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1. Journal-

 What are some terms or notes or information you remember from a previous English class related to writing?  Explain?

1.5.  QUIZ

 1.7 Attendance

2.  Flipped notes and groups.

Writing Process-

Invention-  creating ideas-- important or matter to others.
Organization-  Plan out your essay-- 1st, 2nd 3rd, etc.
Drafting-  Plan your work, work your plan:  write the essay.
Revising-  Re look-  Make changes.
Editing-  Fix grammar mistakes.
Publishing- Perfect. 

6-traits

Voice- The personality of the author.
Ideas-  The message- the purpose-  the meat of the paper.
Conventions-  Grammar- mechanical correctness.
Organization--  Plan you follow-  Logical to others.
Sentence Fluency-  The rhythm and flow.
Word choice-  The best words for the situation- vocab the writer uses.

Rhetorical Triangle

Its a way of thinking about writing that helps you persuade.

Logos-   Logic and facts. 
Pathos-  Emotions and feelings and beliefs.
Ethos-   Establishing that the author is trustworthy.

Topic-  What it's about-  the main points.
Audience-  People it's for
Purpose-  The reason you are writing.

Thesis-  A statement of opinion that organizes and drives your essay forward.

7 Common Grammar Mistakes.

Comma splice-  I love dogs, they are nice.
Parallelism-       I love to bike, walk, and eating.
Subject Verb Agreement- John like food.
Tense shift-  John likes food and liked cooking.
Run on sentences-  John likes food he likes cooking.
Fragments-  John likes food and.
Pronoun antecedent agreement-  He is someone that likes dogs.

Comprehension Strategies-

Ways to understand what you read.

Connect-  Use previous knowledge to relate to the text.
Ask ?-   Query yourself about the text-  What does this mean?  What is the author saying?
Visualize-  Create a picture in your mind.
Determine importance-  Figure out what matters.
Infer-  Determine based on evidence, but we use prior knowledge to figure out meaning.
Synthesize-  Combine-- new and old info to create new interpretation or knowledge.

Fix-up Strategies-

1.  Recognize that I don't understand-  I'm thinking while I read about my reading!  Metacognition.
2.  Summarize
3.  Re-read.
4. Connect
5. Take notes
6.  Make predictions
7. Visualize
8.  Use print features-  Bold, Italics, Titles, Asterisks 
9.  Chunk words--- make them smaller-  Re  Vision
10.  Stop and think.
11. Use contextual clues-- use the words around to figure out meaning of a word or idea.
12. Read out loud.
13. ? and answer.
14-  slow down or speed up.
















 

3.  Some practice thinking and writing.

4.  Essay 1 notes, assignment.

5.

Vocab test words:

Class Days:

Wed-  Reading-  1-21, NOTES.....
Thurs- Vocab 1, Reading quiz 1 (The Alchemist-- through page 41)

Monday
Tues-  Vocab 2
Wed-   C/C Draft
Thurs-  Vocab 3 Reading (42-102)- 

Monday C/C Due
Tues-  Vocab 4 
Wed    Reading (to end) quiz  P/S Draft
Thurs-  Vocab 5 

Monday
Tues-  Vocab 6 P/S due
Wed-  R/A assigned.  First quiz for Things Fall apart-  pg 80.
Thurs  Vocab 7

Monday-  R/A draft
Tues-  Vocab 8
Wed-  R/A due
Thurs-  Vocab 9

Monday
Tues


Class Rules:

Be mostly on time.
Listen to each other.
No ringer.
Bring book every day.
Attendance.
Be respectful to each other.
Be prepared for scheduled stuff.
Homework.
Be motivated.
Take notes.
Pay attention
No cheating-