Announcements and Reminders for Thursday/Friday, February 7/8, 2019:
Important Reminders
If you have not handed in your waiver, get that signed and handed in.
Hand in your mini-bio if you haven't. See the requirements on Skyward, or requirements and Mentor Texts on CANVAS.
Also Due
See Canvas or Skyward for document downloads and more instructions.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY: AMERICAN FORK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD WIN UP TO $200 IN THE ANNUAL FREEDOM FESTIVAL ESSAY OR ART CONTEST. STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL ESSAY OR ART WORK ON OUR 2019 THEME. "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW ... ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM ... OF SPEECH OR OF THE PRESS.” |
Targets for Today:
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Today’s Agenda for Thursday/Friday, February 7/8, 2019:
Today, February 8, B5 finished up the research notes, completed the Title Page and Introductions, and worked on writing parts A and B. See the instructions for parts A and B on Canvas. B6 wrote parts A and B or did the cutting and adding transitions exercise. B8 Transition: a word or phrase that a writer uses to shift from one idea to another. (Transition -- the word roots -- means "go across.") |
If You Were Absent:
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Vocabulary:
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Help and Enrichment
To look at how the text is written in How They Croaked, and how some transitions are used, you can go here: https://www.npr.org/2011/03/12/134468072/the-famous-meet-gory-ends-in-how-they-croaked and scroll down to the chapter they've included. Find more information on Transitions on CANVAS. Transition Words I Transitions for Informational Writing Transition Words for Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs If you'd like to read about Georgia Bragg, the author of How They Croaked, go to http://georgiabragg.com/aboutpage/ |
