Supporting Sentences & Transitions

HOMEWORK: 
Write a paragraph (no concluding sentence yet) that uses transition words and builds on your supporting details that you wrote about yesterday. 

Supporting Details

HOMEWORK: 
1) Finish writing your supporting details for your topic sentence.
2) Look at the PDF of transitions. 

Transition Words

HOMEWORK: 
Please look over the lists of transition words in the slides that I shared with you. 

For AW ... just chill!

Your move up tests are tomorrow for your core class ;-)
Good Luck!!

More 'n more topic sentences

HOMEWORK
Write TWO topic sentences for TWO of the topics given in the exercise we are working in for class. 

Topic Sentences

HOMEWORK
Do exercise #1 (look for my comment) in your own document. 

Punctuation

Homework: 
Finish numbers 11-20 of the punctuation worksheet we started in class. 

Ice Cream

HOMEWORK:
Have some delicious ice cream! Or gelato! Or sorbet! Or even a Slupree!

Enjoy! =)

Classification Essay - Romantic Comedy Example

HOMEWORK: 
Finish the reading "Types of Women  in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real" and do an outline for the essay that you just read. 

Classification Paragraphs

HOMEWORK: 
Write a paragraph outline for the topics below. Remember to write a topic sentence for your outline. 

EXAMPLE: Paragraph Outline
Topic Sentence: Daily commuters can be classified into 4 main categories.
    I) Loud music dude
          - all you can hear is the bass
          - weird music that they are singing to
    II) Chatty cellphone convo
          - shares lots of personal info
    III) Something smells
          - just finished work
          - smoked before getting on
          - eating some smelly food
    IV) Catching some zzz's
          - snoring in a corner
          - slouched over

Just chill today!

No homework today, unless you would like to look more at the activities on CAPITALIZATION. 

NAA: ROT Article

HOMEWORK: 
Finish the News Article Analysis Question #5 (Personal Reaction) and share with me. 

Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team

HOMEWORK: 
Read the article -- Rio 2016: The Refugee Olympic Team Doesn’t Need Your Cheers …
And if you have time Refugee Olympic Team gets notice, but is it enough?

You only have to read and understand the articles. 

Bias

HOMEWORK: 
Watch the video "Battling Bad Science" again to get a better understanding of what the speaker said.

Counter arguments

HOMEWORK: 
Everyone: Identify the arguments and write some counter argument evidence for the paragraph on cutting down rainforests. 

Previous students: Using the information and your outline from the past, write a ONE paragraph counter argument. 

** Share your documents with an email with me if you would like my feedback. 

Support your IDEA

HOMEWORK: 
Write ONE body paragraph that supports your thesis statement. 

We've been working with the topic below. 

International students should work while they are studying a language. Agree or disagree?

Supporting Paragraphs: Int'l Students & working

HOMEWORK: 
1. Finish your outline, make sure it looks like mine. Two ideas that support your thesis statement and one that is against it. Look at my example in our doc. 
2. Write ONE body paragraph that supports your thesis statement. Pay special attention to the topic sentence and supporting sentences.