Monday, March 14, 2011

 
Today we completed Essay Exam 1: Pronoun Case and the 50 questions, Grammar Exam 1.

I hope to get them back to you by Wednesday. Students should not make any mistakes in their papers we've gone over in Pidd. If you do, you might find yourself writing an essay about the errors (smile).

Students who didn't complete the Essay Exam need to make arrangement with me to do so. We had an emergency drill. Half the class was gone before we found out it was a drill, that there was no real threat. I think our time was good.

Some students were working on their essays when the alarm went off. Of those students, you left before you received the Initial Planning Sheet and the essay assignment, which is posted on the blog.

Bring in a completed essay and definitely a completed IPS and outline for Wednesday. We will have a peer review using Microsoft Comment. The final draft is due Monday, March 21, 2011.

The Initial Planning Sheet asks these questions:

1. What is the subject of your paper?
2. Is your purpose primarily to inform, explain, explore, evaluate, describe a problem and propose a solution, or argue a point?
3. What audience will you write for?
4. What question do you want your essay to answer?
5. What is the main writing strategy will you use: Description, process or causal analysis, compare/contrast, problem/solution, classification, evaluation or argument are some of the possibilities.

Ask for a handout which includes a completed example.

Next Assignment
Bring the book you plan to read for the book report essay to class on Monday, March 21. You have three to choose from: The Pact, Sula and The Kite Runner. The theme is friendship.

While you are reading the book, we will be talking about the Social Entrepreneur essay. We will also read a play, Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, and complete a collection of poetry, with the theme of war. We also from time to time read from We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For by Alice Walker.

Oh and we can't forget Pidd. I will return your essays tomorrow with grades. Keep working on the next essay; it is Point of View.

Homework
Homework is to bring in a completed essay with the Initial Planning Sheet completed and an outline. Keep working in SPHE. Do the exercises.

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