Expository Writing Unit
November 20, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete a review exercise on punctuating different types of sentences.
2. Students will work on their Process Essay or revisions on their Extended Definition. |
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Expository Writing Unit (homework)
Due Date: November 19, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work on the Process Essay. |
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Expository Writing Unit (homework)
Due Date: November 18, 2009 |
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1. Students will review verbals and correcting dangling modifiers.
2. Students will work on the Process Essay. |
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Expository Writing Unit (homework)
Due Date: November 17, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work on Essay # 1--The Process Essay. Due-Monday, November 23, 2009. All papers must have a handwritten rough draft attached to the back of the typed copy. |
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Expository Writing Unit
November 16, 2009 |
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1.Collect the Extended Definition on what it means to be an American.
2. Have students share their essays.
3. Distribute assignment sheet with due dates for the marking period essays. |
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Extended Definition (homework)
Due Date: November 13, 2009 |
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1. Students will finish viewing Homeless to Harvard.
2. If time is left, they will work on their extended definition. |
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Extended Definition (homework)
Due Date: November 12, 2009 |
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1. Students will view Homeless to Harvard in class.
2. Students will work on their extended definition at home. |
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Extended Definition (homework)
Due Date: November 11, 2009 |
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1. Students will view: Homeless to Harvard in class.
2. Students will work on their extended definition at home. |
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Extended Definition (homework)
Due Date: November 9, 2009 |
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1. Students will continue to discuss and take notes on what it means to be an American.
2. The rough draft and final typed copy of the extended definition of What it means to be an American will be collected on Monday, November 16th. |
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing
November 6, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will complete a punctuation exercise and an exercise on varying sentence beginnings. |
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing
November 5, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit their descriptive essay-favorite childhood toy.
2. Students will complete an exercise on correctly punctuating different types of sentences. |
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Descriptive Essay (homework)
Due Date: November 4, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work on their descriptive essay in Rm. A221. |
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Descriptive Essay (homework)
Due Date: November 2, 2009 |
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1. Review: simile, metaphor, personification, anthropomorhism, allieration, assonance and onomatopoeia.
2. Students will write a descriptive essay--describe your favorite childhood toy. The handwritten rough draft and final typed copy will be collected on Thursday, November 5th. |
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Grammar and Mechanics
October 30, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete a punctuation review exercise.
2. Students will work on their descriptive essay. |
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The Fable (homework)
Due Date: October 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will revise and retype original fables.
2. Students will write a descriptive essay: Describe your favorite childhood toy--1 1/2 to 2pages. The essay will be collected next Wednesday. |
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The Proposal
October 28, 2009 |
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1. Students will finish their proposal essay and submit it with a handwritten rough draft.
2. Students will complete a punctuation review exercise. |
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The Proposal (homework)
Due Date: October 27, 2009 |
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| Students will work on their proposal in the computer room. |
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The Proposal (homework)
Due Date: October 26, 2009 |
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| Students will work on their proposal in the computer room |
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Grammar and Mechanics (homework)
Due Date: October 23, 2009 |
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1.Students will review the use of the apostrophe, comma, semicolon and colon.
2.Students will work on their extended definitions. |
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Grammar and Mechanics (homework)
Due Date: October 22, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will brainstorm for the extended definition essay that will be collected next Thursday, October 29th. |
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Grammar and Mechanics
October 21, 2009 |
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1.Students will complete an exercise on correctly punctuating different types of sentences.
2.Students will critique each other's original fables.
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Grammar and Mechanics (homework)
Due Date: October 20, 2009 |
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1. Students will read Reading Critically, Writing Well "Reincarnation."
2. Students will begin writing a short reaction essay, 1 to 1 and 1/2 pages which will be collected tomorrow.
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Grammar and Mechanics
October 19, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will complete an exercise in correcting dangling modifiers. |
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Grammar and Writing (homework)
Due Date: October 16, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will read several fables: The Dog in the Manger," The North Wind and the Sun," The Old Man and Death,"The Fox and the Grapes," "The Crow and the Pitcher," "The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, and "The Chameleon" as examples to follow for their original fable that will be collected Wednesday, October 21st. |
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Grammar and Writing (homework)
Due Date: October 15, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work in the computer room on revising and retyping their essay on an ethical issue. |
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Grammar and Mechanics (homework)
Due Date: October 14, 2009 |
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1. Students complete an exercise on the use of the apostrophe.
2. Students will work on revising their essay on an ethical issue. |
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Grammar and Mechanics (homework)
Due Date: October 13, 2009 |
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1. Students will correct errors in the punctuation exercise for an improved, averaged grade.
