Good Morning! Tuesday December 22 nd, 2009 Word of the Day: Terse Please Power up your laptops and put the screen half down. Then take out your notebooks and open to page 63 You can’t fire me! It’s not my fault I can’t concentrate- my boyfriend just broke up with me, my dog died last night and I lost my keys! It’s been the worst day ever! Tough break, sweetheart.

Word of the Day: Terse- ADJ Brief To the Point Concise Good Morning! Tuesday December 22 nd, 2009 You can’t fire me! It’s not my fault I can’t concentrate- my boyfriend just broke up with me, my dog died last night and I lost my keys! It’s been the worst day ever! Tough break, sweetheart.

Agenda! Tuesday December 22 nd 2009 Homework And Class Work Assignments … Transition Words Transition Phrases

Homework & Class Work Assignments

To Reiterate … Those of you who have not been turning in homework or class work assignments are getting zeros. Seriously.

Introductions Ingrid Khiara Shelly Joel Tailon Thanks for your introductions, guys

Transitions Put the following notes on page 63 of your notebook. Title it, “Transitions” **Don’t forget to update your Table of Contents!

Transitions Transitions … Glue your essays together. Help you convey your ideas clearly. Establish logical connections between sentences, paragraphs, and sections of your papers. Are signs for readers that tell them how to think about, organize, and react as they your essay.

Transitions Tell the reader to think and react in a particular way to your ideas. Help readers understand how your ideas fit together. In other words, transitions tell readers what to do with the information you present them. ** Your essay should be organized before you insert transitions; this way, they follow a logical order.

Transitions You are being handed an index of transition words and phrases. Please put them on page 64 of your notebook.

Transitions As evident, Ms. Park’s 10 th grade English class is clearly the best English class at TBA. They not only demonstrate their eagerness to learn on a daily basis, but also have passionate opinions and intriguing ideas. In future years, as Ms. Park teaches new classes of 10 th graders, she will be able to apply what she has learned from this fantastic group of individuals. Find the Transitions

Transitions As evident, Ms. Park’s 10 th grade English class is clearly the best English class at TBA. They not only demonstrate their eagerness to learn on a daily basis, but also have passionate opinions and intriguing ideas. In future years, as Ms. Park teaches new classes of 10 th graders, she will be able to apply what she has learned from this fantastic group of individuals. Find the Transitions

Transitions As evident, Ms. Park’s 10 th grade English class is clearly the best English class at TBA. They not only demonstrate their eagerness to learn on a daily basis, but also have passionate opinions and intriguing ideas. In future years, as Ms. Park teaches new classes of 10 th graders, she will be able to apply what she has learned from this fantastic group of individuals. Find the Transitions

A Quick Note … When you are writing about a novel, always write about it in the present tense. You may have read the book in the past, but the action is always ongoing in the book.

Quotes It is okay to use a quote that is not from the book as your attention getter. You should NOT be using outside quotes to support your topics and points. You should ALWAYS use ONLY quotes from the book to emphasize your point. *Remember, the goal of an essay is to get your reader to see what you see in the text. AND! Whenever you use a quote, you need to cite it. Otherwise, it is plagiarism!

MLA Main Components of MLA citation: Beginning Quotation Mark Quote End Quotation Mark Parenthesis around –author’s last name –page # End Punctuation

MLA From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ”

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ” (

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ” (Wiesel

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ” (Wiesel 109

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ” (Wiesel 109)

MLA “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me ” (Wiesel 109).

You have the rest of the period to … 1. Finish your outline 2. Write your introduction 3. Write your conclusion 4. Make sure you use at least 5 transition words or phrases in your essay!

Homework 1.Finish your outline 2.Write your introduction 3.Write your conclusion 4.Make sure you use at least 5 transition words or phrases 5.Come to school tomorrow!