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SENIOR WRITING

SENIOR WRITING. Week 2: Personal Narrative and Unit 1 Grammar. Monday. Openings Active and Passive Voice – Active Voice occurs when the subject performs the action. In Passive Voice, the subject of the sentence is acted on by another agent. Example

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SENIOR WRITING

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  1. SENIOR WRITING Week 2: Personal Narrative and Unit 1 Grammar

  2. Monday Openings • Active and Passive Voice – • Active Voice occurs when the subject performs the action. In Passive Voice, the subject of the sentence is acted on by another agent. • Example • Passive: Snuffles was taken to the vet by my mom. • Active: My mom took Snuffles to the vet. • Rewrite in Active Voice • Chrissy’s dress for the dance was chosen by her mom.

  3. Monday • Learning Targets: • I will self-assess my strengths and weaknesses from the Pre-Test. • I will write a suitable Thesis for the Topic • Go over Pre-test – complete self-assessment • Hand out and Go over Unit 1: Lesson 1 • Discuss Thesis and Outline for upcoming Paper

  4. Pre-Test • For the items you scored correct, look for patterns of concepts you understand. • Example: I recognize most fragments and am able to correct them. • For the items you missed, look for patterns of concepts you need to focus on. • Example: I missed the commas with conjunctions and non-essential elements.

  5. Grammar: Unit 1, Lesson 1 • Unit 1: Review of correct sentences, commas, semi-colons, colons, apostrophes, and quotation marks. • Unit 1 • Fragments – note how to correct. • Run-ons and Comma Splices – fix in similar manner

  6. Thesis • Thesis will be centered around a specific career, internship, apprenticeship, military program, or college goal. • Part of the thesis needs to identify why this is a viable option for you – • Why you think you would be good at this • What experiences you have had that make you settle on this particular choice.

  7. Thesis • Not a thesis • Sam, Steve, and my mom. • Everything influenced my choice of career • I plan to go to college at MCC; then I will transfer to GVSU. • Will work as a thesis • My love of the outdoors and my family have influenced me to pursue a career as a conversation officer. • From my experiences in CTC and my family members who already work in construction, I have decided I want to study to be an engineer.

  8. Wednesday • First, pick up your computer and log in. • No OpeningsToday • Go to www.turnitin.com • You need to create an account. • You then need to log in to my class • Class ID is 5869979 • Charley3 is the enrollment Key

  9. Wednesday • Learning Target: I will demonstrate an ability to explain my interests and link this information to my thesis. • Type up two body paragraphs • When finished, ask me and I will discuss your conclusion • Discuss Semi-colon and Colon usage • Assign to complete Ex. 2

  10. Thursday (please wait to get COWS until directed.) • Openings • Copy down the words below. Make note of their definitions. • Use 5 of the following vocabulary words correctly. You may write an original sentence for each or you work more than one word into a sentence. You will be working some of these into your Personal Narrative, so try to think about how you could apply these to yourself. • Accountable – adjective – responsible, answerable for one’s actions • Adroit –adjective – clever or skillful, dexterous • Arduous – adjective – involving or requiring strenuous effort • Certify – verb – to confirm formally, verify • Endure – verb – to carry on through despite hardships, to cope with difficult situations/conditions • Fortuitous – adjective – occurring by a happy accident or chance, fortunate • Proficient – adjective – competent in doing or using something, skillful • Vocation – noun – calling, profession, a career one feels strongly about pursuing

  11. Learning target: I will compose a conclusion that closes my essay well. • Check Lesson 2 • Discuss Lesson 3 • Explain and model conclusions • Finish Body paragraphs and Work on Conclusions • Review notes on Introduction and email about introduction. Begin revision.

  12. Learning target: I will compose a conclusion that closes my essay well. • Complete Lesson 3 • If not finished with body paragraphs and conclusion – do so tonight. Also, review notes on Introduction. • Tomorrow, you need to revise introduction and finalize narrative and submit to Turnitin.

  13. Friday • Openings • Copy down the words below. Make note of their definitions. • Use 5 of the following vocabulary words correctly. You may write an original sentence for each or you work more than one word into a sentence. You will be working some of these into your Personal Narrative, so try to think about how you could apply these to yourself. • Affinity – noun – a innate liking for someone or something • Aptitude – noun – a natural ability to do something • Aspire – verb – direct one’s hopes towards doing/achieveing something • Enhance – verb – improve the quality or value of • Forthright – adjective – direct, straightforward, candid • Plethora – noun – a great amount, an excess of • Tenacious – adjective – persistent, not letting go of or giving up easily

  14. Learning Target: I will make my introduction suit the audience and purpose. • Finish Introduction • Submit complete Personal Narrative to Turnitin.com • If you do not finish step above, please visit with me today prior to leaving. • If you have trouble submitting, please see me. • Lesson 4 – do and correct • Weekend – review grammar – test on Thursday.

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