Friday/Monday, February 1/4, 2019

Announcements and Reminders Friday/Monday, February 1/4, 2019:             Welcome to class!  As you come in, pick up  your composition book and turn in your Research Questions paper if you didn't do it last time.  Today is the last day of Penny Wars!  Contribute!   If you have not already completed these assignments, finish and hand them in as soon as possible: You should have finished typing your argument essay on MyAccess.    You were to have finished it and submitted it by Friday evening, January 11.   You may still do this.  You are able to also work on your essay at home. You were to hand in your packet by Monday or Tuesday, January 14 or 15. You may still do this.  Please make sure you have completed these assignments.  Creating an Introduction and Thesis Sentence for Argument Also, if you have not handed in your waiver, get that signed and handed in. Hand in your mini-bio if you haven't.     Also Due 2/5-2/6   Title Page and Introduction as explained on Canvas 2/1-2/4   Turn in Research Questions 1/25       Turn in Observe, Question, Compare Graphic Organizer                      with Sentence Imitation on the Back   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.”   To get information or to register, see the website at www.freedomfestival.org.

Targets for Today: I can create a title page that follows the text features of our mentor texts. I can write an introduction that includes the same writer moves as the introduction of our mentor texts.

Today’s  Agenda Friday/Monday, February 1/4, 2019: ·      Welcome to class! Get out your composition notebook ·      Turn in your Research Questions paper             if you didn’t finish last class Last class, you chose the person you will write about and you started researching about them. Today, we will start writing the chapter by putting together the title page and writing the introduction. Writer’s Notebook:  Watch a few minutes of “NINJA CATS vs DOGS - Who Wins?” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7PjyEG5-1U Prompt: Write about either 1) a cat or dog you love, 2) a cat or dog you hate, or 3) which ninja animal would win and why. Computer Lab 202   Name a Google Doc “(Your Name) Chapter” On this google doc, create a title page with:  Title that includes the person’s name and a play on words/allusion to something else By: (Your name) Tombstone that includes The person’s occupation Where and when they were born Where and when they died Age at death Picture of the person (bonus points for putting a hint in the picture!) For the tombstone, to put text over an image: 1.     Go to Insert > Drawing… to open the Drawing window. 2.     Insert the image using either option “a” or “b”: 3.     Click the “Text Box” icon (square with a capital “T” in it) and enter your text. 4.     Realign your text as you wish for it to appear over your image. 5.     Save the image. On the next page of the Google Doc, write a 1-2 paragraph introduction that: --> Introduces why that person is famous Introduces the problem/context of that person’s life—what was the world around them like? Refers to the title Gives a hint about how they died When you are finished, go to the next page of your google doc. On this page, you will write the story of your person’s life and importance. This is like part A that we highlighted in the Galileo chapter. Don’t worry about writing part B yet—we will write it separately, then put both parts together.

If You Were Absent: See above.  You can work on your How They Croaked chapter at home!   See CANVAS for instructions.

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