2. Students will complete the correcting dangling modifier exercise. |
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Writing (homework)
Due Date: October 2, 2009 |
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| Students will work on ethical issue essay. |
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Writing (homework)
Due Date: October 1, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit their Reaction essays.
2. Students are write a 2 to 4 page essay answering the question: Is our society on a "downward spiral toward moral bankruptcy"? Students should include their personal experience, observation, and reading that lead them to reflect on ways in which moral standards have or have not changed, and on whether any change has been for the better or the worse?
This essay will be collected next Thursday, October 15, 2009. Two will be critiqued in class. |
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Writing Skills Review/Writing (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2009 |
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1. Students will review the nine ways to begin a sentence and complete the Varying Sentence Beginnings exercise.
2. If any time is left, students can continue to work on their "Money For Morality" Reaction essay. |
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Writing (homework)
Due Date: September 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will read the article: "Money For Morality" as a follow up to Friday's discussion on society's "ethical thermostat."
2. Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 3page Response essay. This will be collected on Thursday, October 1, 2009. |
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"Money For Morality"
September 25, 2009 |
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1. Students will discuss the article "Money For Morality" and begin writing the first rough draft of their response to the question about the "ethical thermostat." The essay will be collected on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing
September 24, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete review exercises on punctuating different types of sentences.
2. Students will take notes on varying sentence beginnings. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: September 23, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising and retyping their Significant Person essay. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: September 22, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will work on the final copy of their Who Am I essay. |
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Summer Reading Part #2
September 21, 2009 |
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| Students will complete the Summer Reading writing exercise. |
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Summer Reading
September 18, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will complete the Summer Reading writing exercise. |
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Brainstorming/Drafting (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2009 |
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1. Students will work on organizing their notes to form a first handwritten rough draft.
2. For homework, students will work on a second handwritten rough draft. Both drafts must be brought to class on Monday to be typed. |
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Brainstorming
September 16, 2009 |
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1. Students will brainstorm:
"Who Am I?"
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing (homework)
Due Date: September 15, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete an exercise on correcting sentence fragments and sentence run-ons.
2. For homework, students will continue to work on revising their essays. |
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing (homework)
Due Date: September 14, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete an exercise on identifying Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound/Complex Sentences. Students must also distinguish between main and subordinate clauses.
2. Students will review comments and corrections on returned revised, retyped essays for further revision and retyping. |
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Grammar and Mechanics of Writing
September 11, 2009 |
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1. Students will review Simple and Compound Sentences.
2. Students will take notes on Complex Sentences.
3. Students will submit essay #2. |
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Grammar/Mechanics of Writing (homework)
Due Date: September 10, 2009 |
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1. Students will take notes and complete an exercise on Simple and Compound Sentences.
2. Students are to review notes for homework and be prepared with essay #2 which will be collected tomorrow. |
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Parts of Speech/Grammar
September 9, 2009 |
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1. Students will take notes on prepositions and subject and verb agreement.
2. Students will complete an exercise on verb tenses.
3. Students are reminded to submit essay #2 on Friday, September 11th. |
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Parts of Speech (homework)
Due Date: September 8, 2009 |
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1. Students will review verb tenses and pronoun case.
2.Students will complete a class exercise on correcting sentence fragments.
3. Essay #2-- Students are to write a 1 and 1/2 to 3-page essay about a person who has had a significant impact on their lives. The handwritten rough draft and typed essay will be collected on Friday, September 11th. |
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The Sentence (homework)
Due Date: September 4, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit their revised, retyped introductory essay.
2. Students will take notes and complete exercises on distinguishing between complete sentences and sentence fragments.
3. Students will take notes on phrases and clauses.
4. Essay #2--Students will write a 1 and 1/2 to 3 page essay on a person who has had a significant impact on their lives. The handwritten rough drafts and final typed copy will be collected on Thursday September 10th. |
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Parts of Speech
September 3, 2009 |
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1. As a class, we will correct the parts of speech comprehension exercise.
2. Students will complete an exercise on identifying verb tenses.
3. Students will complete an exercise on identifying
prepositional phrases. |
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Parts of Speech (homework)
Due Date: September 2, 2009 |
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1. Identifying prepositions and conjunctions.
