Agenda:
Monday, Feb 27
- Review theme statements and Hopepunk quotes
- Discuss the Synthesis essay assignment and documents – all the materials are in the SS tab
Tuesday, Feb 28
- we will look at the Verbs for Analysis document and the rubric
- word day
Wednesday, March 1 (short day due to Capstone projects in STREAM)
- work day: you should by now have completed the graphic organizer and started your draft
Thursday, March 2
- Review quote integration rules and the MLA Citation ‘how to’ document
- work day
Friday, March 3
- you should be well on your way with your essay; the skeletal bones are there and you’re adding the muscle 🙂
- work day
Monday, March 6
- the ‘good’ draft copy in PAPER is due; EVERYONE must have a 98% finished paper copy of the essay; print it at home or at school!!!
- you will get an editor to use the checklist to review your essay (or you or someone else you are comfortable with), and you will do theirs
- first part of class to edit the paper – INK IT UP!!!
- second part of class, we will start the new unit:
- we will start looking at rhetorical writing strategies; parallel structure both as grammatical concept and a stylistic device
- begin the Narrative writing/personal essay/ creative non-fiction unit
Tuesday, March 7
- digital final draft is due to TEAMS tonight
- bring your draft copy with the edits and the Editing Checklist to hand in on Wednesday
- we will begin the new writing unit: narrative/personal/creative non-fiction unit
- after the break, you will be writing one of your own
- we will look at rhetorical strategies
- we will read exemplars