Announcements and Reminders:
If you did not turn in your yellow packet on the day it was due, let me know when you have finished your letter. Turn in your packet. You could also email me before you turn in your packet but after you have finished your letter, and I'll try to grade your letter sooner.
Turning in the packet is how you let me know you are ready
for your assessment on MyAccess to be graded. Don't forget to mark whether you have finished reading your book. Here is another example: Letter about Theme -- A Great Student Example
During Cave Time on Tuesday and Thursday of this week,
the computer lab -- 223 and/or probably 201 -- will be
available in case you need to finish your letter.
If you are ready to move on to the next project, use the pink packet you received on Monday or see the Required Reading tab above.
If you need to make-up spelling, here is the document (or pick up the pink slips in the handout box):
Commonly Confused Word Make-Up(4).doc |
Pick up your composition book.
1. Individual Reading and Fill out Your December Reading Log Reading Log for Science Fiction or Fantasy.doc
a. Proving Your Point with Claim, Evidence, and Warrant
b. How That Applies to Your November Book Assignment/Letter About Theme
Claim, Evidence, and Warrant in a Letter About Theme
3. More about identifying theme
a picture bookthe stories we've read
the fable and cartoon
http://www.taleswithmorals.com/aesop-fable-the-town-mouse-and-the-country-mouse.htm
Thank you to B8!
Country: peaceful, quiet, simple
Town mouse: loud, huge, fancy, luxurious
Better a peaceful, quiet, simple life than one that is dangerous,
loud, and luxurious.
Themes for "Country Mouse. . . " and "After Twenty Years"
B7 and B8 did not yet do this:
4. Adjectives! How do you know when to put a comma between them?
If they are coordinate or equal, add the comma.
Two quick tricks to check for coordinate commas are
a. replace the comma with "and," and
b. reverse the order of the adjectives.
If those work, you need a comma.
If they are in the same column in this chart, they are coordinate or equal.
What You Are Describing
-- the noun |
How Many Adjectives You Are Using
|
1. Christmas tree 2. Thanksgiving turkey 3. a movie 4. a vacation 5. a book 6. Grandma's (or someone else's) house |
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. |
It was a __________ _____________ ____________ [noun].
Grandma's is a __________ _____________ ____________ house.
It was a __________ _____________ ____________ Thanksgiving turkey.
If you were absent:
All Classes: Carefully read the announcements and reminders. Study the materials in this post about Claim, Evidence, and Warrant. Besides presenting evidence, you need to explain how it shows the claim is true. Your explanation in is the warrant. For definitions see this post: Argument: Claim, Evidence, WarrantB5 and B6: Study the adjective chart. Try creating some sentences of your own, using adjectives from several of the columns. coordinate adjectives: http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/042301comcoordadj.htm http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/commas-with-adjectives and http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/commas-with-adjectives?page=1 All Classes: Read for fifteen minutes or more from your fantasy or science fiction book for December, and record your reading. See the downloadable reading log or pick up a reading log in class. You will be using this log through the rest of this term. |