2. Students will complete a comprehension exercise for homework.
3. Students are reminded that their revised, retyped introductory essay will be collected on Friday September 4th. |
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Parts of Speech (homework)
Due Date: September 1, 2009 |
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1. Students will receive their introductory essay on self-image. Time will be allotted for a brief discussion of comments and corrections. The students' revised, retyped copy must be resubmitted on Friday September 4th. Students must staple the corrected copy and all rough drafts to the back of the revised, retyped essay.
2. Review of nouns, pronouns and adjectives.
3. Identifying verbs, verb tense and adverbs. |
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Parts of Speech
August 31, 2009 |
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1. As a class, we will correct the diagnostic test of writing skills.
2. Identifying nouns, pronouns and adjectives.
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Course Introduction (homework)
Due Date: August 27, 2009 |
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1. Distribute course outline, expectations, and grading policy.
2. Students were given the introductory writing assignment. The typed essay will be collected tomorrow. |
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Final Exam Preparation
June 12, 2009 |
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| Students will work on final exam. |
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Final Exam Preparation
June 11, 2009 |
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| Students will use the internet to research for the final exam. |
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Final Exam Preparation
June 10, 2009 |
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| Students will use the internet to research for the final exam. |
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Final Exam Preparation
June 9, 2009 |
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| Students will use the internet to research for the final exam. |
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Revision of Essays (homework)
Due Date: June 8, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising and retyping essays. |
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Extended Definition (homework)
Due Date: May 29, 2009 |
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1. Students will read the sample extended definition and review the outline.2. Students will watch "A Place At The Table" for a variety of definitions of America.
3. Students are to write an extended definition, defining "American." What does it mean to be an American? 2-3pgs. due next Thursday, June 4, 2009. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: May 28, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room on revising and retyping essays. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: May 27, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room on revising and retyping essays. |
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Review of Punctuation and Usage
May 26, 2009 |
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| Mug Shot exercises #41, 43, and 45. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: May 22, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising corrected essays or on Essay #4. |
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Essay Revisions (homework)
Due Date: May 21, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising corrected essays or work on Essay #4. |
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Essay Revision (homework)
Due Date: May 20, 2009 |
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| Students will work on revising corrected essays. |
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Review of Punctuation
May 19, 2009 |
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| 1. Students will complete an exercise reviewing punctuation, mechanics and usage. |
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Punctuation Review (homework)
Due Date: May 18, 2009 |
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1.Students will correct "The Price of Peace" and "The Throwaway Society."
2. Students will review grammar skills.
3. Essay #4: Reflective Essay (2-3 pages) It is the year 2019. Describe where you are academically, professionally, socially and politically. Tell how you got her and what you are doing. Identify your successes and failures. Due Tuesday, may 26, 2008 |
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Review Punctuation and Usage
May 8, 2009 |
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1.Students are to complete oral and written review exercises.
2. Students will work on their creative essay. |
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Essay #3--Creative Essay (homework)
Due Date: May 7, 2009 |
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| Students will work on their creative essay. |
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Essay #3--Creative Essay (homework)
Due Date: May 6, 2009 |
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| Create a holiday. Explain what will be celebrated and why, when it will be celebrated and why, who will celebrate it, where it will be celebrated and how it will be celebrated. The essay should be 2-3 pages, and it will be submitted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. |
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Standard English Written Exercises
May 5, 2009 |
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| Students will complete the Let's Write Well exercise. |
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Standard Written English Exercises
May 4, 2009 |
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| Students will review and complete exercises that require students to correct errors in punctuation and usage. |
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Peer Editing and Review (homework)
Due Date: May 1, 2009 |
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| Students will critique sample Comparison Contrast Essays. |
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Correcting Errors in Sentences
April 30, 2009 |
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| Students will complete an exercise in correcting sentence errors. |
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Correcting Errors in Sentences
April 29, 2009 |
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1. Collect Comparison Contrast Essay.
2. Students will complete class exercise on correcting errors in spelling and punctuation. |
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Correcting Errors in Sentences
April 28, 2009 |
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| Students will complete class exercise on correcting errors in spelling and punctuation. |
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Peer Editing and Review (homework)
Due Date: April 27, 2009 |
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1.Students will continue critiquing sample Descriptive Essays.
2. Remind students about their upcoming Comparison/Contrast Essay. |
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Peer Editing and Review
April 24, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit "Table."
2.Students will critique sample Descriptive Essays. |
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Sentence Variety Review (homework)
Due Date: April 23, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit their Descriptive Essays.
2. Students will complete "Ashtray" in class and "Table" for homework. |
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The Comparison/Contrast Essay (homework)
Due Date: April 22, 2009 |
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1.Students will review format for the Comparison/Contrast Essay.
