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Opening - 2/26/18

Opening - 2/26/18. Has there ever been a time when you’ve had to convince someone of something? What did you say to achieve the result you wanted? Were you successful in the argument? Create a list of 3 times you’ve experienced this. Don ’ t forget to answer the other questions.

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Opening - 2/26/18

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  1. Opening - 2/26/18 • Has there ever been a time when you’ve had to convince someone of something? • What did you say to achieve the result you wanted? • Were you successful in the argument? Create a list of 3 times you’ve experienced this. Don’t forget to answer the other questions.

  2. Opening - 2/26/18 • Has there ever been a time when you’ve had to convince someone of something? • What did you say to achieve the result you wanted? • Were you successful in the argument? Write a mini narrative featuring a time this has happened to you. Don’t forget to include the other questions.

  3. Kahoot! • Get out a sheet of paper • Fold it into 4 boxes • Cut out 4 squares • On each square in BIG letters, write A, B, C, and D

  4. Unpack Embedded Assessment • Read the directions for your embedded assessment on pg. 127 • Once you’re done reading, create a T-chart in the notes section. • On one side, list the skills you need to complete the essay • On the other, list the knowledge you will need to complete the essay

  5. Skills Knowledge

  6. Closure • What are some issues of importance in your life? Discuss with your group and on the notecard provided, create a list of 3.

  7. Opening – 2/27/18 GET YOUR BOOKS!

  8. Respond to the following opinions using red/pink or green. • America is a wasteful society. • Everyone should be forced to recycle his or her used goods. • Excessive trash is ruining our society. • People should be allowed to create as much trash as they want as long as they dispose of it properly.

  9. What’s a claim? • A claim statement is a lot like a thesis statement. • They both establish what the essay is going to be about. • They both appear in the introduction. • However, a claim statement can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another. • It has a subject (the issue being discussed) and opinions (the main ideas presented) that support it.

  10. Example There are numerous downsides to year-round schooling. It has no positive effects on education, it adds to the cost, and it disturbs the long-awaited summer.

  11. Opening 2/28/18 • Put your claim statements in the middle of your group. • Answer the following question • Why is it important to use proper grammar in our writing?

  12. What is a modifier? • Words, phrases or clauses that provide description in sentences • It can create imagery within the sentences. • They give simple, bland sentences more PIZAZZ.

  13. Modifiers • Adjectives • Adjective clauses (tells what kind, how many, or which one) • Adverbs • Adverb clause (tells how, when, where, or why) • Prepositional phrases

  14. Lets Practice • The mailman delivered two dresses, which were made in China. • The tennis ball that bounced across the floor belonged to my brother. • Tommy scrubbed the bathroom tile until his arms ached.

  15. Misplaced Modifiers • When a writer puts too much distance between the modifier and the subject. Dangling Modifiers • When a writer does not include the subject the modifier is modifying.

  16. How to Correct Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers • Identify the modifier. • If it’s a phrase, make sure you include the entire thing • Identify the subject the modifier is supposed to be modifying. • Rearrange the sentence so that the subject is clearly being modified by its modifier. If there isn’t a subject, what kind of modifier is it?

  17. Lets Practice! Uncle Louie bought a running stroller for the baby that he called “Speed Racer.”

  18. Lets Practice! Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the math problem was easily solved.

  19. Using one of the sentences from your worksheet, create a comic. Include the incorrect sentence and the corrected sentence.

  20. Opening – 3/1/18 • Get out a sheet of paper. • Write the correct heading at the top. • Title it – Vocabulary Quiz 3

  21. Directions • Do NOT write on the quiz. • Make sure to follow the directions. • When you’re done, raise your hand.

  22. Opening – 3/5/18 GET YOUR BOOKS • What are reasons? • What is evidence? • What are some types of evidence?

  23. Evidence and Reasons Flip in you book to page 141. Reasons – the points or opinions the writer gives to show why the claim should be accepted. Evidence – more specific type of support that usually draws from or quotes a primary or secondary source.

  24. I Wanna Iguana • While listening to the story, first listen for a claim then listen for instances of reasons and evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgIpDBiLnFo

  25. America the Not-So-Beautiful • Go through the article and identify at least 7 reasons and 7 pieces of evidence . • When you’re done, answer the following question. • How do reasons and evidence support the claim?

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