Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016
Revision: The Things You Carry
Some more ideas for this piece:
Use terminology that is specific to your topic.
Ex: p 3 "They were called legs or grunts", "To carry something was to hump it..."
Think about how your sentences are structured:
p 3 "Because the land was mined and booby-trapped, it was SOP for each man to carry..."
"Because you could die so quickly, each man carried at least one large compress bandage..."
Consider whether you want to talk about the actual weights of things.
Consider if you want to insert an anecdote, like the one about Martha.
Consider going back to the text and looking at specific sentences as models.
Some good examples can be found on
pp 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 19
Consider if you want to discuss how you carry yourself (see page 19).
As you put the finishing touches on your writing piece, consider the following:
-What dominant impression have you created of this particular role in your life? How have you considered DIDLS (details, imagery, diction, language, and syntax) in creating this impression?
-Do you want to show more than one side to this role? If so, have you done so?
-What choices have you made about how paragraphs are set up? Look back at TTTC for models. Do you have some paragraphs that focus on tangible items and some that focus on intangible items, or are the two mixed together? Does each paragraph focus on something specific, and does it begin and end with a deliberate image, detail, or idea?
-How have you begun your piece? How have you ended it? What impression does your beginning and ending create?
-What are your sentences like? Have you made active choices about punctuation (dashes, commas)? Have you made active choices about sentence length?
-Have you proofread your essay for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation?
-Does your piece have a title?
-Do you have a proper MLA style heading?
-Have you double spaced?
Use terminology that is specific to your topic.
Ex: p 3 "They were called legs or grunts", "To carry something was to hump it..."
Think about how your sentences are structured:
p 3 "Because the land was mined and booby-trapped, it was SOP for each man to carry..."
"Because you could die so quickly, each man carried at least one large compress bandage..."
Consider whether you want to talk about the actual weights of things.
Consider if you want to insert an anecdote, like the one about Martha.
Consider going back to the text and looking at specific sentences as models.
Some good examples can be found on
pp 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 19
Consider if you want to discuss how you carry yourself (see page 19).
As you put the finishing touches on your writing piece, consider the following:
-What dominant impression have you created of this particular role in your life? How have you considered DIDLS (details, imagery, diction, language, and syntax) in creating this impression?
-Do you want to show more than one side to this role? If so, have you done so?
-What choices have you made about how paragraphs are set up? Look back at TTTC for models. Do you have some paragraphs that focus on tangible items and some that focus on intangible items, or are the two mixed together? Does each paragraph focus on something specific, and does it begin and end with a deliberate image, detail, or idea?
-How have you begun your piece? How have you ended it? What impression does your beginning and ending create?
-What are your sentences like? Have you made active choices about punctuation (dashes, commas)? Have you made active choices about sentence length?
-Have you proofread your essay for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation?
-Does your piece have a title?
-Do you have a proper MLA style heading?
-Have you double spaced?
Thursday, April 7, 2016
The Things You Carry Writing Assignment
Here is a link to the product descriptor for this assignment.
Rough draft is due Monday, April 11th.
Final draft date to come - will be after break.
As always, I would strong encourage a writing conference in the AC.
Rough draft is due Monday, April 11th.
Final draft date to come - will be after break.
As always, I would strong encourage a writing conference in the AC.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Vocab 5,6 Review
Period 2 --> Here is a link to your shared review document. Please add your sentences and use this as a study tool.
Period 4 --> Here is a link to your shared review document. Please add your sentences and use this as a study tool.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Subject-Verb Agreement Exercises
Choose the correct form of the verb so that it agrees with the subject.
(The rules can be found here.)
(The rules can be found here.)
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
Check your answers here.
Friday, March 11, 2016
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