2. Students will brainstorm ideas for the essay which will be collected on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. |
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The Descriptive Essay (homework)
Due Date: April 21, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room to complete the descriptive essay on our global community. |
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The Descriptive Essay (homework)
Due Date: April 20, 2009 |
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1. Collect the Descriptive Essay #1.
2.Students will brainstorm a list of metaphors and similes.
3. Using the list as a base, students are to write a descriptive essay that has the global community as its theme. Due Wednesday, April 22, 2009. |
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Computer Room
April 9, 2009 |
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| Students will finish typing the Process Essay or begin brainstorming for the Descriptive Essay. |
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The Process Essay (homework)
Due Date: April 8, 2009 |
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1.Students will continue to work on the Process Essay.
2. Students will work on a Descriptive Essay which will be collected on Monday, April 20, 2009. |
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The Process Essay (homework)
Due Date: April 7, 2009 |
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| 1. Students are to complete a Process Essay (2-3pgs.)and submit on Thursday, April, 9, 2009. |
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Review
April 3, 2009 |
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| Students will use the time to revise and retype essays. |
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Review of Verbals
April 2, 2009 |
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| Students will review participles, gerunds and infinitives. |
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Review of Mechanics
April 1, 2009 |
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| Students will review the comma, semicolon and apostrophe. |
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The Proposal (homework)
Due Date: March 31, 2009 |
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| Students will work on their Proposal Essay. |
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The Proposal (homework)
Due Date: March 30, 2009 |
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Students will write an essay proposing a solution to a clearly defined problem affecting a group or community to which they belong. Their task is to establish that the problem exists, to offer a solution that can reasonably be implemented, to lay out the particulars and to consider objections and alternative solutions as necessary.
This essay will be shared with the class on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. |
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Essay #7--Student's Choice
March 27, 2009 |
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1.Students will be encouraged to share their Essay #7 with the class before submitting it.
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Essay Revisions
March 26, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room. |
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Review Varying Sentence Types and Beginnings (homework)
Due Date: March 25, 2009 |
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1.Students will complete a sentence combining exercise: "The Hanging."
2. Students will work in the computer room on Essay #7 and revised essays. |
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Review of Punctuation
March 24, 2009 |
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1.Students will review the apostrophe, comma, semicolon and colon via board and class exercises.
2.Essay #8--Students will read "Reincarnation" and write a one and one half to three page typed response. This essay will be collected Wednesay, April 1, 2009. |
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Correcting Dangling Modifiers (homework)
Due Date: March 23, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete a correcting dangling modifier exercise which will be corrected in class.
2. Students will complete a homework correcting dangling modifier exercise. |
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Mechanics Review (homework)
Due Date: March 20, 2009 |
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1.Students will complete board and class exercises on punctuating different types of sentences. Emphasis will be placed on the apostrophe, comma, semicolon and colon.
2.Essay #7--Write a 1 and 1/2 to 2 page essay on a topic of your choice. This essay will be collected on Thursday, March 27, 2009. |
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Essay Revision
March 19, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room. |
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Essay Revision
March 18, 2009 |
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| Students will work in the computer room. |
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Varying Sentence Types & Beginnings (homework)
Due Date: March 17, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete a correcting dangling modifier exercise and an exercise that requires them to change clauses into phrases and phrases into clauses.
2. Students will continue to work on revising and retyping Essays # 4 and 5. |
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Varying Sentence Types & Beginnings
March 16, 2009 |
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1. Students will continue to share their Essay #6.
2. Students will correct exercise on correcting dangling modifiers.
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Essay/ Review of Verbals
March 13, 2009 |
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1. Students will review an exercise on identifying verbals.
2. Students will share their Essay #6 with class before submitting it. |
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Computer Room A221 (homework)
Due Date: March 12, 2009 |
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| Students will work on Essay #6. |
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Essay Revision and Essay #6 (homework)
Due Date: March 11, 2009 |
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Students will work in Computer Room A221 on revising and retyping essays.
Essay #6:Complete a 1 1/2 to 3 page response to "Money for Morality" article. This essay will be collected on Friday, March 13, 2009. |
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Verbals
March 10, 2009 |
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| Students will complete exercises on correcting dangling modifiers. |
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Verbals
March 9, 2009 |
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1.Students will complete exercises on identifying verbals.
2. Students will submit revised, retyped essays. |
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Verbal Review/Brainstorming
March 6, 2009 |
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1.Student will submit the exercise on correcting dangling modifiers.
