Writing 2: Writing 2 Class Notes

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Welcome back to CHAT! I hope you had a wonderful break and are ready to finish the year STRONG! The buds are budding and the sun is shining–and had another great class with this group!

We started with Visual Vocabulary. Today’s words are: catalyst and deleterious.Our vocabulary is growing–we only have one more installment of Visual Vocabulary before the end-of-semester quiz. Use this week to catch up on any essays/compositions that are overdue.

As per my email, you may check Google Classroom for your current grade. I have lost the battle with my grade book, so I won’t be sending any more reports this year.

Writing

Today, the Persuasive Essays were due. This essay required research, citations, and a Works Cited page. It also had a lot of Style elements required. This essay required some research, citations and Works Cited page. It also requires the most amount of Style elements for this year. For some, this list of Style elements is a comfortable challenge and for some, it has been a tough stretch.

If you are in the second category, I talked about how to reduce the checklist. I demonstrated using the document camera how to choose just a few elements from both the Dress-Ups and Sentence Opener categories and how to indicate those chosen elements all the way through their essay. If you are wondering which elements you should choose, I like to use the EZ + 1 strategy. That is, choose the elements that feel easy for you, and then add one more.

Be strategic about this! Your checklist should not look sporadic! For example, if one of your chosen elements is an -ly adverb, then I should see that -ly adverb in each paragraph. Please write “Reduced Checklist” on your Checklist if you decide to narrow it down.Unless you have indicated that on your checklist, I will expect all boxes to be checked–but DO WHAT YOU CHECK & CHECK WHAT YOU DO! 😀

In light of this new information, I extended the deadline. It will be due next week (4/24). I recommend students use their time well and get in any compositions/essays that are still in the “In Process” category.

Literature, we took some time to analyze the poem “I’m Nobody–Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson. We watched a video about her life and discussed how her poem reflected some aspects of her life. As homework, students will try to write their own “I am __________” poem in her style. We can learn a lot when we imitate great writers!

After that, I handed out one Grammar worksheet on italics and quotation marks. Students had some time to work the worksheets in class. They are due next week.

That is all! Blessings on your Easter!

He is risen!

Mrs. G

Homework

Week 13 Poems

Poetry Response Packets

“I am Nobody–” Poetry Imitation

Week 12 Grammar

–Italics & Quotation Marks

–Using Italics

Persuasive Essay (if not finished)

Links for This Week