Transition Class: While you write an essay, this week we also will do workshops on common writing errors and sentence skills. We will use this free online book
>http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Writing%20for%20Success.pdf<.
WEEK 9, November 17-21, 2014
Monday: Punctuation and Capitalization
Use this site for helpful information about comma usage: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/grammar/commas/full
Essay Assignment #2 given. Due on Friday—all drafts, planning, and rubric. Complete Planning and Introduction today.
Tuesday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given.
Pronoun Reference and Dangling Modifiers
Essay #2 Support Paragraphs (do two)—complete both today.
Wednesday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given
Sentence Types—simple, compound, complex.
Essay #2 Last Support Paragraph and Conclusion—complete both today.
Thursday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given
Sentence Combining Workshop
Essay #2: Complete final draft today.
Friday:
Due: Essay 2 (with planning, rough drafts, rubric, and final draft with title).
How to take an Essay Test in 45 minutes (even though you will have 90 minutes).
Mock Essay Test 1—put your name on back of page 1.
>http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Writing%20for%20Success.pdf<.
WEEK 9, November 17-21, 2014
Monday: Punctuation and Capitalization
Use this site for helpful information about comma usage: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/grammar/commas/full
Essay Assignment #2 given. Due on Friday—all drafts, planning, and rubric. Complete Planning and Introduction today.
- Think about a big change in your life in the past. It could be a birth, a new partner, a marriage, a divorce, a new job, or a new home--or any other event. Write about how this change affected you at first, and how you feel about it now.
Tuesday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given.
Pronoun Reference and Dangling Modifiers
Essay #2 Support Paragraphs (do two)—complete both today.
Wednesday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given
Sentence Types—simple, compound, complex.
Essay #2 Last Support Paragraph and Conclusion—complete both today.
Thursday:
Journal, 9 minutes: suggested topic to be given
Sentence Combining Workshop
Essay #2: Complete final draft today.
Friday:
Due: Essay 2 (with planning, rough drafts, rubric, and final draft with title).
How to take an Essay Test in 45 minutes (even though you will have 90 minutes).
Mock Essay Test 1—put your name on back of page 1.