2. Students will brainstorm for Essay #5. |
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Correcting Dangling Modifiers (homework)
Due Date: March 5, 2009 |
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1. Students will complete a correcting dangling modifier exercise.
2. Essay #5:In a 1 1/2-2 page essay, answer the following: A generous donor has given you a yearlong stipend allowing you to take a year off before entering college. How will you spend your time? Due Wednesday, March 4, 2009. |
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Correcting Dangling Modifiers (homework)
Due Date: March 4, 2009 |
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1. Students will review verbal identification and complete a class exercise on correcting dangling modifiers.
2. Students will complete a homework assignment on correcting dangling modifiers. See exercise Document#1.
3. Students will submit revised and retyped Essay#2 or #3. |
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PIG/Verbals
March 3, 2009 |
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1. Students will focus on identifying participles, infinitives and gerunds. See exercise Document#1.
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Commas/Semicolons
March 2, 2009 |
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1. Students will submit Essay #4.
2. Students will correct exercises on commas and semicolons. |
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Verbals--PIG
February 27, 2009 |
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| 1.Board and class exercises on identifying participles, infinitives and gerunds. |
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Essay #4
February 26, 2009 |
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| Students will work on Essay #4 in the computer room. |
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Types of Sentences
February 25, 2009 |
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1. Review punctuating different types of sentences.
2. Work in the computer room to work on revising and retyping Essays# 2 or 3. |
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Types of Sentences (homework)
Due Date: February 24, 2009 |
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1.Collect essay: a 2-3 page essay on a book or work of art that has affected your understanding of the world.
2. Review Compound, Complex and Compound/Complex Sentences.
3. Essay #4: In 2 to 3 pages, write about what you perceive to be society's greatest challenge today and why. Also discuss how this challenge can be or is being met. Due Monday, March 2, 2009. |
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The Comma
February 23, 2009 |
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1. Remind students about the essay that is due tomorrow.
2. Complete board and class exercises on the use of the comma. |
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Essay #3 (homework)
Due Date: February 13, 2009 |
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Write a 2-3page essay on any book or work of art that has affected your understanding of the world.
Staple the handwritten draft to the back of the final typed copy. Due Tuesday, February 24, 2009. |
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Types of Sentences
February 12, 2009 |
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| Students will complete a class exercise on identifying different types of sentences and distinguishing between clauses and phrases. The assignment will be collected at the end of class. |
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Essay #2
February 11, 2009 |
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Students will work in the computer room-A221.
Essay #2 will be collected at the end of class. |
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Essay #2 (homework)
Due Date: February 10, 2009 |
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Students will work on Essay #1--Write an essay about a person who has had a significant influence on you and describe that influence. Staple the handwritten rough draft to the back of the final typed copy.
Due Wednesday, February 11, 2009.
We will work in the computer room--A221. |
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Types of Sentences
February 9, 2009 |
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1. Review phrases and clauses.
2. Review Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences.
3. Cover Compound/Complex Sentences.
4. Remind students to revise and retype Essay #1 for an improved grade. |
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Summary Review
February 6, 2009 |
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| Quiz: Identify Parts of Speech and distinguish between phrases and clauses. |
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Essay #2 (homework)
Due Date: February 6, 2009 |
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| Write a one and one half to three page essay about someone who has had a significant impact on your life. Write to impress, and staple the handwritten rough draft to the back of the typed essay. Due Thursday, February 12, 2009 |
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Compound Parts (homework)
Due Date: February 5, 2009 |
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Compound Subjects
Compound Predicates
Compound Sentences
Students will complete an exercise in class and follow up with a similar one for homework. |
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Clauses and Phrases
February 4, 2009 |
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1.Students will rewrite clauses as phrases and phrases as clauses.
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Clauses and Phrases
February 3, 2009 |
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| Identifying clauses (main and subordinate) and phrases. |
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Parts of Speech
February 2, 2009 |
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1.Review Pronoun Case.
2.Adjectives and Adverbs--identification
3.Conjunctions--identification
4.Prepositions--identification |
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Introductory Essay (homework)
Due Date: February 2, 2009 |
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| Submit today: Discuss an event, experience or change that affected your self-image. Staple the handwritten rough draft to the back of the typed copy. |
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Diagnostic Test of Writing Skills
January 28, 2009 |
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First week
January 27, 2009 |
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1. Distribute class rules and expectations.
2. Introductory Essay: Discuss an event, change or experience that affected your self-image. 1 1/2/ to 2 1/2 pages--due Friday, January 30, 2009. |
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