Tech writing week of September 30

Monday - Final drafts of school situation.

Tuesday - Analysis of Forensic notebooks.

English 11 week of September 30

Practice ACT Tuesday and Thursday morning for all juniors.

Monday – Memoir writing returned - midpoint evaluation. Homework: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 150-250 words.

Tuesday – Video on Word Choice

Wednesday – Writing Workshop - rephrasing a sentence.Homework:  Create a national holiday. What would be the date, and what would the holiday be about? 150-250 words.

Thursday - Writing Workshop -  flow; in Sentence Fluency groupings.

Friday - Revision with Sentence Fluency focus area. 

Sentence Fluency: Modifiers

Knowledge testing

Read about modifiers and misplacement at

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/index.php?category_id=2&sub_category_id=1&article_id=36

Read more about dangling modifiers at

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/1/

See if you can identify misplaced or dangling modifiers at

http://www.chompchomp.com/modifiers01/modifiers01.htm

How did you do?

            If you got more than 3 wrong,

See if you can identify misplaced or dangling modifiers at

http://www.chompchomp.com/modifiers03/modifiers03.htm

How did you do?

Now you’re ready to try:

http://uwf.edu/writelab/test/dangling_and_misplaced_modifiers_practice_test.htm

In an email to Luttke (aluttke@homeoftheshamrocks.org), identify what specifically you learned today and what do you still need to practice.

Sentence Fluency activities for September 26

Sentence Fluency

Please go to each link and listen/read to improve your

Sentence Structure,

Sentence Length,

Or Flow

Song: (1:00)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n68z0mw0rDc

Powerpoint: (6:00)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTWGtcc3Q8

Purdue Owl reading: (6:00)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/01/

Short idea: (:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWuR4dtM8dQ

Technical Writing week of September 23

Monday - Audience use and profiling

Tuesday - Profiling practice with technical document. Share as a group

Wednesday - Choose an issue with the school that you want to address. Profile audience.

Thursday - Writing and revising issue with school.

Friday - Final draft with sending, distributing.

English 11 week of September 23

By Thursday - for a homework grade - in your Goodreads account, record a 2013 reading challenge for yourself - minimum 2 books. You will find it on the homepage of your Goodreads account. Please copy and paste your 2013 Reading Challenge into the body of an email and send to aluttke@homeoftheshamrocks.org.

2013 Reading Challenge

 

Monday - Vivid verbs and Adjective usage

Tuesday - Modifiers -  Homework:  150-250 words What would be the theme song for your life? Why?

Wednesday - Introductory phrases, clauses.  Homework - Turn in notebook for a homework grade on memoir writings - Bad habit, Collect, Theme song.

Thursday, Friday - Sentence fluency group work. Homework - 2013 Reading Challenge for Goodreads.

Technical writing week of September 16

Monday – revise and present set of instructions.

Tuesday – Break out session with Mr. Jim. Please bring paper and pencil

Wednesday –  Online Class Activity

Search the Internet for a set of instructions and classify them as technical, semi-technical, or nontechnical. Use Master Sheet 11 for specific definition and examples.

In the comments below: Explain your classification, pointing to specific words and phrases that helped you make your decision. Provide the url for the Web page so that your classmates can access the instructions.

Thursday --Once all class members have posted their instructions, vote on which is most technical and which is least technical.  Handout – Dangerous Audience

Friday – Notes on audience and profiling

English 11 week of September 16

Remember to update goodreads account to include what you are currently reading.

Monday - Listen to excerpt from Unbroken. Identify through sentence fluency groups - what author does well. Homework: Describe one bad habit you have. Why is it bad? Why do you do it? 150-250 words. Goodreads is a graded assignment.

Tuesday - Practice ACT information. Sentence fluency idea from article returned. Practice and apply the idea. Update learning goal.

Wednesday - Excerpt from James Earl Jones memoir. What does he do well as it applies to structure and length of sentences. Homework:  Write about something you collect - how and why do you collect it? How do you store it? What does it say about you? 150-250 words.

Thursday - Article on tips for writing college application essays.

English 11 week of September 9

Remember: Reading book daily!

Monday - Pre Assessment writing returned with Sentence Fluency rubric. Create Learning goal for Sentence Fluency based on score received on rubric. Homework: Read and highlight Sentence Fluency article based on learning goal.

Tuesday - Introduction to learning goal group - grammar trivia. Share goal and highlighted elements from homework.

Wednesday - Memoir definition. Excerpt from Glass Castle. Receive and decorate writing notebook. Homework: update what you are currently reading on www.goodreads.com.

Thursday - What is truth? Answer and discuss. Homework: 100 words on Choose a color-list memories connected with that color.

Friday - Reread color entry, underline one idea. Rewrite in class. Sentence fluency groups - identify a sentence to improve - scale self and put on learning goal.

Technical Writing week of September 9

Monday - identify elements of 5 Components of Writing. Share rubric.

Tuesday - Audience - key questions. Apply to sample writing.

Wednesday - Notes on audience. Activity - writing to audience of same level.

Thursday - Notes on audience. Activity - create a set of instructions.

Friday - Activity - revise instructions.  Share out.

English 11

You will need the following for class:

Writing instruments
Paper
Pleasure reading book
Binder/folder for storing papers - can be used for other classes