April 24th, 2013

4/24/13

In Class:
 -->Journal--  Imagine you are in the midst of an apocalypse-esque event. You are allowed to bring one item from your bedroom with you. It can be of practical, sentimental, or artistic value. What do you bring and why?

GMX--  Run-ons, Comma Splices, Fragments, and Complete Sentences
Turn the following sentence fragments into complete sentences by adding information or changing the structure.
    1) Raced down the street.
    2) Landed in the cornfield.
    3) Got out of the large gray van.
    4) Whenever she smokes a cigarette.
    5) Gary, on the bass guitar and kazoo.

As a class, reviewed thesis statements and then studied the "stoplight" method of paragraph construction:
    Stop              Topic Sentence (T3, O/P, etc.)
    Slow              Main Point #1
      Go               Detail/explanation
                         Main Point #2
                         Detail/explanation
                         Main Point #3
                         Detail/explanation
                         Wrap-up sentence (re-state thesis) OR Transition to next paragraph

Students worked independently on midterms, missing work, or missing journal prompts.




Exit ticket: "If I do one thing to be more successful during the second half of the block, it will be..."
Homework:
Submit journals by 9:00 AM Thursday morning!
Catch up on missing work.