1. TODAY YOU WILL NEED: PIECE OF PAPER, WRITING UTENSIL, AND DICTIONARY/THESAURUS 2-29-16

2. 5 minutes to write about What are the best things about spring break? Remember NOT a narrative! Best things about SB Thing 1Example 1Example 2Thing 2Example 1Example 2

3. Today’s objectives Conference over compassion essay Utilize synonym, antonym, and homonym skills Revise, edit, and construct correctly spelled material

4. Once we begin our classwork I will return your essays and answer any questions you might have. I am here to help you!

5. Why do I care? STAAR revising asks about word usage STAAR editing contains misspelled words STAAR essay asks you to “use correct spelling.” Misspelled words and incorrect usage makes you look incompetent and uneducated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc Students achieving Level II: Satisfactory Academic Performance can Write expository essays that establish a clear controlling idea, use appropriate organizational strategies and language to create a coherent piece of expository writing, sufficiently develop ideas with specific details and examples, and demonstrate an adequate command of grade-appropriate written conventions Use a variety of correct sentence structures Revise drafts to improve the effectiveness of sentences, strengthen the development of ideas by adding or deleting information, improve the progression of ideas, and ensure that word choice is appropriate and point of view is consistent Edit drafts to correct errors in grammar, sentence structure, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

6. This is what you will see….

7. Spelling matters! Eye halve a spelling checker It came with my pea sea It plainly marks four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rarely ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect in it's weigh My checker tolled me sew. (Sauce unknown)

8. Your favorite people! https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/antonymssyn onymsandhomonyms/ https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/antonymssyn onymsandhomonyms/

9. You need to become familiar with Finding common errors both in your writing and the passages Discovering which words are regularly used incorrectly Revising word choice to reflect correct usage Utilizing our provided resources

10. To do list for today: Work in partners (maybe) to complete the following packet over spelling corrections, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and other commonly confused words Be VERY careful because since you have a dictionary, there is no excuse for errors. Read and summarize the FYI topics: Personalities, Did You Know, and Language. BrainPop Categorize Sheet. 10 sentences with each homonym pair in them that SHOW which one you mean. Not “Buy and bye are in my book” Conference with Mrs. Rose per essay performance.