1. 1. Formal Language: Formal language is often used in business situations and with people in authority. It is also used with adults and the elderly and in polite conversations with strangers. Formal language has stricter grammar rules and often uses more difficult vocabulary. It is appropriate in essays, speeches, and reports. 2. Informal Language: Informal language has less strict grammar rules and often has shortened sentences, abbreviations, and uses contractions and ellipses and slang. It is all right for friends, co-workers, and close family members. It is appropriate for friendly letters and conversations, journals, and texting. 3. textual evidence: any part of a text that is used to help validate, clarify, or justify a claim made about the text. It might include character quotes, descriptions of actions or reactions, or selected passages. 4. FRIES: an acronym for adding support or details to writing. F – FACTS (Add interesting facts to your writing.) R – REASONS (Develop reasons to support the main idea.) I - INCIDENTS (Tell a story [incident] that supports the main idea). E – EXAMPLES (Give examples that support your reasons). S – STATISTICS & SENSORY DETAILS (Statistics drive the point home & sensory details paint a picture in the reader’s mind).

2. 1. Can you define survival? 2. What does it mean to survive? 3. How do people survive? 4. Are there different levels of survival? If so, what are they? 5. What characteristics coincide and encourage survival?

3.   BRAINSTORM: Think about your school. If you were to categorize the student population, what groups would you create (examples: Band Geeks, Athletes, Sci-Fi Nerds, Goody- Goodies, etc.). What do you think people are like in each group?  WRITING PROMPT: Where do you fit in to your student population? Are you a member of a specific group, or do you socialize with students from many different groups? Are you happy with your place in the “school society”, or do you wish you belonged to a different group?  Answer the writing prompt in correct paragraph format, and thoroughly explain your answer. Warm Up 1-16-2013

4. Warm Up 1-17-2013 Correct the following sentences. Correct the following sentences. 1. Rachel had went to cyprus hill middle school untill ground hog day 2. Her Science class had been watching the film the climate on mars when the Fire alarm sounded. 3. Then they had a guest speaker captain johnson of the nasa space center?

5. Warm Up 1-18-2013 Knowing which word to use or how to write a phrase correctly can make a big difference in your writing. It is easier for readers to take a piece of writing more seriously when the grammar is correct. When we try to translate spoken ideas into writing, it is often hard to remember correct grammar. Also, we hear incorrect grammar used so often that correct grammar might sound odd or even wrong to us. Below are three problem phrases that are commonly misused. Write a humorous paragraph that uses the phrases correctly. Couldn't care less: Be sure to make it negative. (Not I could care less.) Toward: There is no “s” at the end of the word. Used to: Same as above. Do not write “use to.”