1. WRITING WORKSHOP WRITING TO IMPROVE OUR SCORES ON THE GLOBAL REGENTS

2. Ms. Pampalone  Goal of class to help you acquire the basic skills needed to be successful on Regents exams in History.  Everyone in this class must participate.  Be on time.  Accept criticism and welcome strategies and writing suggestions.

3. Aim: To become familiar with the basic skills to help improve our reading and writing skills.  Do Now: Think and write down 5 factors you need to consider in order to improve your writing.

4. WRITE  Who are you writing for? Know your audience.  Review whether your piece should be formal or informal. On regents exams, all writing is formal.  Include reason for writing and make sure you address the task(s).  Text type. Know the difference between a letter, speech, memo, etc.  Edit your work. Reread what you have written.

5. Why do people write?

6. Classwork:  Choose one political figure from the list below: Martin Luther King, Christopher Columbus, John Locke, Abraham Lincoln, Mohandas Gandhi. Your audience: A group of English teachers who are quite unfamiliar with historical figures. Should your piece be formal or informal? Your task: Discuss one of the political figures above. How did the above figure contribute to change? You are writing a short paragraph. Revise your work. Reread what you write.