Day 4?

0.  Names/Attendance

1.  Be honest.  What things do you need to work on as a writer?  To consider it, use the 6-traits as a way of clarifying what you can improve.


2.  A list of these on the board, if you're willing.

3.  Punctuation-  what does every mark do?

4.  Topics and discussions.  Please write the topic you're thinking about on the board.

5.  Practice plans.

6.  Student example-  Grade with the 6 traits, please.

7.  HW- Drafting your essay, planning your essay-  Due on ?

8.  HW-  Want to read something awesome?  It's the apex of what we're attempting.

Getting Started.

Vocab Test-


Possible Research Topics


New Vocab Words


Names


Attendance


Grading with the 6 Traits  Mother Nature

6-Traits Rubric


HW-- Settle on a topic-- Ask a question?  A guiding question?  Suggestions for topics.  Pick something small and local that you care about.

HW-  Read this student example for class discussion.  What's wrong with it?  What's right with it?

21. alleviate      

 22. amalgamate               

 23. ambiguous 

 24. ameliorate

 25. amortize      

 26. amulet          

 27. anachronism              

 28. analgesia    

 29. analogous  

 30. anodyne      

 31. anomaly      

 32. antagonize

 33. antipathy    

 34. apathy          

 35. apocryphal

 36. apostate     

 37. approbation               

 38. arbitrary      

 39. arbitrate     

40. archaic         

Day 2

Journal-  What's your favorite part of the study of English and writing?

Who is on first?


Notes groups-

Define:

Topic, Audience, Purpose,

T:  What it's about. 
A: Who it's for.
P: : Why it's done.. Entertain?  Persuade?

6-traits:

Voice--    Your personality.
Ideas--     What it's about?  Creates a theme, meaning, purpose, the meat of the paper.
Conventions:  Rules
Org:  The shape
SF:  The flow.
WC:  Use of a specific vocab, related to you and the subject and the audience.

writing process:

Invent-  Making ideas.
Organize- Plan work, work plan
Draft-    Practice, do it, write the essay.
Revise-  To look again:  Org, Ideas, Sf, W/C
Edit-  Conventions.
Publish -  Publish-  means perfect.

Research-based argument essay:

It's an essay that has a debatable topic that includes research, rebuttal and argument.  

In text citation:   A way to signify where a quote or idea comes from.  Gives credit.

......................".........................................." (Rosas).

Works Cited:

A list of all sources used in writing.  Last page, titled Works Cited.

In sentence citation

According to Rosas in her article detailing the health of sloths, she states that, "....................."

Paraphrase:

Putting into your own words....

All lingo should be replaced
Flip the sentence.




Vocab reminder and review....

Essay assigned, what's in it and what do we need to know?

Drafts due Feb 11th.



Expectations...

10 % is paraphrased, quoted, or summarized.  The rest is you.
Original research (primary)
minimum of 7 sources-  books/ academic sources--  .edu/.gov

Attendance/collect HW

Assign HW

Vocab list for Tuesday, Jan 26.

1)    Abase-

2)    Abate-

3)    Abdicate-

4)    Aberrant-

5)    Abeyance-

6)    Abjure-

7)    Abscond-

8)    Abstain-

9)    Abstemious-

10) Abyss-

11) Accretion-

12) Acidulous-

13) Acme-

14) Adulterate-

15) Advocate-

16) Aerie-

17) Aesthetic-

18) Affected-

19) Aggrandize-

20) Alacrity-