Tuesday/Wednesday, February 16/17, 2016

Announcements and Reminders: You will need to complete, revise, and edit your argument and informational essays on your time now.  Get those done as soon as possible.  Use  the rubrics and graphic organizers to check your own work.  Email me to let me know what you have changed.                                                                   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 Writing No-No #1: Never Use 1st or 2nd Person (Video) http://en.writecheck.com/blog/2012/11/30/writing-no-no-1-video

Informational Rubric.docx Informational Essay About a Famous Person.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

 Both

Using Outside Sources (1).pptx http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/plagiarism.html# http://content.nroc.org/DevelopmentalEnglish/unit10/Foundations/avoiding-plagiarism.html Tone and Mood Argument Writing Compared to Informational Writing What is a Contraction? Essay Structure from Sidney G.

Targets for Today: I can write complete, correct sentences. I can write an effective essay.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  CSI -- Oops --  Comma Splice Investigations What do you notice, and how could we fix this collection of comma splices?  Copy this into your composition book, list what you notice, and make needed corrections.     Label: Fixing Comma-Splices   2-16-16 Beethoven began going deaf when he was twenty-seven, he was totally deaf by age forty-five, he continued to write music.   And another task:  Run-on, comma-spice practice 1.docx  Correctly write the first sentence on the handout.   Pass the paper to the next person (left first row, right second row, left third row, right fourth row, left fifth row), and correctly write the next sentence.  Sign the sentence you do.   http://www.sherrilltree.com/Learning-Center/Splicing-Department-1922 http://scoutpioneering.com/tag/boy-scout-splice/ A comma splice is where two or more independent clauses have been spliced together with just a comma.  It will not hold!  Sentence Errors About Comma Splices A1 Your Task:  One computer per pair. One of you will go to your argument essay.  Check for notes about comma splices or run-ons. If not, the other student will check. Together fix your comma splices or run-on's. ____________________________________________________ RAFTS for Sample Writing Prompt for SAGE Test Reading a prompt  RAFTS “Show Me” (You will not write about this prompt. You will examine the steps a student followed to create his or her essay.) Prompt: Should Students Be Allowed to Eat in School Classrooms Some teachers allow students to eat in their classrooms.  Others do not.  Imagine that your principal is preparing to create a school-wide policy on eating in classrooms.  Think about the effects of allowing students to eat in classrooms.  Take a position on the issue, and write an essay using reasons and specific details to support your opinion. _________________________________________________ Formal or Informal?  Study this post. Writing NO-NO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqqjR-BPKaw or http://en.writecheck.com/blog/2012/11/30/writing-no-no-1-video A1 Your Task:  One computer per pair. Change pairs as directed. One of you will go to your argument essay.  Check for notes about writing that is too informal. If not, the other student will check. Together fix at least part of the problems with formality. ______________________________________________________ Hooks for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing A1 Your Task:  One computer per pair. Change pairs as directed. One of you will go to your argument essay.   In the message to the teacher, write a possible alternate hook for your essay. _______ Thesis Statements Which Sentence is "Not Good," Better, or Best?                            Central Ideas/Claims Which one is  ARGUMENT, and which one is INFORMATIVE? I think we should not wear uniforms. Students at American Fork Junior High should not wear uniforms. Students at American Fork Junior High should not wear uniforms because they limit freedom of choice, self-expression, and the opportunity to develop skills and attitudes we’ll need as adults. There are six comma rules that every seventh grader should know: when joining independent clauses with a coordinating clause; after introductory phrases and clauses; setting off nonessential information; to separate a series of words, phrases or clauses;  to separate coordinate adjectives, and to shift between your main writing and a quotation. There are six comma rules that every seventh grader should know.          Kids oughta know comma rules. Which Sentence is "Not Good," Better, or Best?                            Central Ideas/Claims Which one is  ARGUMENT, and which one is INFORMATIVE? I think we should not wear uniforms. Students at American Fork Junior High should not wear uniforms. Better Students at American Fork Junior High should not wear uniforms because they limit freedom of choice, self-expression, and the opportunity to develop skills and attitudes we’ll need as adults.  Best  There are six comma rules that every seventh grader should know: when joining independent clauses with a coordinating clause; after introductory phrases and clauses; setting off nonessential information; to separate a series of words, phrases or clauses;  to separate coordinate adjectives, and to shift between your main writing and a quotation. Best  There are six comma rules that every seventh grader should know.          Better Kids oughta know comma rules. Your Task:  One computer per pair. Change pairs as directed. One of you will go to your argument essay. Check whether you have an effective thesis statement. If not, try revising it. __________________________________________________________

If You Were Absent: See above. If you are absent, complete the activities with our own argument essay. Here is the handout for run-ons and comma splices:  Run-on, comma-spice practice 1.docx

Hooks for Persuasive and Argumentative Writing

Writing a Thesis Statement

Creating a Thesis Sentence for Manners Matter

Words to Know for Testing (Flash Card Words)

Formal or Informal?   

Citations   

apostrophes?