Check for Creative Writing session 1:1. (250 minimum words due).
2. New set of SAT words. 11-21, test on Friday, 9/27/2019
3.Continued Introduction to Synthesis Writing, please see previous post. :)
SAT 11-20:
11. Contemporary: current, modern; from the same time
12. Conviction: a fixed or strong belief
13. Diligent: marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
14. Dubious: doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
15. Eclectic: made up of a variety of sources or styles
16. Egregious: conspicuously bad or offensive
17. Exculpate: to free from guilt or blame
18. Florid: flowery or elaborate in style
19. Gratuitous: given freely; unearned; unwarranted
20. Hackneyed: worn out through overuse; trite
Tuesday or Wednesday, Bloc day, 9/24 and 9/25: Careful/close text Reading
1. Quiz-let check 11-20 (10 points)
2. Reading for sources for short Synthesis Essay: "Do Cell Phones belong in the classroom?" 4 ARTICLES, PRINTED AND Sent TO your GOOGLE DOCS. (Your CD's will be harvested from these articles and 1 chart/graph).
Thursday, 9/26: Partner work for the Synthesis Essay
1. Please compare notes on the articles we have read together in class.
2, Choose 4 CD's from at least 2 different articles to synthesis and prove a big idea.
3. Begin composing your two body paragraphs, make sure you share one document between you.
4. Get as much done as possible and we will finish these essays on your next block day.
Friday, 9/27: Vocabulary Test and Creative Writing Session 1:2:
1. Take SAT Test 11-20 on Skyward.
2. Open up your google doc. for this session of Creative writing, remember you have another 250 words due by Monday.