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2. Announcements Remember to attend tutoring this afternoon if you scored below a 70% on WFA 1 A Day: Mon/Tues Night HW: Read through Chapter 4 and study for WFA 2, Schwa Ch 1-4 Quiz, and BR Quiz 2 for Wednesday Fri: Library Orientation B Day: Tues/Wed Night HQ: Read through Chapter 4 and study for WFA 2, Schwa Ch 1-4 Quiz, and BR Quiz 2 for Wednesday Wed 9/18/13: Library Orientation

3. Bell Work 9/9/13 & 9/10/13 Bell Ringers: Focus on Complete Sentences Rule: A run-on sentence is made of more than one sentence run together. A run-on is caused by 1. joining two sentences together with only a comma or 2. without using a period or semicolon between two sentences. Edit the following sentences for run-on problems. The car raced to the turn, it crashed into a wall. Blood was everywhere the police came and the ambulance arrived later.

4. The Schwa Was Here The Schwa Was Here: Novel Unit Cornell Notes AllusionReference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, religion, mythology, politics, or pop culture. IdiomAn expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word. EuphemismA euphemism is the substitution of a frank expression that might offend or otherwise suggest something unpleasant to the audience, for a mild, inoffensive, relatively uncontroversial phrase.

5. The Schwa Was Here The Schwa Was Here: Novel Unit Cornell Notes Direct CharacterizationThe author tells the reader everything he or she needs to know about the character. Indirect CharacterizationThe reader must infer everything he or she needs to know about the character by noting dialogue and action.

6. Journal Entry #2 Form an opinion about Jessica. This will become your claim. Write it down. Use evidence from the video to support your claim. Evidence should be detail you notice from the video clip. Use commentary to further support your claim. Commentary should be your opinion and/or interpretation of the evidence.

7. Peer Tutoring – Novel Unit Terms Partner with classmate Quiz partner on terms discussed in class so far Record how many your partner gets correct out of total (?/15) Switch Terms: protagonist, symbolism, antagonist, setting, hook, exposition, first person p.o.v., 3.5 essay, autobiographical narrative, thesis, euphemism, idiom, allusion, direct and indirect characterization

8. The Toulmin Model for Expository Writing Claim What you are claiming is true Your opinion about the subject Your answer to the question Often the topic sentence of a paragraph Very much like a hypothesis Evidence The evidence or the facts you use to support your claim Examples to support your claim Quotes from the text to support the claim References to the text supporting your claim Statistics supporting the claim Content specific vocabulary that supports the claim

9. The Toulmin Model for Expository Writing Commentary The explanation of how the data supports your claim Explains how the example, statistic, quote or reference supports the claim Explains the significance of the evidence Example: Claim: MCHS has an excellent after-school program. Evidence: We offer archery, art, and cooking classes along with tutoring in all core subject areas. Commentary: Archery helps students develop strength, focus, and confidence. Art allows students to tap into their creativity, and cooking teaches students to be self- sufficient. Tutoring classes reinforce students’ academic skills.

10. Daily Formative Assessment – Small Groups Whiteboard Drill Find an idiom in the novel (p.8) Find a euphemism in the novel (p. 2) Find an allusion in the novel (p. 1, 2, and 7) Create an example of direct characterization Create an example of indirect characterization