Post date: Jan 4, 2012 5:23:21 PM
1A: Each student has a sentence written by another student. Identify each word in the sentence as a noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection, or article. Next, identify which type of noun, pronoun, verb, etc. each word is.
2: Writing assignment. We have begun work on a persuasive essay. Students have a rough list of statements that correspond with reasons (a list of answers that go with specific questions). Each item on the list needs to be written as a complete sentence. The essay has these fifteen parts:
a. This is what I want
b. This is why I want it
c. By having this item or by being allow to do this thing, I will be showing the world that I am:
d. Here are two alternatives to the thing I want
e. Here are three reasons why I should have the thing I want
f. Here are two reasons for why I was never allowed in the past to have it or to do it, and one response to each for why that old policy should no longer apply
g. Here are three problems that are solved if I get the thing I want
h. Here is one reason why my idea is better than alternative one, and one reason for why my idea is better than alternative two
i. Here is one reason why my idea is bad but still better than alternative one, and [do the same for alternative two]
j. Here is one way my idea will save time, money, stress, or another resource
k. Here are two things my parents want me to become when I am an adult (caring, trustworthy, kind, responsible, fair). For each of those two items, explain how you getting the thing you want will directly lead to you becoming that type of person
l. Here is one person, not you, who will be hurt, harmed, injured, negatively affected if you do not get the thing you want
m. Here are two statements that are both true of my argument AND that my opponent would agree with
n. This is my opponent's best reason for why I should not be allowed to have or do the thing I want
o. This is how I would respond to letter n.
Students already have those questions answered. Turn those answers into complete sentences. Each letter is its own paragraph. Each paragraph must be more than one sentence long.