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Warm Up:
What are the characteristics of technical writing?
Homework:
Night Write-What are some examples of technical writing?
Reading- Read for 30 minutes and complete an entry on your reading log answering 5Ws.
Activity 1:
Students will read their chapter book for 30 minutes focusing on types of persuasion used in the text.
Activity 2:
Oral Presentations
posted on: March 10, 2007
posted on: September 10, 2006
Review of the 8 Parts of Speech
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
Prepositions
http://www.edhelper.com/language/prepositions3804.html
Pronouns
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_pronuse.html
Adjectives and Adverbs
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esladjadv.html
Conjunctions
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/conjunct.html
Grammar Gym (information and review on all 8 parts of speech)
http://athena.english.vt.edu/~IDLE/Gym2/workout10/w10.stretch1.html
posted on: August 30, 2006
The reading log is the daily documentation students complete. The one sentence summary must include the answers to who, what, when, where, and why.
posted on: May 16, 2006
http://www.nacs.k12.in.us/resources/research/CHSResearchPaperHelp.html
posted on: January 08, 2006
For a review of the literature analysis and a self assessment of the story, click on Prentice Hall site.
posted on: October 09, 2005
The Author Visit and Book Chat Nov. 14, 2005 will be an experience of a lifetime. A summary and the reading level of each of the books are explained in the attached document.
posted on: October 08, 2005
This document provides the nuts and bolts for success with the narrative writing assignment. Guidelines for the Narrative Writing Assignment
posted on: September 20, 2005
Online practice for the quiz on verbs can be found at:
posted on: September 15, 2005
Guidelines for Narrative Writing will explain to students each specific requirement of this assignment. Assessment pieces are included, as well.
posted on: August 30, 2005
Write Source is the "best thing since sliced bread," when it comes to guiding students through each step of the writing process for each type of writing assignment. After using the book for the first day the books were available, 13 students (last year) asked if they could buy the text. 60 of my students bought the book to help them perfect their writing. The purchase of this book is optional.
posted on: August 30, 2005
Write Source is the "best thing since sliced bread," when it comes to guiding students through each step of the writing process for each type of writing assignment. After using the book for the first day the books were available, 13 students (last year) asked if they could buy the text. 60 of my students bought the book to help them perfect their writing. The purchase of this book is optional.
posted on: August 30, 2005
These sites will help students identify 4 types of sentences. Students will also be able to practice capitalization and punctuation skills. http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/sent-type1.htm http://www.mce.k12tn.net/dogs/fern/sentences/online_lesson2.htm http://www.pb5th.com/test/writing/4sent_potc.htm#
posted on: August 15, 2005
Evaluating a Website
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html
Tips on Searching
http://www.lkwdpl.org/study/research/research.htm
How do I take notes from sources?
http://www.scs.k12.tn.us/SCS/subject-areas/Research_paper/notes.htm#looks
How do I take research notes?
http://www.ehow.com/how_2853_research-notes.html
Then arrow dow to "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and click. Click on "Review and Assess." Arrow down to the bottom of this page and click on "Self-Assess". There will be 5 questions for you to answer. Enjoy!
Happy Reading
www.phsuccessnet.com
Students will log in with their password. Click on the grammar book; click on 15.1 and work through 15.3.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/clubhouse/index_pre.html
