ENGLISH 7

 Completed and turned in Spell exercises, and test, unit 8.

Handed in Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl work. Make sure your name on work.

In class, read Tenochtitlan: Inside the Aztec Capital, p. 789. Use the reading strategies you just practiced. Skim, read ahead, re-read, make predictions. Take notes. Look at subheads and photos.

Classwork: in complete sentences, on p.795, answer questions 1, 2 & 3.  Handed in at the end of class.

Next week, we will begin personal narrative work. 

ENGLISH 8

 Signed in Biography choice. Five points.

Finished persuasive sentence work. Handed out new grammar packet, due Tuesday.

New essay topic. Just one paragraph, one, nearly perfect paragraph!

    The prompt:  describe a friend or family member who has had a significant impact on your life. 

USE ESSAY PARAGRAPH FORMAT. Come up with your topic sentence, making sure to make a point that needs to be supported with concrete details. The concrete details (CD) will be anecdotes or memories. Follow essay paragraph form.  Anecdote: a noun, which means a short account of a particular incident or event, often amusing, often biographical.

Turn your memory chain work into your brainstorm or list. Begin the topic sentence by specifically responding to the prompt.  

Label parts: TS, CD #1, CM 1 & 2, CD#2, CM 3 & 4, (C) conclusion. 

 To be peer-edited next week, followed by your final, typed draft.

 

HW: Tues: Oct: 19. Grammar packet

Weds: Final draft, significant impact paragraph

Friday: Oct. 22 Grammar Card deck due. (Bring in materials next week for some class worktime)

Tues Oct 26: First response, biography. Five passages in a DEJ style format. The influences in the life of your subjet and how important was that influence to your subject. Direct passages. Page  numbers.  Complete sentences.