August 7, 2018 Senior English
Counting without Numbers Blobs Syllabus Review of Yesterday
What I learned from your paragraphs. . . You are great with . . . positivity commonality respect of differences in opinions and personalities looking forward to your Senior year mostly correct grammar / mechanics / complete sentences friends mostly excellent handwriting What I learned from your paragraphs. . .
What I know we need to work on . . . Avoiding: a lot, got, things, contraction, you Being specific (just a few) Capitalization (just a few) Commas (more than a few) What I know we need to work on . . .
Go to yesterday’s PPT and pick up where we left off, then return to this PPT if needed. Syllabus
Laptop Assignments Root of the Day Entering Procedure
Communication Review Yesterday’s Work / Door Prize Drawing Concentric Circles (Outside Activity) (30 minutes) Communication
Write one paragraph that discusses the last question / answer session from our Concentric Circles activity (fate v. free will). In the paragraph, tell what you believe and what your classmate believe. Explain why for each. Turn it in. Fate v. Free Will
Fate v. Free Will “Demons” and “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons Evidence Literary Terms How to Punctuate Literary Works (next slide) Fate v. Free Will
How to Punctuate Literary Works Handwritten: Quotation marks belong around short works such as poems, songs, essays, chapters, articles, and subsections of a work. Underlining belongs with larger works such as novels, the name of the magazine, the name of the newspaper, the name of the website, or an epic poem (such as Beowulf or The Odyssey). How to Punctuate Literary Works
How to Punctuate Literary Works Printed / Typed Quotation marks still belong around the shorter works. BUT the larger works should be placed in italics. How to Punctuate Literary Works
Capitalization Work on the handout with a neighbor. We will review the answers after 10 minutes. Grammar
Honors Review this with me. If you know you are not interested, please continue to work on the capitalization. Honors