Housekeeping
May 3
What do I need to read?
Complete sentences (20 min)
Review Coordination quickly
Sentences as packages for ideas
Subject-- noun: main person, thing, or idea that is doing or being (not connected to a preposition)
Predicate-- verb: action occurring (may simply be "linking" or "helping")
"The Tale of Mr. Morton"-- http://youtu.be/T427DI5uUZ8
A piece of an idea = sentence fragment
Two ideas crushed together = a run-on sentence
"I realize" tip
"Conjunction Junction"-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
Test with some sample sentences (print, pairs complete, other pair grades during discussion) (go sentence by sentence)
Discuss subordination
Partner (or 3-way) Editing
Look at the last paragraph of one of your essays that is still in the Revise or Borderline state
Read the last sentence out loud to your partner
Discuss possible changes based on spelling, word order, word forms, punctuation
Make a change if needed.
Look at the second to last sentence and repeat the process. Continue the process for all sentences in the last paragraph
Switch to the other person's essay and do the same
Individual Editing time
Writing time
Write like the wind
Cool down and next steps
Write like the wind