paraphrase and avoid plagiarizing.
  4. Discuss how to make claims and use quotes effectively in short answer questions.
  5. Learn academic vocabulary through our novel and textbooks.
  6. Continue to work on cause-effect essays and have a peer review before completing the final draft.
MONDAY
Memorial Day--No classes

HOMEWORK
-Work on Journal 2 for Friday (pick an article from Upfront and write a  summary/response to it, just like last week).
-Complete Animal Farm Homework 1 for tomorrow.

TUESDAY
-Warm-up
-GD Workbook, p. 99

-Review of cause-effect connectors (SEW pp. 7-8)
-Book club: Discuss Animal Farm Homework 1
-LAW pp. 75-76
-Work on cause-effect essay

HOMEWORK

-Complete first draft of your cause-effect essay and bring a PRINTED copy to class tomorrow
-Study for quiz tomorrow on sentence structure, sentence structure problems, and transition words
-Work on Journal 2 for Friday.
-Continue reading Animal Farm pp. 37-72 and complete Homework 2 for Monday



WEDNESDAY
-Warm-up
-Sentence structure practice
-Quiz: Sentence connectors and transition words
-LAR Chapter 1, Reading 3
-Cause-effect peer review


HOMEWORK
-Complete final draft of cause-effect essay to turn in Friday.
-Journal 2 due Friday.

-Continue reading Animal Farm pp. 37-72 and complete Homework 2 for Monday
THURSDAY
-Warm-up
-Review grammar quiz
-Grammar Dimensions Ch 15: Conditionals
pp. 282-284
-Discuss plagiarism and write the two paraphrased sentences in Exercise A on p. 122,
-Paraphrase examples from p. 61.
-Cause-effect essay work session

HOMEWORK
-Complete final draft of cause-effect essay to turn in tomorrow.
-Study for LAR Chapter 1 quiz
-Journal 2 due Friday.

-Continue reading Animal Farm pp. 37-72 and complete Homework 2 for Monday



FRIDAY
-Warm-up
-Journal #2 due
-Grammar Dimensions Ch 15: Conditionals
pp. 286-289
-LAR Chapter 1 reading quiz
-Animal Farm homework examples
-Problem-solution essay model in LAW pp. 109-116

HOMEWORK

-Continue reading Animal Farm pp. 37-72 and complete Homework 2 for Monday
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