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Thursday 9/6 Hello, receive course description and journal assignment Friday 9/7 Come up with a topic for a two-paragraph writing assignment. Topic: You will write about about an object that gives you strength. Be sure to include concrete details and a clear sense of how the object empowers you Monday 9/10 Work on essay Tuesday 9/11 Revise and complete essay Wednesday 9/12 Study grammar: review of parts of speech, phrases and clauses Thursday 9/13 Rosh Hashanah Friday 9/14 1) Read essays and find thesis statements. 2) Start thinking about a topic for an anecdotal essay. 3) Journal Due Monday 9/17 Start Anecdotal Essay Tuesday 9/18 Complete Comma Usage Exercises (download file here) √+ The Answers Wednesday 9/19 Complete draft of Anecdotal essay (print out before you leave) Friday 9/21 1) Journal due. 2) Finish Anecdote 3) start Letter Assignment/samples Monday 9/24 1) Have drafts of letter 2) work/revise in class Tuesday 9/25 Letter due Wednesday 9/26 1) Read sample college essays 2) more comma exercises √+ The Answers Friday 9/28 1) Have three ideas for College Essay 2) Journal due	Descriptive Writing Techniques handout Style Points for Writing handout/practice Anecdotal Essay Brainstorming Sheet (PDF) √+ (HTML) College Essay Prep Sheet (pdf)
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Monday 1 Have introduction and two body paragraphs for college essay Tuesday 2 Have a draft of College Essay Wednesday 3 What is good writing exercise (click here for assignment) Thursday 4 Lesson on Unity, coherence and being concise Friday 5 Revise College Essay Monday 8 Columbus Day Tuesday 9 1) Read Sample Compare/Contrast essays Wednesday 10 Generate Ideas for compare/contrast essay Friday 12 1) Grammar Quiz 2) Work on Compare/Contrast Essay Monday 15 Peer edit compare/contrast outlines and conference with teacher Tuesday 16 Have a first draft of compare/contrast outline Wednesday 17 1) Work on essay/introduction 2) Using quotations exercises Friday 19 1) Compare/contrast essay due 2) Start Cause and Effect readings Monday 22 Cause and effect: discuss essays and logic Tuesday 23 Start cause and effect essay: Brainstorming, thesis due Wednesday 24 Continue cause and effect: outline and two body paragraphs due Friday 26 Finish draft of cause and effect essay Monday 29 Literary Analysis: Read sample stories and essays Tuesday 30 1) Discuss stories and talk about literary analysis 2) Have thesis for essay Wednesday 31 Brainstorm and develop outline for literary analysis essay	Compare/Contrast Introductions Evaluated
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Friday 2 Conference on literary essays work on revision of cause and effect essay Monday 5 1) Finish Literary Analysis essay 2) Start Nuts 'n Bolts exercises Tuesday 6 1) Nuts 'n Bolts exercises Wednesday 7 1) Nuts 'n Bolts exercises Friday 9 1) Nuts 'n Bolts exercises Monday 12 Veteran’s Day Tuesday 13 1) Practice sentence combining 2) Start Place Paragraphs Wednesday 14 1) Work on place paragraphs 2) Start imagistic poem about a place Friday16 Work on a place poem Monday 19 1) Work on story about a time you got in trouble 2) Study Dialogue Tuesday 20 Discuss revision techniques and polish your story Wednesday 21 No class 22-23 Thanksgiving Break Monday 26 Speech Unit: Start by reading and commenting on some speeches. (Click here for the worksheet) Tuesday 27 1) Read Handout on the qualities of a great speech and complete worksheet 2) Finish research on speeches 3) watch video and complete worksheets Wednesday 28 Complete steps 1-5 on your speech (Click for the assignment worksheet) Friday 30 1) Complete steps 6-7 2) Print out steps 1-7 3) See me	Nuts and Bolts Assignment Colons Worksheet Colons and Semi-Colons Answer Key Link to the Speech page
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Monday 3 1) Start drafting your speech 2) study subject-verb agreement Tuesday 4 Work on your speech Wednesday 5 Work on your speech Friday 7 Complete step 10 (to be handed in with step 11) Monday 10 1) Complete step 11 Tuesday 11 Peer Conferencing on Speeches Wednesday 12 Revise Speeches and give your partner performance notes Friday 14 1) Speech due at start of class. Give both me and your partner a copy. 2) Speech Workshop (We will not be working on speeches today!!) Monday 17 Speech Presentations Tuesday 18 Speech Presentations Wednesday 19 Speech Presentations Friday 21 Start next project: a 4- to 5- page personal essay	Subject-Verb Worksheet
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Wednesday 2 Welcome Back!! 1) Work on Essay: Prewriting 2) Prepare for grammar quiz on Friday on pronoun reference and faulty modification Friday 4 Work on essay: you should have an idea and some thorough prewriting (either a detailed outline or a page of free-writing) 2) Everyone is required to conference with me 3) Grammar Quiz (done on the computer like the exercises we’ve done) Monday 7 Work on essay: 1 1⁄2 pages of draft due at end of class Tuesday 8 Work on essay: 3 pages of draft due at end of class Wednesday 9 1) Work on essay: 4 1⁄2 pages of draft due at end of class 2) Make up grammar quiz Friday 11 First draft of personal essay due Monday 14 Have a plan for revision. Everyone must conference with me Tuesday 15 Work on revision Wednesday 16 Work on revision Tuesday 22 1) Work on Essay 2) You may do a journal entry for extra credit! Wednesday 23 Work on Essay Friday 25 1) Final Essay Due 2) Grammar review/make up quiz Monday 28 Prep for Final	Final Essay: Process and Prompts
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Writing Workshop, B Block (m, t, w, f): Assignments, Handouts and Class Notes