Jump Off
--Please pick up each of the following from the front table:- your last grammar hammer assessment
- the "The Grammar Hammer Review--RE-READING Strategies" halfsheet
--Please grab your Chromebook from the cart in the back of the classroom, log yourself in, and access your research paper. Then, take a look through grammar hammer assessment.
- How did you do?
- What are your "PROS"?
- What are your "GROWS"?
S. the C.
--Reminder: It is important for you to stay caught up with regard to all of your coursework. It is in your best interest to check the blog and Schooltool often. Additionally, if you have an "INC" for a Marking Period, following up with me ASAP would be wise!--agenda/HW
Writing Workshop -- Research Unit: Writing an Academic Argument
--moving your essay from good to GREAT by...
- Control of Conventions
- continuing to find/fix some of the common conventions errors that have been identified
- missing or misplaced possessive apostrophe
- missing comma after an introductory element/transition
- missing comma in a compound sentence (before a FANBOYS)/unnecessary comma with a FANBOYS
- missing comma in a complex sentence (WUBAIS at the beginning)/unnecessary comma in a complex sentence (WUBAIS in the middle)
- WE WILL CONCURRENTLY REVIEW/APPLY OUR REVIEW, AND AT THE END OF THIS BLOCK OF TIME, AN ASSESSMENT WILL OCCUR.
--Please pick up a copy of the halfsheet titled "The Grammar Hammer--Review Assessment".
Assessment -- The Grammar Hammer--Review
--complete the assessment quietly and independently
--When you finish, ...
- please both the halfsheet and your last grammar hammer assessment in the black basket on the front table
- take out all of your materials for your research-based academic argument (annotated sources, notes, outlining template[s], counterargument materials, etc.) if you have not done so already.
--Reminder: Here is the compact ("gameplan") under which we are working so that your productivity is maximized:
Research Unit--Compact for Independent Work Time
- A quiet environment will be established and maintained. You have agreed to "police" yourselves to assure that this happens.
- Music will play lightly in the background. If you prefer, you can listen to your own music via a device and earbuds/headphones.
- You are expected to set and aim to achieve a goal for today's work block.
--consider visiting the following link in order to write and/or revise your conclusion:
Ticket-Out-the-Door -- Essays Shared via Email
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete the FINAL 45 minutes of Membean training this school year in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 5/30 (see the "Membean Routine" document).
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book (memoir still?!) between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS! During the final marking period, I intend to randomly check for books and include your level of preparation in my reporting via Schooltool.
Writing
--Please access your academic argument Google Doc between now and next class and attend to any feedback provided so that you can continue moving your essay from good to GREAT!
--Continue thinking about the End-of-Course Assignment question:
- What is your "why?"?
*I AM AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY MUCH DAILY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ONE-ON-ONE (ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STRUGGLING--BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND TAKE INITIATIVE!).*
