Senior Writing

1. Senior Writing Please pull out Instruction pages 10, 11 Pronoun Antecedent Agreement Finish and Submit essays

2. Pronoun – Antecedent Agreement • The students will be decorating their lockers and class hallways tonight. • “their” is the pronoun that needs to agree with • the Antecedent – students. • Students is more than one – so use their or they or them when referring to the students.

3. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement • Mike or Pat needs to bring his computer tonight for the robotics meeting. • “his” refers back to Mike or Pat. It doesn’t mean both of them – just one – so we use “his.” • The Antecedent is Mike or Pat – one of the guys – this is what his refers back to. Could also use he or him – depends on what you are saying.

4. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement • Uses same rules as Subject-Verb Agreement • Single subject – gets him, he, his, her, occasionally it. • Plural subjects – get they, them, their • Everyone is single – so later use he, him, her, his • Both is plural – so later use them, their, they Assignment – Complete Exercise 5 – no rules, just corrections or C on the line.

5. Finalize and Submit essay • Finish and submit. • Be sure to include Works Cited. • Do highlighting • Turn in submission page • PLEASE TURN IN ARTICLES TOO!!!! • One add • Please do this on back of submission page • Reviewer 1 – name and score out of 5 with 5 being best • Reviewer 2 – name and score out of 5 with 5 being best

6. Friday • Opening – Copy down this quote • “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.” Bill Cosby • Agenda • Opening • Journal 8 • Correct Review • Do Unit Review • Start Mastery Review

7. Journal 8 • Part A. - This part contains lists. It is okay to repeat some items from one list to another or even within a list. • 1. List 5 things you would like to do some day. • 2. List 5 people who are important to you. • 3. List 5 things you are good at. • 4. List five favorite places, cities, seasons, restaurants, vacation spots…. • 5. List up to 5 songs, phrase from song lyric, quotes, sayings that you like. • 6. List 5 words your parents, teachers, coaches, employers might use to describe you. • 7. List 5 words you would use to describe yourself – be positive 

8. Journal 8 • Part B • 1. You need to find a picture of yourself – something you can print and cut out or a printed one. • 2. A quote you like – that reflects you – may need to think, look…. • 3. Song that reflects you, your life… • 4. About you – 100-125 words. • If this is all you could tell a college, future employer, future roommate – what would you tell them? Imagine the world is listening – so watch what you say. • 5. Latest blog – What is going on in your life? How are things going? What might others be interested in knowing?

9. Monday • Opening • Please write a corrected version of the sentence below • All of the students and many of the alumni stormed the field Friday to celebrate the win by his or her football team. • Agenda • Opening • Discuss Labels on Review • Finish and correct. • Do Mastery Review – Parts A-C – correct. Then finish. • Use note sheets – but not each other. • Tomorrow – work time for typing up Journal 8 – if you did not finish some items – please do so prior to tomorrow.

10. Mastery Review • Part A – C – Individual sections on skills • Sentence Errors – Remember – you are putting in periods or semi-colons to fix run-ons or comma splices OR you are taking out a period to combine sentences. • Punctuation – you may be taking in or out commas, apostrophes, or moving punctuation with quotation marks or perhaps changing a title marking. • Case and Agreement – You are changing a pronoun or a verb – you are not taking out anything that you do not replace. • Learning Target • I can identify and edit for sentence errors, punctuation errors (especially commas and apostrophes), pronoun case, and agreement errors.

11. Things to think about, prepare for • Look for quotes by famous people – may be from songs, movies, books, important figures. • Look for at least 5 – have them word for word and know who said it or what it is from. • Pictures of you doing activities (choir, sports, clubs, volunteering, mentoring) or of creating something (CAD, Wood, Metal, CTC classes, Culinary Arts), or demonstrating a skill (writing music, art, programming) or of awards you have earned.

12. Tuesday • Correct Mastery Review • Discuss assignment • Go to LMC

13. Wednesday • Unit 2 Test • Please get yourself situated for the test. • You need a pencil and “funny color” pen. • Please put all letters on the scantron – 1-50 and make corrections in pen on 1-20 on the test itsefl. • After the test – please assemble the pages I will put on the board for Units 1 and 2 to turn in. • 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36 • Think about what you could make a collage out of – pictures of skills, activities, clubs, CTC, etc.

14. Thursday • Please come in and sit where you wish – BUT CHOOSE WISELY. • Opening – Assemble and turn in homework • 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 36 • After you turn this in, please get your COW  • Discuss - Collage – what is it? What could you do? Need to get pictures. • Think about what you could make a collage out of – pictures of skills, activities, clubs, CTC, etc.

15. Thursday • Do and Save Wordle • Either save to drive and tell me to print – nicely – or print in color yourself. If using LMC, get note from me. • To Save – click on PRINT. In drop down for printer, choose “CutePDFWriter” – then save to your number. • Begin work on Collage • Gather 5 quotes • Learning Target: I can use technology to present my ideas, my strengths, my skills in a positive manner for an career/college audience.

16. Friday • Introduce Unit 3 – Assign p. 37 due for Monday. • Go over Unit 2 Test.