Writing Scenes that Show a Social Issue

Lesson Recap

H/W Book Club books need to be finished by Monday.

Do grammar practice exercises from this week's earlier blog post.

All Classes: You should have at least 15 lines of your scene written by next Tuesday 

Book Club Conversations

Lesson Recap: Which technique will you use?

Updated Links

http://www.csus.edu/owl/index/sent/clause_quiz.htm

compound and complex sentences

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073123587/student_view0/chapter6/complex_sentences_exercise.html

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/sentence_types/quiz1848.html  

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz2/quizzes-to-fix/sentence_types_quiz.html

https://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr07/page_build.cfm?id=quiz&ch=8

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0073511994/student_view0/brush_up/part_i-grammar2/grammar_exercise_04.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/cw-senttype.html

Fused and Comma Splice

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

https://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/run-ons_ex1.htm

http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_smith_english_10/108/27805/7118326.cw/content/index.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/299540.html (ignore question 13 and 16)

http://www.quia.com/rr/126726.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/815621.html?AP_rand=60951870

The POscars Award goes to....

Defining Social Issues

Make a copy

Digital Notebook: Realistic Fiction - Social Issues

Choose one social issue that you are interested in and watch the video. Take notes on the video.


H/W
Find an article related to the social issue you investigated - use the library resource list database. (Due. Thur)
Remember: Come with an idea for your grammar Memory hook for tomorrow.

HB Activity Click here
Lesson Recap: Make your thinking Visible

H/W

Read up to your agreed upon page in your book club. Will you make your thinking visible?

Grammar Summative: Guidelines below. Make sure you have an 'idea' for memory hook for Wed.

REMEMBER: POSCARS Side CHAMPION Finals WEDNESDAY morning! - Be ready!