Please continue completing work on your own and email me if you have questions.

Practice Plan-- Happy T day---  Which is better, Hop hop or rock?

Narrative

V/C

Self- Affirmation

Plan one:

Journal- 

Plan an essay with examples for this prompt:   Can any obstacle or challenge be turned into a positive?






Write Placer Review and Practice-

Plan out this essay-  Don't write it, just plan it.

Is an education a requirement for a successful career? Explain the topic and either agree or disagree with the statement, offering support for your position

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Good day!  Please finish your self-affirmation essay for class on Thursday.  Email me for help.

1.  Journal-

Did you grade your essay?  What grade did you give yourself?  What areas are you good at?  What do you need to improve?


2.  Have another person in class grade your essay.


3.  HW-  Return with finished Victim/Creator and be drafting Self-affirmation.


Leave early-- meeting.

How to think about your writing-

Journal-

How do you know if your writing is good or not?



6-traits-  Check your notes for reminder

Voice
Ideas
Conventions
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Organization


6 traits Rubric HERE

Grade THIS ESSAY with the 6 Traits.


HW- Grade your own essay with the 6 Traits Rubric Above, Victim/Creator.

HW- Drafting:   self-affirmation essay. 


1. Intro with thesis at the end:  I am a _______, ___________, ___________ person who is....

2. proof of thesis

3  proof of thesis

4 proof of thesis

5 conclusion

lab day/ Catch up day.

1. Have someone read your essay-  Make changes.  Drafting time and editing time and your time--- We'll leave at two-- I'll meet with you as well.

1.Journal-    Have you caught yourself being a creator?  How so?

2.DOL-    when i went to the store i was happy to see.  That they had everything i wanted. Eggs, Bread Milk Carne Asada and Kool Aid so i bought it

3.V/C groups and reading….

4.HW- complete V/C essay for Tuesday. Final Draft

Journal-

1.    I was late because I ran out of gas.

2.    I didn’t do my homework because I was tired.

3.    I couldn’t get to work because my friend was late.

4.    I failed the class because the teacher was mean.

Please rewrite this language into creator language.

2.  DOL-

I was walking fast I saw a dog and he barked snarled and attacked, I ran.

3. Intro-  Explanation of V/C  (Thesis at end)

    Body paragraphs….Victim Story

     Body paragraphs Creator

     Conclusion

5.    HW- draft of V/C essay.

ENG 101-   10-11:15, T/ TH

Going on/.

1.  What's going on?


2.  Essays?  Let's check.

3.  On Course HW?  Let's check.

4.  Next essay?  Let's chat.

5.  HW- Victim and creator plan. Class register.

1. Journal-  Are you proud of your narrative story?  Why or why not?

2. MLA format check.

3.  TS TEST

4.  Groups and reading.

Look for:

Start in the middle?
One minute event?
No banned topics?
Paragraphs?
MLA format?
Circle any typos or mistakes you see, but don't fix them.

HW-  return with a revised draft.

1.  Names

2.  TS TEST

3.  Narrative Assigned-  Draft Due Tuesday, MLA format.

4.  MLA Format Practice.

5.  HW-  TS study and drafting and reading, THIS.

1.  Journal-  Summarize your story....


2.  What are narratives allowed to be about?


3. More notes-  thinking skills.



4.  Next class, Compt lab. MLA-

Analyze- To know what it's for and the parts of it.
Compare- Show what's the same
Contrast-  Show what's different

Connect-  Place in relationship with some other thing

Clarify-  to make clear
Classify- To put in groups with the same things.
Define-   To know the essential qualities.
Distinguish-  tell the difference b/t two things
Evaluate-  Tell the worth.
Elaborate-  Tell more about
Explain-   To make understandable.
Infer-   To guess based on evidence.
Identify-  to name
Interpret- Put in other words
Predict-  to point out a future thing.
Summarize-to tell a short version.
Synthesize - to put together.









 

Names,


Reading Test


Notes, cont.


TS Notes, too.


End- Thinking of Narrative story.  Have an idea for next class.

Journal-  What's your favorite food? Why?  What special way do you like it?

Names-

HW quiz

Narrative Notes


Writing Notes

T- topic-                  What it's about
A- audience-           Who it's for
P- purpose-             Why you are writing it.


6 Traits-

Voice-  Personality
Ideas-   Topic-  Interesting. Death. Your kids, how awesome you are.
Conventions-  Grammar
Word Choice-  Using the best word.
Sentence Fluency- Flow mix of long and short sent.
Organization-  The shape- what's first middle and last.  


Writing Process

Invent-  create an idea
Organize- Plan your work, work  your plan... Outline, list, etc
Draft-  Practice Version-  Get done fast.
Revise- Fix for voice, ideas wc, sf, org,
Edit-  Grammar.
Publish-  Star- perfect.



Common Errors-

Fragment
Pronoun antecedent agreement
Comma Splice
Run on
Parallelism
Verb Tense agreement
Tense Shift

HW-  Definition you understand and an example of the mistake.

Narrative notes-

Start in the middle
1 minute story.
No violence
No Drugs/drinking


HW- Think of your story and plan it out.

Event
Description
5 senses
End event.

Getting Started

1.  Collecting Homework.

2.  Journal-  Tell a story about something that embarrassed you.  1/2 page.

3.  Syllabus and Class overview.

4.  Names

5.  HW-  Reading:  This and This-  These are narrative essays.

Welcome To Class

Today we're taking home a diagnostic test.  I need to see where you are as a writer before we start-


Should college be free?  Why or why not?

For Homework, write a 5 pp essay that has a thesis that picks a side and provides support for what you think.

See you Thursday.