Announcements and Reminders:
- Parent-Teacher Conferences November 20 -- Next Thursday
- Your November book project is due November 24 (B-Day) or November 25 (A-Day).
- Make sure it is neatly done and not on torn or crumpled paper. This should be a quality product. If it is worth full points and worthy of being displayed on the bulletin board, you will receive 10 points of extra credit.
Receive back your "space" packet. Finish if needed.
Pick up your composition book, and make sure you have your book to read.
1. Individual Reading
(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
Should children -- twelve years old and up -- be allowed to vote -- for the President, Governor, Mayor, and in other elections?
If you select informational, write a cause and effect piece.
Your central idea would be this:
Giving the vote to adolescents would have several [you could select the word helpful or the word harmful or use both] results.
If you select argument, your central idea would be either
Giving the vote to adolescents would be a bad idea because of at least three reasons.
or
Giving the vote to adolescents would be a good idea because of at least three reasons.
Write out your central idea [also called the topic sentence], then support it with effective ideas/facts/reasons.
You may write one paragraph or more than one.
Central Idea is green.
Conclusion is red.
Transitions are yellow.
3. Preparing to write an essay:
We will be in the computer lab on November 18/19.
Practically Perfect Paragraphs and Essays
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An interesting central idea (topic sentence)
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An interesting introductory paragraph with a topic sentence (central idea) for the whole essay
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Supporting details sentences that all fit “into” the central idea
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Body paragraphs that all support the central idea -- Each will cover a major supporting detail about the central idea, and will include support for each of those major ideas.
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An effective conclusion
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An effective concluding paragraph
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Transitions that guide the reader from one idea to the next, showing how the ideas are related.
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Transitions that guide the reader from one idea to the next, showing how the ideas are related. Transitions are especially important between paragraphs.
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A variety of sentence types and lengths
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A variety of sentence types and lengths
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Careful editing for conventions
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Careful editing for conventions
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When do I need to cite a source? If you did not know the information before you read the source, cite the source!
Citations
___________________________________________________________________Jigsaw Activity -- Read, Discuss, and Report
1. IN YOUR COMPOSITION BOOK UNDER NOTES AND QUICKWRITES:
NOTES ON CAUSES OF GOOD GRADES
In your letter group you will help each other prepare to teach other students about your part of the article.
2. In your letter group, read together, taking turns to read a paragraph or so each, and discuss how this applies to junior high students or how it is different, and what it really looks like.
3. Write down the headings and subheadings from your part of the article in your composition book.
4. When the teacher directs you to, get into your number groups and take turns sharing what you learned. Each student has about 1 minute to share.
If you were not here today, take notes on any of the sources listed toward the end of this post:
Causes of Good Grades MyAccess Assignment
Here is the article that the students used today: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Good-Grades
Here is the citation:
351 Editors. "How to Get Good Grades." WikiHow. Jack Herrick, 14 Nov. 2014. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
