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September 27, 2006
We will be writing our persuasive essays in class this Thursday and Friday. Our prompt pertains to choosing an improvement needed at Mabry Middle School. The students must support the improvement with three solid reasons using persuasive techniques and supports. We will employ the use of our columns prewrite and body paragraph organizers. The first draft will be due Monday, Oct. 2. The paper must be typed using Times New Roman style, 12 point font, and the format of the essay will be double-spaced. I am looking forward to reading some great persuasive esays!
Posted by Collins at 01:04 PM
September 21, 2006
We will be having a quiz tomorrow, Sept. 22, on the columns prewrite and its parts. There will also be questions on the thesis statement and the introductory paragraph. Please refer to your writing folder handouts in preparation for the quiz.
Posted by Collins at 10:30 AM
September 13, 2006
First, I would like to brag on my students and their creative abilities! When given the task of creating their own editorial cartoons, my students did an exceptional job! Many were humorous and others reflected more serios topics. All in all, they did an outstanding job! Secondly, we are beginning the writing process. Our writing rubric and prewriting steps will be reviewed first. Next, we will review the thesis statement and 9 cool ways to begin our introductory paragraphs. We will keep all our handouts in our writing folders and literally create our own writing manuals. Write on!!
Posted by Collins at 01:58 PM
September 06, 2006
We will be creating our own versions of editorial cartoons in class. We have studied actual editorial cartoons in the AJC, and we have discussed the characteristics of the editorial cartoon. To apply our knowledge of these characteristics, the students wil select an issue pertaining to school life at Mabry and will draw their own cartoons using the following requirements:
1. It must be school appropriate.
2. No names must be used.
3. The content must be about a school issue.
4. It must be illustarted with color.
5. It must have a clear message.
6. It must be on 8.5" x 11" unlined paper.
Be creative and have fun!!!
Posted by Collins at 01:04 PM
