Friday, January 29, 2010

Theme Essays

If you didn't do this in class, you will need to do it at home, or during cave time in lab 223.  The assignment is on MyAccess. 

  • Go to myaccess.com, or get to it from our American Fork Junior High home page.
  • Log in with your username and password.
  • Click on "Yes, this information is correct" if it shows your name and school.
  • Notice the bar graph that shows your overall progress.
  • Look to the right to see if you have any messages.
  • Look up and to the left to find "My Portfolio" (another way to check for comments and to see what you've done so far).  
  • or to find "My Assignments" to work on an assignment.
  • Our assignment this time is "Theme in Literature"so click to begin assignment or start revision/resume.
  • You can read the prompt in the top window, or click on the other options  --
    • My tutor gives explanations and suggestions for the writing traits.
    • My editor gives feedback on spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. 
      • click on the errors for more information
  •  Click on Comments to read any comments the teacher has embedded in your essay.
  •  "Parts of Speech" does show you what parts of speech you have used.  Clicking on the part of speech gives more information about it. 
  • My writing space is a word processor -- the window in which you will type your essay. 
  • Try out the various icons to see what helps are available.  
  • When finished make sure you Submit and Final Submit. 

Also, make sure you get your theme chart checked off with me.