Those Pesky Semicolons

Vocabulary Unit 12: New words, worksheet.
Bedford Handbook: read section on semicolons (p. 398-402) and did exercises on p. 403.
Topic proposal check and research time for Argument Essay #2.

Friday April 24

Vocabulary Unit 11 review with white boards.
Vocabulary Unit 11 Quiz.
Apples to Apples.

Thursday April 23

Finished Vocabulary Unit 11 Worksheets (5 points).
Argument Essay #2: Topic Proposal check.
Mellen Lab for research.

Thursday April 23

Finished Vocabulary Unit 11 Worksheets (5 points).
Argument Essay #2: Topic Proposal check.
Mellen Lab for research.

Wednesday April 22: NO CLASS

No class due to ACT testing.

Wednesday April 22: NO CLASS

No class due to ACT testing.

Tuesday Class Notes

Vocabulary 11: Worksheet Pt. 1-2.
Bedford Handbook: Unnecessary commas, p. 391-398 (exercises).
Discussed Pro/Con arguments for China ’s use of coal (BBC stats) and the NPR report on the strip search case before the Supreme Court today.
Argument Essay #2 topics due Thursday.

Tuesday Class Notes

Vocabulary 11: Worksheet Pt. 1-2.
Bedford Handbook: Unnecessary commas, p. 391-398 (exercises).
Discussed Pro/Con arguments for China ’s use of coal (BBC stats) and the NPR report on the strip search case before the Supreme Court today.
Argument Essay #2 topics due Thursday.

Returning Argument Essay #1

Vocab Quiz 10: Absolute phrase reminders.

Vocab 11: new words, worksheet.

Return Argument essay #1—conferences.

Notes on common essay errors.

Read “Hellhole.”

Friday Lessons

Vocabulary Unit 10 Quiz (14 points).

Discussed rhetorical features—examples, narration, compare/contrast, analogy) and evidence (examples, statistics, testimony) of Margaret Talbot’s “Red Sex, Blue Sex.”

"Red Sex, Blue Sex"

Vocabulary Unit 10: Worksheet (5 points).

Absolute phrases: review; students wrote three sentences, one in each pattern (opener, subject-verb split, closer).

Read Margaret Talbot’s “Red Sex, Blue Sex” –will analyze and discuss tomorrow.

Another Lab Day

West Wing Lab—Work on topics for final Argument Essay.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Thiel check essay folders for content.

Lab Day

West Wing Lab—Work on topics for final Argument Essay.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Thiel check essay folders for content.

Absolute Phrases

Lesson: Absolute phrases: Reviewed verb forms, participial phrases. The absolute phrase is like a participial phrase with a subject. Whereas participles and participial phrases function as adjectives, absolute phrases modify the entire clause or sentence. Activity: Sentence scrambles.

Vocabulary Unit 10: New words.

Students turned in Argument Essay #1 folders.

Lab Day

§ Mellen lab: work on rough drafts.

Vocab/West Wing Lab

Vocab 9: Reviewed Worksheet Parts 3-4 (5 points)

West Wing Lab: Writing and Research

Vocabulary Unit 9/Lab Time

§ Vocab 9: Reviewed Worksheet Parts 1-2

§ West Wing Lab: Writing and Research

Monday after Spring Break

Vocab Unit 9: New Worksheet.
Argument Essay deadlines: Friday rough draft; Monday final draft.
Using commas: Bedford p. 383-391 and Exercises 32-4 and 32-5.