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This week's focus is on enhancing your writing through constructive revisions in your portfolio. Begin by reviewing Lesson 2 and engaging with argument materials, ensuring to print and annotate your work. As you progress through the week, revise your writing based on feedback, focusing on clarity, detail, and grammatical accuracy. Utilize resources effectively, complete your assignments, and prepare for submission. Key activities include revising your argument, finalizing your personal narrative, and assessing your overall progress. Aim to implement feedback for better expression in writing.
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Portfolios and Wrap up Unit 3 Week of May 12
Monday • Go over and do Lesson 2, Unit 3 • Print out argument materials • Intro and explain Portfolio • Work time through the week • Availability for help
Misplaced Modifiers: What is wrong? • “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.” (Groucho Marx) • “FOR SALE: Mahogany table by a lady with Chippendale legs” (Ad in newspaper) • “Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Lane” (Headline in newspaper)
Argument Materials • Print out Argument with comments – • Go to Turnitin • Open up your argument • Once opened, look for printer icon in bottom left • Click on it and choose top option. • Pdf will appear on bottom – click on it and print it • Print out clean copy of argument – do this from googledrive or from your network. • Print out any sources you used that you have not done so • Revision – • Evidence – just dropped in – not explained, not connected to reason • Paragraph – conclusion – missing or inadequate explanation • Commas • Some issues with citations • Read through comments and make notes of things to change - on your clean copy.
Portfolio • Key is revision • Make good choices • Use time and resources well • Instructions • Checklist • Bonus
Tuesday • Review misplaced modifiers • Finish intro to Portfolio • Make choices – what will you revise, what will you polish, and what do you need to do to make it a final. • Revise argument – print out a final AND submit a final to Turnitin.com • Select
Items to use for Revision • Draft with comments • Ten errors sheet • Transition sheet • Vocabulary sheet, especially for Personal Narrative • Please do not staple anything AND please do not use plastic sheets for any papers. • Learning Target: I can implement feedback to improve the content and expression of my writing.
Wednesday: Grab a computer, take a seat, get logged on. • Revising • Goal = finish revising your argument– then do something “small.” • Take care of the Employment Skills (Journal 9) • OR • Take care of revising Journal 6 or 159 – whichever one you choose. • Then, perhaps start your Table of Contents or Dividers • Printing in Color • Learning Target: I can implement feedback to improve the content and expression of my writing.
Thursday • Lesson 3 • Revise Personal Narrative • Complete one other item • Print out items and put in safe place
Dangling Modifiers • Flying over the African landscape, the elephant herd looked magnificent. • Picture it. Not pretty. Hope they do not fly overhead. • Covered with hot melted cheese, we ate the pizza. • That could be painful. I really prefer my cheese on the pizza.
PORTFOLIO REMINDERS • Revise – focus on content – add details, explain yourself more clearly, clarify thesis statements • Edit – check grammar, improve word choice, correct “Ten Word” errors, improve flow with use of transitions, fix Works Cited pages, correct annotations • Print what you have finished • Goal – complete revision on Personal Narrative. • Complete another item – Essay of Experience or College/Career Application essay • Learning targets: • I can revise my writing to make it more clear, add apt and specific detail, make tone appropriate for audience/purpose, and demonstrate critical thinking • I can edit for correctness: punctuation, sentence errors, capitalization, apostrophes, and agreement.
Friday • Unit 3 Review first part • Work on Portfolio • Assess where you are and what you need to do • Bonus – weekend is a good time to do this • Monday – final workday – prepare for submission.