DAY 54

AGENDA

1. Four square: what's our opinion?

2. Research project - choose a topic and a partner and complete some research to create a poster to present to the class!

DAY 53 - ESSAYS DUE!

AGENDA

1. Hand in your essays in the following order:
a) good copy
b) edited copy
c) blue editing sheet
d) yellow editing sheet
e) organizers
f) rubric

2. Hand in your novels.

3. Let's celebrate! Snacks and "The Village"

DAY 51- MLA FORMATTING

AGENDA

1. Note: MLA formatting - what does your essay need to look like?

PD DAY!

Make sure to work on your essay over the weekend if you have any parts to work on!

DAY 50

AGENDA

1. Final touches on our essay.

2. Do you have to edit? proofread for someone? fix some errors?

DAY 52- WORKS CITED/PROOFREADING

AGENDA

Do you remember the new words we learned? Can you use them in a sentence??

a) citation
b) context
c) integration

1. What is a works cited page? NOTE

2. Fixing your MLA formatting - proofreading with a partner.

DAY 47 - PROOFREADING

AGENDA

1. Using the proofreading sheet, find a partner to read over your work and make corrections.

2.In the library, make corrections to your work on the computers.

DAY 46 - Conclusion

AGENDA

1. Learning about how to create a conclusion.

2. What does it mean to "restate" something?

3. proofreading - make corrections for your partner using the proofreading sheet

HOMEWORK: fix the errors that your proofreading partner has pointed out to you.

DAY 45

AGENDA

1. Typing up your Intro, and body paragraphs 1 and 2! :)

2. Check out the slide show that Qwynne found to help us understand essay writing!



HOMEWORK: find the proof for paragraph #3 :)

DAY 44

AGENDA

1. Complete the organizer for paragraph #2

DAY 43 - BODY PARAGRAPHS

AGENDA

1. Develop your first topic using the PPE process discussed in class.
2. Fill in the organizer.

HOMEWORK: DEVELOP YOUR PROOF FOR PARAGRAPH #2

DAY 42 - THESIS/ INTRODUCTION

AGENDA

1. Using the organizer- develop your thesis argument
2. Using the organizer - develop your introduction!

Check out Nicki's introduction to see what an exemplary intro looks like!

Intolerance can be expressed in many ways and almost everyone in Waknuk has some form of intolerance in John Wyndham’s, The Chrysalids. One of those characters is called Old Jacob. In the book, he expresses his intolerance to David, the main character. Alan Ervin also has a form of intolerance, which is seen before he marries Anne and again after. Joseph Strorm is the character who expresses his intolerance the most freely by resorting to drastic measures. Through the actions of Joseph Strorm, Old Jacob and Alan Ervin, intolerance is shown based on their belief system.

DAY 41 - ESSAY WRITING

AGENDA

1. The hamburger model: what does writing an essay look like?

2. What is a point? proof? explanation?

DAY 40

AGENDA

1. Take our collages to the computer lab and write up a short explanation of the 5 elements that you included in your collage that are the most important!

2. Print your explanation - glue it on the back of your collage

3. Hand in your collage!

4. Read chapter 16 and 17 - this is homework if we don't get through it in class!!

DAY 39 - COLLAGE

AGENDA

1. Completing our collages!

HOMEWORK: read chapter 15!

DAY 38: COLLAGE

AGENDA

1. Working on our thought shapes collage - use the resources in the class and our understanding of symbols to create a collage of your character!

REMEMBER: this assignment is due on FRIDAY!

DAY 37

AGENDA

1. Take up our questions about the women of the novel

2. Discussion: what is important about Aunt Harriet?  Who is she like?

3. New project: thought shapes collage!

DAY 36: THE WOMEN

AGENDA

1. Fill in the sheet about the women that you are given

2. Class discussion

3. Can you fill in more details about Petra on her gingerbread?