Summary/ Response Due

You hand in your papers.

We do some grammar review.

Work on Revising

Revising your drafts due tomorrow.

Do a grammar review as well.

Homework:

Final Version of your Summary/ Response paper due tomorrow.

Peer Review

We read drafts.

On Monday I'll have practice test questions for you.

Drafting

We check Brushup.

We go over the quiz.

You work on your drafts.

Homework:

Draft 1 due tomorrow.

Working on Summary/Response

We discuss "On Dumpster Diving."

You take notes and begin to write a summary. Draft 1 due Friday.

Homework:

1. Do Tests 3 and 4 pages 169-170 in Brushup.

2. Begin writing your Summary/ Response to "On Dumpster Diving."

Dumpster Diving?

You take a quiz.

We check answers about Ch. 15.

Homework:

1. Have Tests 1 and 2 ready to check, pages 167-168 in Brushup.

2. Complete the Quiz over Dumpster Diving.

Taking Notes

We go over Ch. 15.

You have time to take notes in your daybook over "Dumpster Diving" using the chart on page 588.

Homework:

Be ready for a quiz over "Dumpster Diving."

Summary Paper Due

Your summary of "How Much is that Kidney in the Window" is due.

We start Ch. 15 in Brushup.

Read "Dumpster Diving."

Homonyms and Review

You do Test 6 Apostrophe and hand it in.

We go over the homework--homonyms.

I pass out the assignment sheet for the next paper.

On Tuesday there will be a quiz over the reading; the work in Brushup will be on the blog.

Homework:

1. Final Version Summary paper due.

2. Finish Tests 5 and 6 over Homonyms pages 151-152 in Brushup.

Apostrophes

We work on apostrophes.

You start Ch. 13, Homonyms page 143.

Homework:

Do up to page 150 in Brushup, Tests 1-4.

Draft 1 Summary Due

Today we read drafts.

We look at your vocabulary exercise from yesterday.

We review apostrophes.

Homework:

1. Do Tests 1, 2 and 3 on pages 107-109 in Brushup.

Apostrophes and the Article

We talk about your article notes; correct commas. More about apostrophes.

Summary Time

I pass out the assignment sheet.

We correct the commas handout.

You work on taking notes about the article.

Homework:

1. Finish taking notes over the article. Begin writing your summary. Draft 1 is due Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Return of Cause and Effect/ Summary

I return your papers.

You begin reading "How Much is That Kidney in the Window?" page 531-534 in Pattern.

http://organdonor.gov/about/data.html

http://www.kidney.org/transplantation/livingdonors/infoqa.cfm

Also, we start on correcting the comma handout.

Homework:

1. Take notes on all of the reading.

More About Commas

We check your tests.

Commas

We work on comma rules.

Cause/ Effect Paper Due

You hand in your papers.

We correct Brushup. And go on.

Homework:

Complete Tests 1-3 on pages 95-97.

Working on C/S and RO

We correct Brushup.

You get out your description papers.

Homework:

Finish the Cause/Effect paper, due Monday.