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Mon 10/19. Bell Work = Get ready for QUIZ – write one thing you think will be on it on your bell work paper – remember Bell Work is graded Fill in Agenda – Agenda Police QUIZ Essay Week. PMAC.
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Mon 10/19 • Bell Work = Get ready for QUIZ – write one thing you think will be on it on your bell work paper – remember Bell Work is graded • Fill in Agenda – Agenda Police • QUIZ • Essay Week
PMAC • there is a Multicultural meeting they need to attend. The first meeting will be held on Monday Oct. 19 from 2:30-3:00 in room D-5. • PMAC reps • Alejandro Lense • , Logan Davis • , Meier Cohen • , Paul Lukas, • IssacBennjamin
Tues 10/20 • Due: POEM Final • CW: Essay Intro • HWK: intro paragraph • moodle 7
How to Write an Essay • Think about… the FCAT… • You have to express your ideas/thoughts clearly to people who are not as intelligent as you. • An essay simply puts your OPINION into a clear format that anyone can follow.
Introduction • Hook the reader… • Remember: FIRST LINES advice • Interesting/Surprising fact • Ask a question • Set up a mystery/secret • Character Conversation • Speak directly to the reader • Describe/Introduce the character • Describe the setting or other objects • Say something really strange
Body • You want at least 2 paragraphs • Each should have a DIFFERENT focus/main idea • All details should be about that single main idea
Conclusion • Re-state your best points • Leave the reader glad that they actually read it/feeling like they learned something
Essay Options • Making Dinner for your Enemy • Imagine you have found yourself to be in the position to cook a meal for your worst enemy. What will you do? Do you want to kill, make ill, impress? Can you pull it off? Remember this is NOT A STORY. It is a descriptive essay. • Worst Job in the World • Can you imagine the worst job in the world? Picture what you hate most then imagine doing it all day every day until you are 60 years old • Show and Tell • What is your most prized possession? Bring it in to share with us, or attach a picture to your final writing. What if that item got stolen? How would you feel? What would you do?
My Intro • Some of the greatest villains in history have been poisoned to their deaths. A food taster is a must if you have many people who would like to see your demise. Mr. Jensen, of Pre-Calculus is such a villain. While I don’t want to be a murderer, I’d love to see him suffer just a bit. If I could make a meal for my enemy from 11th grade, it would be just what he deserves.
Body Paragraphs • A four course meal is just the ticket to lull my enemy into a false sense of comfort. The first course is a salad. The lettuce is crisp and green but between the leaves, tomatoes, and croutons, pencil shavings will make a delicious mix. No pens allowed in math class. Next comes the second course, a lovely angel hair pasta with sauce made of the squeezed out guts of an armadillo found on highway 19. • For the main course…baked-stuffed fillet of fish. Lightly dusted in ground up graph paper. The stuffing will be composed of the • Dessert is the cherry on the top. But Mr. Jensen’s ice cream sundae will have something better.
My Conclusion • I don’t want to kill him, just to see him miss a day of school or two. Those kids deserve a sub after suffering so long. My meal is simple yet effective. The math related secret ingredients are just the thing to put special flavor on the meal. My enemy will know what it feels like to get what he deserves.
HWK • Work on your essay introduction
Ryan & Nicole • first Student Council meeting of the year will be held this Tuesday, October 27th in the media center after school from 2:35 to 3:30 P.M. If a rep can’t attend, then the alternate needs to attend.
Weds 10/21 • BELL WORK: Write down a summary of what you did with the sub • Due: • CW: Rough Draft • HWK: Rough Draft 1 due Thurs • Moodle 7 due Thurs
Sub • How was the quiz? • Who still needs to take it? • What did you do yesterday?
Essay • Draft Yours
Thurs 10/22 • Bell Work = 1. hand in Green Moodle paper with your FIRST and LAST name • 2. DEAR 10 mins • 22 • Due: Rough Draft • Moodle 7 • CW: Revise/Edit Peer Review • HWK: Final Essay due 10/27
Revise & Peer Review • Peer Review • 2 Questions • 1. • 2. • 6 Traits • Rose • Thorn COMEPLETE THE YELLOW RUBIC, too!
Essay Help • Intro: tell topic and the main idea of each of the body paragraphs • Body: I would serve _____ because • Body: I would serve _____ because • Conclusion: re-state your topic and your best points
Revision Help Do you want feedback from the whole class?
Fri 10/23 • Bell Work = What is light as a feather, but even the strongest man cannot hold it more than a few minutes? (Submitted by Rainier Washington) • Due: • CW: Article Discussion • Share work • HWK: Final Essay due 10/27 – must be typed/printed – agenda check • Monday = wear red to show your support against drugs
Anticipation GuideChoose Agree/Disagree and write 1 statement about why… • If a college athlete is good at sports, he or she can "slide through school" and get a diploma. • Agree/Disagree • Many college athletes never earn their college diplomas. • Agree/Disagree • Most college athletes go on to play on professional sports teams. • Agree/Disagree • If new rules forced athletes to get good grades in order to play, many athletes might not be able to play. • Agree/Disagree
Article Discussion • Should athletes be required to have good grades? • If they are good at sports but not school, could it hurt their chances of a future? • Chips Article – Would you vote for the chip to be mandatory? • Think • Pair • Share
Learning Log • Today we learned…
For Monday • Wear RED to show you don’t do drugs!
Share • Clean up everything • Pass out folders • Pass back poems • ALL WRITING STAYS IN THE FOLDER • Share your story or poem • Volunteers?
