1st Six Weeks
Week 5
September 19-23, 2016
"There are no shortcuts. Rome was not built overnight. Stone upon stone is the structure built."
* Our Writer's Notebook will now go to the section "Quotable Quotes".
* Define compound sentences,explain its structure,and the coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or yet, so - FANBOYS) that go with them.
* Practice combining simple sentences into compound using the correct conjunctions.
* Fix mistakes in compound sentences: run-ons and coma splices.
* Launch National Hispanic Heritage Writing Contest. Prompt: Write an essay explaining what my Hispanic heritage means to me.
* For 7th grade, this essay counts for a grade.
*TODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE BOOK REPORT ON The Old Man and the Sea.
TUESDAY, September 20
* Quotable Quotes
* Define complex sentences, explain its structure, and the subordinating conjunctions ( after,as, although, while, whenever, until, unless, because, before, if, since-AAAWWUUBBIS) that go with it.
* Practice combining simple sentences into complex sentences.
* Fix mistakes found in complex sentences: fragments, runons, and comma splices.
WEDNESDAY, September 21
*More practice of fixing sentence mistakes
* Cooperative learning and presentations will be done for evaluation of learning.
* Introduce the writing process and expository writing if there is time.
THURSDAY, September 22
* Define expository writing and the structure it needs
* Explain and show MAGNIFYING (narrowing down a topic) and TELESCOPING ( staying on topic) as skills needed for a well-written essay.
FRIDAY, September 9
* Show the expository structure of an essay-the expository house
- roof: introduction with attention grabbers and the controlling idea
- body: body paragraphs with their points and supports (explanation, examples from history, entertainment,literature, personal experience)
- floor: conclusion with insight,rephrasing,summary, abstract-concrete extension
REMINDER!!!!!
Book Report deadline, SEPTEMBER 19, MONDAY!!!!
The Old Man and the Sea
by
Ernest Hemingway
September 15-October 15
* Our Writer's Notebook will now go to the section "Quotable Quotes".
* Define compound sentences,explain its structure,and the coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or yet, so - FANBOYS) that go with them.
* Practice combining simple sentences into compound using the correct conjunctions.
* Fix mistakes in compound sentences: run-ons and coma splices.
* Launch National Hispanic Heritage Writing Contest. Prompt: Write an essay explaining what my Hispanic heritage means to me.
* For 7th grade, this essay counts for a grade.
*TODAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE BOOK REPORT ON The Old Man and the Sea.
TUESDAY, September 20
* Quotable Quotes
* Define complex sentences, explain its structure, and the subordinating conjunctions ( after,as, although, while, whenever, until, unless, because, before, if, since-AAAWWUUBBIS) that go with it.
* Practice combining simple sentences into complex sentences.
* Fix mistakes found in complex sentences: fragments, runons, and comma splices.
WEDNESDAY, September 21
*More practice of fixing sentence mistakes
* Cooperative learning and presentations will be done for evaluation of learning.
* Introduce the writing process and expository writing if there is time.
THURSDAY, September 22
* Define expository writing and the structure it needs
* Explain and show MAGNIFYING (narrowing down a topic) and TELESCOPING ( staying on topic) as skills needed for a well-written essay.
FRIDAY, September 9
* Show the expository structure of an essay-the expository house
- roof: introduction with attention grabbers and the controlling idea
- body: body paragraphs with their points and supports (explanation, examples from history, entertainment,literature, personal experience)
- floor: conclusion with insight,rephrasing,summary, abstract-concrete extension
REMINDER!!!!!
Book Report deadline, SEPTEMBER 19, MONDAY!!!!
The Old Man and the Sea
by
Ernest Hemingway
September 15-October 15
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