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Monday
Presentations TODAY!!
Jobs
Someone to read the poem
Someone to run the Google Slideshow
Someone to speak about your poem/presentation
Two people to answer questions
Theme Essay – Select your topic.
DGP Sentence – each student must bring his paper and pencil to class
Monday – Write out the sentence and identify parts of speech including noun, pronoun (type and case), verb (type and tense), adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction (type), gerund, participle, infinitive and article.
Read Theory - 100 points per week
http://www.readtheory.org/
Membean - 100 minutes per week
https://membean.com/
Read 20-30 minutes each night. Discuss what you have read with a parent or guardian.
Tuesday
The individual activities are printed at the end of the weekly lesson plans. SCROLL DOWN!
Group 1 – Complete Hook Sentence Worksheet.
Group 2 – Complete Writing a Strong Thesis Statement Activity.
Group 3 – Complete Topic Sentence Activity.
Identify the three main parts of an introduction. Now apply this to your topic. (Hook, Bridge, Thesis statement)
DGP Sentence – each student must bring his paper and pencil to class
Tuesday – Write out the sentence and identify sentence parts including complete subject, simple subject, complete predicate, verb (transitive or intransitive), direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, appositive or appositive phrase, prepositional phrase (adjective or adverb), gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, participial phrase, object of preposition, object of infinitive and object of gerund.
Read Theory - 100 points per week
http://www.readtheory.org/
Membean - 100 minutes per week
https://membean.com/
Read 20-30 minutes each night. Discuss what you have read with a parent or guardian.
Wednesday
The individual activities are printed at the end of the weekly lesson plans. SCROLL DOWN!
Group 1 – Complete Writing a Strong Thesis Statement Activity.
Group 2 – Complete Hook Sentence Worksheet.
Group 3 – Complete Topic Sentence Activity.
Identify the three main parts of an introduction. Now apply this to your topic. (Hook, Bridge, Thesis statement)
DGP Sentence – each student must bring his paper and pencil to class
Wednesday – Write out the sentence and identify clauses (independent, adverb dependent, adjective dependent, noun dependent), sentence type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) and sentence purpose (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory).
Read Theory - 100 points per week
http://www.readtheory.org/
Membean - 100 minutes per week
https://membean.com/
Read 20-30 minutes each night. Discuss what you have read with a parent or guardian.
Thursday
The individual activities are printed at the end of the weekly lesson plans. SCROLL DOWN!
Group 1 – Complete Topic Sentence Activity.
Group 2 – Writing a Strong Thesis Statement Activity
Group 3 – Complete Hook Sentence Worksheet.
Identify the three main parts of an introduction. Now apply this to your topic. (Hook, Bridge, Thesis statement)
DGP Sentence – each student must bring his paper and pencil to class
Thursday – Write out the sentence and add capitalization and punctuation including end punctuation, commas, semicolons, apostrophes, underlining and quotation marks.
Read Theory - 100 points per week
http://www.readtheory.org/
Membean - 100 minutes per week
https://membean.com/
Read 20-30 minutes each night. Discuss what you have read with a parent or guardian.
Friday
Library
Peer Introduction Feedback/ Class Hook and Thesis Statement Share – This is a grade!
DGP Sentence – each student must bring his paper and pencil to class
Friday - Diagram the sentence.
Read Theory - 100 points per week
http://www.readtheory.org/
Membean - 100 minutes per week
https://membean.com/
Read 20-30 minutes each night. Discuss what you have read with a parent or guardian.
Writing a Strong Thesis Statement
Every thesis statement is an argument to be proved and supported by the body of the essay.
Remember, if your essay doesn’t support your thesis statement, you have two choices: change your essay or change your thesis statement.
WEAK THESIS: I learned that if I procrastinate, my essays will not come out as good.
STRONG THESIS:
Say why:
For many student writers, procrastination is based on fear; this fear keeps students from improving their writing because they do not take the time to fully develop their ideas.
Say why we should care:
Students should understand that worrying about grammar and spelling too early in the writing process will actually lead to a less analytical essay.
Say how:
English teachers often overwhelm students by giving them too many things to think about when writing essays: thesis statements, grammar, spelling, organization, audience, etc.
Make specific comparisons:
The key difference between writing in high school and writing in college is that your ideas become more important than your form. Therefore, college freshman have to learn a new way to write.
Make an evaluation:
My high school teacher’s insistence on teaching me the 5-paragraph essay has actually hurt my writing skills.
Consider the consequences:
If students do not find ways to ignore their audience at first and write “crappy first drafts,” they will never learn to fully develop their ideas.
Apply previous/other knowledge:
Knowing your audience is important; nevertheless, after realizing how much easier it is to write for a friend rather than a teacher, I am convinced that students should ignore their audience when writing a first draft.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF:
· Have I said something specific and meaningful? Have I used specific names, examples, dates, facts, etc., and said something about them?
· Have I said something arguable? What’s the point if everyone will agree with you or if everyone already knows this?
· Can I support my thesis? Can I think of specific examples and evidence? Does every point I bring up support my thesis or do I need to revise my thesis statement?
· Is it specific enough to write about in the required number of pages? Or would someone have to write a book (or a set of encyclopedias) to fully support my thesis?
· Is my thesis relevant to the assignment? Does it do what my teacher asks (i.e. argue, summarize, compare/contrast)?
· Does it show my ability to think critically about the subject? Does it answer one or more of the 5 Ws?
· Can I combine any of the above strategies to make my thesis even stronger and still answer “yes” to the above questions?
Thesis Statement Worksheet – Make them stronger!
Sample: One should write more formally for school than for a friend.
Revision:
1. Audience awareness is the most important part of writing.
2. It is difficult to write about topics you find boring.
3. Every reader needs to understand your points and examples.
4. Students spend most of their time thinking about grammar.
5. Not having confidence hurts your writing.
Hook Sentence Worksheet :D
Directions: Write a hook sentence for each of the prompts listed below (3 pts. each=15 pts.).
Definition of a Hook Sentence: The hook sentence is designed to grab the reader’s attention immediately and give some indication about the essay’s topic.
Ø Topic #1: Pick a sport and write a hook sentence that will get the reader as excited about that sport as you are.
o Hook Sentence:
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Ø Topic #2: Pick a career and write a hook sentence that will get the reader as excited about that career path as you are.
o Hook Sentence:
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Ø Topic #3: Write a hook sentence about the problem of pollution that will motivate people to do something about it.
o Hook Sentence:
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Ø Topic #4: Write a hook sentence highlighting the importance of music in people’s lives.
o Hook Sentence:
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Ø Topic #5: Write a hook sentence about the most exciting vacation destination.
o Hook Sentence:
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