Typed Draft 1 Due

Print 2 copies.

You read each other's drafts and fill out the blue sheets.

You do Test 5 to hand in to me.

Homework:

1.  Be ready to upload your paper in Moodle tomorrow. Make improvements!

2.  Read and do pages 71-74 in Brushup.

Rough Draft Describing

We correct Test 3 on fragments.  Work on fragments from diagnostic.

You do Test 4 during class (while signing on to the computers).

You type into a forum on Moodle from your draft.

Homework:

1.  Type your draft. You will print it at the beginning of class.  Run spell check after you type.

Describing

Tell me what a Dirtbag is. What happened in Ch. 6?

We look at "View from the Bridge" again. Underline all the descriptive words you can find.  Put brackets next to the places where he SHOWS us something.

        You think and write about Q. 2 under "Reacting" on page 131.

Think about experiences you have had that could fit number 3 under "Applying" on page 131.

Make a list of possible situations that you could describe in your next paper. You'll be telling us a story that shows you discovering something, seeing something in a new way, understanding something you didn't know before.

OR you can write for number 4 under "Applying" on page 131. You will need to be able to look at this place yourself as you write about it.

The rough draft is due tomorrow.

Homework:

Write the first draft of your descriptive paper.

Tire Changing

You changed my tire :-).

We checked Brushup exercises.

Homework:

You read Chapter 6 in Double Take.

You do Tests 1, 2 and 3 pages 65-67 in Brushup.

Narration

We check "Super Salad" sentences.

We check the Brushup homework.

You read "A View from the Bridge" page 127-129 in Patterns.

We discuss Q. 1-4.

You do some practice questions from the grammar test.

Homework:

1.  In your daybook fill up a page writing about the problems you might encounter if you became blind.  Consider in particular how your loss of sight would affect your lifestyle.

2. Do pages 63-66 in Brushup.

Last Chance to Edit Your Paper

First of all, write the two sentences that have been combined to make one.
Then label these compound or complex:

Kevin had signed up to wrestle, so his dad made him finish the season.

After he lost his last match, he was really glad to be done.

When he would wrestle, he couldn't get any leverage on his opponents.

He had a lot of upper body strength, but that was no advantage without legs.


We correct Test 1 and 2 pages 53/54.

You upload your papers and edit them.

Homework:

1.  Final version due tomorrow.  Hand in the yellow sheets as well.

2.  Do Tests 3 and 4.

Sentence Types

Simple, compound and complex sentences.  We make them.

Then you upload your papers in Moodle and work on them.

Homework:

1.  Edit and proofread your paper for Monday.  You'll upload it again. The final version is due on Tuesday.

2.  Do Test 1 and 2 pages 53-54 in Brushup.

Verbs

We correct exercises.  You look at your diagnostic scores.

We take scissors to your drafts. The final version is due on Monday. Tomorrow you must be able to upload your paper electronically to TurnItIn within Moodle.

Homework:

1. Do pages 49-52 in Brushup.

2.  Get your paper in good shape for uploading;  we'll work on editing/proofreading with help from TurnItIn.

Draft #2 Due

You circle all the verbs in your first paragraph.

Then we exchange drafts, and you read and fill out the page about each draft. We are going to each do three, I hope.

We go over the chapter tests.

Homework:

1.  Read  the comment sheets about your paper, and think about ways to change it.

2.  Tests 5 and 6.

Working at your Draft

We check your homework in Brushup. You do Test 1 and we check it.

We talk about your drafts, using pages 253-253 in Patterns.  You type some;  Draft 2 is due tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Have your draft printed out for class tomorrow.

2.  Do Tests 2, 3, and 4 pages 34-36 in Brushup.

Diagnostic Test

Write a paragraph summary of the events of Chapter 4 in Double Take in your daybook.

Then you take the Diagnostic test. 

We look at pages 253-254 in Patterns. You write down what you want to think about changing on your draft.

Homework:

Read and do pages 27-32 in Brushup.

Adding detail

You write about your homework, "The Dare."  In your daybook, spend some time explaining why Hoffman took the dare, and what he did.

On your copy of the reading, try to number the steps he gives for his how-to. Bracket his background information.

Circle his introduction and his conclusion. Does he have a thesis statement?

Now you spend some time typing your draft.  Think about your beginning and adding a thesis.

Tomorrow you take a diagnostic test for 30 minutes to help see what you need work on.

Homework:

1.  Read Chapter 4 in Double Take.

Rough Draft Due

We check Test 5.

You do stuff with your drafts.

Homework:

1.  Read the handout enough times so that tomorrow you will be able to clearly explain what Roger Hoffman did when he was a kid.

Working on Your Rough Draft

We check homework.

You work on your draft. Do you have any questions?

You do Test 4 to hand in.

You listen to the rest of Ch. 3.

Homework:

1. Finish your Rough Draft Process essay and bring it to class.

2. Grammar:  Do Test 5 for class tomorrow.

Writing About A Process

You look at the assignment sheet for your first writing task.  We read pages 244-250 in Seeing the Pattern. Discuss.

Subjects and verbs?  We start by building some sentences. Then we correct Brushup Ch. 1 P1 and P2 and Test 1, adding the answers to your daybook.

As there is time, we see what happens to Kevin in Ch. 3 of Double Take.

Homework:

1. Do Test 1, Test 2 and Test 3, pages 22-24 in Brushup. On Monday you will do Test 4 during class.

2.  Fill at least a page in your daybook with notes about the process you're writing your paper on. If you wish, begin your rough draft. It's your choice whether you type or hand write the first draft;  but eventually it will all be typed, so the sooner the better.

Chapter Two and More

We do pages 7-14 like we did yesterday.

Now we look at this.  And then read Chapter 2.

You write in your daybook:  describe several ways Kevin's dad solved  problems he faced as a kid with no legs.

What is this family learning during this time?

Now think about you and your family.  Think about learning how to do stuff.  What are some things you know how to do, or that you are still learning how to do, that you could explain and describe for us. Brainstorm a list of what you could write about. The goal is (eventually) a paper of several pages, so you're looking for a topic with lots of potential for information or storytelling.

In Moodle we'll create another forum with those brainstorms in it, so you can give each other ideas.  It's okay to write about similar topics.

After seeing ideas and thinking some more,  take one or two of your ideas and create a list of steps for it;  these are the steps in doing the task.  These are the steps you learned about doing, or it could be the steps you went through in order to learn the task.  Do this within the brainstorming forum.

Homework:

1.  Read pages 17-20 in Brushup, doing the practices.  Then do Test 1 before class.

2.  Read page 244 in Seeing the Pattern.

Getting Started

1. We look at page 1 in Brushup.

2.  Into your daybook, you check and copy answers from P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6.  Label them as nouns and verbs.

3. We discuss the reading. Thinkwrite in your daybook:  Look over yesterday's Ch. 1.  Copy this sentence into your daybook:

In Chapter 1 of Double Take, Kevin Connolly _____________ .....

You complete the sentence and write some more with it that explain what Chapter 1 was about.

4. You get on the computers, go to our class in Moodle, and try out a discussion forum. Into the forum, you will type what you wrote for the thinkwrite above.  You may change it as you type, if you wish.

Homework:

1.  Finish typing into the forum, if you did not finish during class.

2.  Do from the bottom of p. 7 to p. 14 in Brushup.

Welcome

Today you look over the course materials and requirements.

You meet our author.

Then you listen to the first chapter of Double Take and do some writing.

Homework:

Get your books and do pages 3-7 in Brushup.