Prewriting

HOMEWORK

Finish prewriting for TWO argumentative / persuasive topics. We will write on Monday, you will have less than an hour to write. 

Thesis Statements

HOMEWORK
Read Part 1 and Part 2 in this document. Feel free to do the exercises if you would like some extra practice. 

Persuasion Map

HOMEWORK
Create a persuasion map about "Should marijuana be legalized?" Share your map with me. 

Argumentative Essay

HOMEWORK
We started to talk about opinion/persuasive/argumentative essays, together we are going to write an essay about the "legalization of marijuana". I would like you to do some research about the issue and be prepared to discuss it in class. 

Weekend ...

Illogical Shifts

HOMEWORK: 
Illogical shifts - try to at least do a couple from each section.
Even - Carmen
Odd - Honoka

Michael ... whatever you can!

Verb Forms

HOMEWORK: 

Finish worksheet review on Verb Forms. Write your answers in my document and check out my comment. 

Happy Easter

There was no class on Thursday because many of you were writing the CAEL exam. See you on TUESDAY!!

Enjoy your long weekend. 

RELAX

No homework!

Go home - chill - 

come back tomorrow ready to rock!

Paragraph Writing

HOMEWORK
Finish your compare/contrast paragraphs and share with me. 

Compare & Contrast: SPIDER-MAN

HOMEWORK: 
Read the articles about Spider-Man and create a venn diagram (a table is fine) that compares and contrasts the information found in both of the articles.