Agenda:

Homework:

• have on your desktop/table:
  • your paper draft with the annotations stapled to the editing sheet
  • C. 26 Parallelism – sentences #1 – 10
  • 1 – 10 completed from Parallelism #1 (Chomp Chomp)
    • finish 11 – 20 for tomorrow – work on this during the HW check
• Introduction to the Narrative Essay Unit – all materials for this are on the Writing and Grammar tab of the blog under the heading: Narrative Writing
  • today we will be doing the Coca-cola Ad writing activity in groups of three or four: see the prompts on the WG page
  • the link to the Padlet for posting the answers are on your TEAMS class

Agenda

Thursday:

• homework review for:
  • Chomp Chomp #2 – Fused and Comma-splice Run-ons
  • Parallel Structure Ch. 26 – review the first 8 sets for what is not parallel
    • homework for Monday, October 28: rewrite the 10 sentences so they are parallel
    • Start working on Chomp Chomp Parallel Structure: Parallel structure 1 – Remember: you can do the online version but you must have a record of your answers either on the PDF download or a separate document – complete the first 10 for Monday, October 28
• For the remainder of the class:
  • Finish any edits you might have for the final, good copy of your essay, which is due tonight to TEAMS

Wednesday

• Have your paper copy of your draft out and exchange with someone at your table. Using the Synthesis editing sheet, annotate on the draft copy of the essay, and answer the questions on the editing sheet
• Chomp Chomp #2 and Parallel Structure Package Ch. 26 (#1 -8 sets) are due tomorrow for review in class
• Conjunctive adverbs – see materials in the writing and grammar tab – probably tomorrow
• Essay is due tomorrow night to TEAMS – remember to bring in your paper draft with the editing sheet to class on Monday – no school on Friday 🙂

Tuesday

• Instruction for MLA Citation – see the materials in the SS tab of the class blog
• continuation of yesterday’s essay check-in
• Chomp Chomp #2 if time

Monday

• rough draft of your essay is due today
• students will bring up their drafts to me; quiet in the room while…
• …you are waiting for your turn to show me your draft, options to work on:
  • work on your essay: tweak, make sure quotes are properly integrated, make sure you have analytical verbs, etc.
  • read through the Essay Checklist
  • Finish Chomp Chomp #2
  • Start work on the Parallelism document: Ch. 26 on Parallelism
• Timeline:
  • Tuesday – Chomp Chomp #2 is due AND How to – MLA citation instruction
  •  Wednesday: a good DRAFT (99%) is due for peer editing with the sheet -print off at home or in the library BEFORE class
  • Thursday night – final GOOD copy of essay is due to TEAMS

Agenda

Thursday

• four quotes from Horses of the Night are due:
  • analytical commentary, page numbers, techniques? how is the quote significant?
  • as a table group, share and compare your quotes; eliminate overlaps, discuss the significance of each (should have four); write a sentence that follows the Sentence Patterns for Discussion document:
    • Ray Bradbury’s use of satire in The Veldt highlights the overly materialistic family and
      the lack of connection between the children and their parents. Their tools and toys become more important than their relationship with each other: “I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”
  • When you are finished, go to the Padlet posted in your TEAMS English 12 class and create a post; then, copy and paste your work into the post
• For tomorrow’s class, have your thesis statement ready

Wednesday

• lesson on ‘verbs of analysis’ and a refresh of how to integrate a quote
• work on essay; which means read through the sources… start formulating a thesis, and start working on quotes
  • what are the most important quotes in
    • Horses? …allegory evidence? allusion evidence…? symbol evidence..?
    • Shawshank

Tuesday

• homework check and discussion of #1 – 10 of Chomp Chomp #1 – run-on sentences
• discussion of the Gandalf quote
• review of the essay instructions

Agenda

Friday

• Sentences HW check: WHILST this is happening, re-visit your Hopepunk quotes and how the philosophy fits the narratives’ protagonists – Andy and Chris
• finish up the comparisons/contrast discussion and the quotes
• review the grammar and start the next grammar assignment – look for this heading in the Writing and Grammar tab:
  • Materials for comma-splices and fused run-ons:
    • Chomp Chomp #1 – due Tuesday, October 15

Thursday

• Work on the grammar assignment that is due tomorrow (Sentence Types Review)
  • have your chart and Hopepunk quotes and connections up on your desktop
• discussion of the parallels and the differences between the two narratives