Tuesday, February 27, 2018

What's your opinion?


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Homework

  1. Find an example of propaganda in your country. 
  2. Think of 3 opinion/argument/persuasion topics you would be interested in writing about. 





Class Notes

Monday, February 26, 2018

Compare / Contrast Essay

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Homework
Write a compare/contrast essay for Friday. ** Remember to focus on having a clear introduction & thesis statement, and well identified body paragraphs. Topic is of your choice. 

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Relax or Study

Some of you have an exam on FRIDAY and some of you had an exam TODAY, so there is no homework for our class!
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If you would like to do a Cause and Effect essay, I am still accepting them. 

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Venn Diagrams

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Complete a venn diagram comparing TWO different subjects. There are many suggestions in our slide show or you can choose one of your own. 

Class Notes

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Compare & Contrast: Spider-Man

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HOMEWORK
Finish the readings about Spider-Man and answer questions 1,2 & 3. Think about the similarities and differences in both articles, we will be doing a Venn Diagram in class tomorrow.  

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Fishbone Diagrams

HOMEWORK
Make sure you have two fishbone diagrams that talk about global issues for tomorrow, one should focus on the CAUSES of a global issue and the other should focus on the EFFECTS of  another global issue. 


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Today in class we looked at cause and effect paragraph outlines, when someone reads your paragraphs, they should be able to do something similar to this. 
Class notes


Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day

HOMEWORK
Choose 2 global issues, for one do a fishbone diagram that talks about the causes of that global issue; and for the other do a fishbone diagram that talks about the effects. Feel free to do it either on paper or on your computer. 
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Friday, February 9, 2018

Trends & Variety

HOMEWORK

  • Do Part III # 1 - 20 in the "Sentence Variety" worksheet. Feel free to do more if you would like, and share with me if you would like feedback. 
  • Write a brief essay talking about the acid level in mouth graph found in our slides, and share with me if you would like feedback. 
  • Also if you haven't finished off writing about your two graphs in our document, please do so. 
Class Notes


NO CLASSES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12th!
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Monday, February 5, 2018

Paraphrase & Essay

HOMEWORK
** Finish the paraphrase activity that we started today in class.
** Finish your "Process Essay" and share with me by Wednesday. 

Class Notes

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Shifts & Essays

HOMEWORK

  • You should have ready to send me: an exemplification essay and 2 process paragraphs for this weekend.
  • Feel free to finish the worksheet on "Illogical Shifts", I will share the answers with you on Friday. 


Class Notes