Agenda, February 2

• Due Friday: Process Analysis Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Tomorrow: Develop one of your C&C brainstorms into an outline. Instead of an introduction, write a one-sentence claim or your "So What?" For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Write a full conclusion. You need more than three body paragraphs. Typed, of course.
• Due Tomorrow: Vocab Tree
• Due Tuesday: Synthesis revisions. Highlight changes on your new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.

Agenda:

1. Small class Ravens
2. Whole class Ravens
3. Playing around with diction

Agenda, February 1

• Due Friday: Process Analysis Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Now: Look up the key vocab on your MC section.
• Due Friday: Develop one of your C&C brainstorms into an outline. Instead of an introduction, write a one-sentence claim or your "So What?" For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Write a full conclusion. You need more than three body paragraphs. Typed, of course.
• Due Friday: Vocab Tree
• Due Tuesday: Synthesis revisions. Highlight changes on your new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.

Agenda:

1. I Want To ...
2. Conclusion Strategies
3. C & C practice
4. MC Answers
5. Let's Play House!

Agenda, January 31

• Due Thursday: Process Analysis Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Now: Develop one of your D&C brainstorms into an outline. Write a multi-paragraph introduction. For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Instead of a conclusion, write your purpose / So what? statement. You need more than three body paragraphs. Typed, of course.
• Due Wednesday: Look up the key vocab on your MC section.
• Due Friday: Develop one of your C&C brainstorms into an outline. Instead of an introduction, write a one-sentence claim or your "So What?" For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Write a full conclusion. You need more than three body paragraphs. Typed, of course.
• Due Friday: Vocab Tree
• Due Tuesday: Synthesis revisions. Highlight changes on your new draft. Clip new draft on top of old.

Agenda:

1. C & C practice
2. Let's Play House!

Agenda, January 30

• Due Now: Compare and Contrast Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Tomorrow: Develop one of your D&C brainstorms into an outline. Write a multi-paragraph introduction. For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Instead of a conclusion, write your purpose / So what? statement. You need more than three body paragraphs. Typed, of course.
• Due Wednesday: Look up the key vocab on your MC section.
• Due Friday: Vocab Tree

Agenda:

1. Persona and Satire
2. How to C & C
3. C & C practice
4. Let's Play House!

Vocab Tree

When the Going Gets Tough

Words to Describe a Struggle

Due Friday, February 3

Provide the definition for each of the following words that you don’t know. Even if you think you are familiar with the word, you should check its definition to confirm your understanding. For words you need to define, include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words.

Write an original sentence for each word in the list, whether you need to define it or not. Post one sentence as a comment. You only need to post a sentence for one of the ten following words. Please type your work.

1. convoluted
2. cryptic
3. futile
4. impede
5. obscure
6. quandary 

I’m a Loser, Baby

Words to Describe the Lazy

1. indolent
2. insipid
3. listless
4. torpor (torpor is a noun; what is the adjective form?)

Agenda, January 27

• Due Monday: Compare and Contrast Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Tuesday: Develop one of your D&C brainstorms into an outline. Write a multi-paragraph introduction. For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Instead of a conclusion, write your purpose / So what? statement. You need more than three body paragraphs.
• Due Now: Vocab Too 

Agenda:

1. Multi-paragraph intros
2. Ding & Cing
3. Persona and Satire
4. Pick an essay  

Agenda, January 26

• Due Monday: Compare and Contrast Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Tuesday: Develop one of your D&C brainstorms into an outline. Write a multi-paragraph introduction. For each body paragraph, write a topic sentence followed by two bullet-pointed supporting details. Instead of a conclusion, write your purpose / So what? statement. You need more than three body paragraphs.
• Due Tomorrow: Vocab Too 

Agenda:

1. Two-nouncements
2. Ding & Cing
3. "Always, Always, Always": What about the commas?
4. "Always, Always, Always": What about the teacher?
5. Two fun new rhetorical strategies
6. "Always, Always, Always": What's the purpose?  

Agenda, January 25

• Due Now: Division and Classification Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Now: Look up key vocab words in the practice section. Pay particular attention to words in the questions and the distractors.
• Due Friday: Vocab Too 

Agenda:

1. MC Groups
2. Ding & Cing
3. "Always, Always, Always" 

Agenda, January 24

• Due Now: Division and Classification Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Wednesday: Look up key vocab words in the practice section. Pay particular attention to words in the questions and the distractors.
• Due Friday: Vocab Too 

Agenda:

1. Wrapping up humble commas
2. How to D&C
3. Ding & Cing
4. "Always, Always, Always" 

Agenda, January 23

• Due Now: "In Praise of the Humble Comma," by Pico Iyer. Click here for the Bibliographical info.
• Due Tomorrow: Division and Classification Packet. Add the essays to your Bibliography. They are from the Short Takes anthology.
• Due Wednesday?: Look up key vocab words in the practice section. Pay particular attention to words in the questions and the distractors.
• Due Friday: Vocab Too 

Agenda:

1. MC Practice section
2. Praising humble commas