Thursday/Friday, February 11/12, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   If you have extra time,  check on and complete or revise and edit your argument essay and/or your informational essay.  Parent-Teacher Conferences were held on February 11 -- yesterday.                                                On February 18/19 the counselors will come into our English classes to teach you how to register for next year.  Your registration papers will be due in our class by February 23.

Handouts and Links for Essays:

Argument

Informational

Argument Rubric.docx and add 2 citations within the body of the essay.  Argument Essay Graphic Organizer.docx Pros and Cons Example of and Directions for a Works Cited List -- This is not required on your argument paper, but please place the URL's for the sites you used at the end of your essay. Counter Argument/Concession Words Useful Transition Words for the Counterclaim Paragraph Another sample:  Zoos Argument Essay Color-Coded: http://www.ccsdut.org/webpages/scarles/files/argument-essay-zoos-color-coded.pdf Sample Argument Essay Summer Persuasive Essay http://7thgradehumanities.weebly.com/argument-writing.html

Informational Rubric.docx Informational Essay About a Famous Person.docx Informational Essay Graphic Organizer.docx Sample:   Sample Informational Essay Sample : Informational Essay about King Tut Example of and Directions for a Works Cited List  -- This is required on on your informational essay. http://www.citationmachine.net/ Whom did you choose? Select a Famous Person -- First Come, First Serve

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Using Outside Sources (1).pptx What is a Contraction? Tone and Mood Argument Writing Compared to Informational Writing What is a Contraction? Essay Structure from Sidney G.

Targets for Today: I can write a short argument or an argument essay. I can write an informational essay. I know how to use commas.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. In your composition book,  write an argument: We should celebrate Valentines' Day. or  We should not celebrate Valentines' Day. Here is someone who truly believes in Valentines' Day! http://abcnews.go.com/US/high-school-senior-buys-valentines-day-flowers-834/story?id=36896236 2. Watch a video.  Argument:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6_UwQ3Cys 3.  Complete this activity:     CSI: American Fork     Copy this sentence into your composition book  in your Notes and QuickWrites, and  list everything that you notice about the sentence, and/or you may label the parts of the sentence: 4. The bell rang for first period,  and the students herded noisily through the door. Possible Noticings for Sentence #2 Conjunctions -- Coordinating Conjunctions  For extra credit, memorize the FAN BOYS!   Reasons to Use Commas Reason #4.  Use a comma in front of a coordinating conjunction when it is used to join two independent clauses. 5. Computer Lab or Chromebooks to work on essays Informational Essay about King Tut -- sample essay, unfinished

If You Were Absent:  See above.