Tuesday/Wednesday, November 18/19, 2014

Reminders:

• Your November Book Project is due November 24 (B-Day) or November 25 (A-Day).
• Parent-Teacher Conference will be this Thursday.
• If you still need to complete your external text features worksheets, come in during cave time on Tuesday or Wednesday.  
• Also, please complete your Space Packet if you haven't. 

? Are you willing to spend $5 to go to the football game on Friday ? Tickets are available through our school!

We will not have reading time today.


(Class Dispositions -- Final Vote)

Results of Voting  

B5, B7, A1

Civility 30

Compassion 43

Courage 47

Honesty 64

Negotiation and Compromise 16

Open-Mindedness 33

B6

Civility

Courage

Honesty

1. Watch a video about another cause of good grades.

2. Prepare to go to the computer lab.

Your essay is about The Causes of Good Grades.
Your purpose is to inform others about what causes good grades.
Your audience is your fellow students. Write to make it interesting for them.


Outline your essay on the  graphic organizer. 
Receive this handout.   Handout for Causes of Good Grades.docx  This is part of a class set, so  please leave it unless you need it to work on your essay outside of class.  As you see, you can  download your own copy.

Find helps on this post here on the class blog:

Helps for Working on Your Essay

   Select three or four major causes of good grades to write about.

• Do not plagiarize.  
• Write your own essay with your own ideas.  
• Cite any ideas you use from other sources.    Cite at least one source.  
• To cite your source, use an in-text citation such as "According to. . . " or in parentheses at the end of the sentence where you mention it, put the title or author of the source in parentheses BEFORE the period. 
• Also, if it is from one of the sources I have given you, copy and paste the citation (works cited or bibliography entry) at the end of the essay. 
• You will receive points for correctly citing a source.
• Use your own ideas and experiences, too. 

In the lab:  Watch a brief explanation of the features available on MyAccess.
Work on your essay.
We will be in the lab again on December 5 (B-Day) or December 8 (A-Day) , but you will most likely need to do some work on this between now and then.   You have unlimited submissions available.

A few words about formal writing:

• Do not use contractions.  (don't, can't isn't, etc.)
• Write out words instead of using abbreviations.  (American Fork Junior High instead of  AFJH.)
• Avoid cliches and slang. (Instead of using "a lot" use "many."  Instead of using "kids" or "guy," use "children" or "man.")  Never use crude language.  Do not use "well" as in "Well, the next cause is. . . ." 
• Do not use "you."  Write mostly in third person.  (You may use first and second person on this essay.) 

Bring your composition book, your  handout, your graphic organizer, and your list of transitions.

You could picture the paragraphs in an essay as fish bowls inside a larger aquarium.
Each body paragraph has a central idea (topic sentence),  and supporting details, and each one fits inside the central idea (thesis) of the essay.