Period 6 Rough Draft Thesis Statements

Go to the Schreiber website

Click on the link for Period 6 Rough Drafts.

Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Choose the three best thesis statements. Copy and paste them into your blog. Explain why you think they are the best. Are they unique? Are they specific? Are they precise? How can you improve your thesis statement? What can you learn from other thesis statements?

Thesis Statements and Embedding Quotes

Go to the Schreiber website

1. Click on the PDF Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Read the introductions of 10 Rough Drafts. Copy and paste the three best thesis statements onto your blog. Explain why you think they are the best thesis statements? Are they unique? Is their phrasing precise? Do they give you ideas on how you could improve your own thesis statement?

2. Click on the PDF about Embedding Quotes. Read the information. If you wrote a rough draft, revise three of your quotes so that they are embedded. Introduce the quotes and only use the words that are absolutely necessary for expressing your point. Write the revised quotes in the blog. If you did not write a rough draft, choose a rough draft from the Per. 3 Rough Drafts. Revise three quotes to make them embedded. Post them in your blog.

Vocabulary Review in Wiki

Go to class wiki

Click on the Period 3 tab. Go down to either #6 or #7 of the Practice Test (don't do the one your group did). Copy and paste the vocabulary story into your blog. Make sure the Edit Html button is clicked, so you can paste properly. Fill in the answers. Check the key afterwards.

Nota Bene: Remember to review the Practice Tests tonight. You can use your computer or copies of the Wiki Practice Test on the Crucible Test Friday.

Review of Roots

Review the roots:

act- do

aud- hear

cred- believe

dic- speak

graph- write

loc- place

man- hand

mot- move

ped- foot

pop- people

port- carry

sign- mark

spec- see

tract- pull, drag

vid- see

volve- roll

Think of one word for each root. Write a poem using these 16 words.

English Handbook Questions

1. Where does the heading go? What goes in the heading?

2. Give an example of a comma splice?

3. What is the difference between a comma splice and a fused sentence?

4. What are two uses of the comma?

5. How is a semicolon used?

6. What numbers should be spelled out?

7. Are plays underlined?

8. What is the difference between "affect" and "effect?"

9. Explain the difference among "there," "their," and "they're."

10. What is parallel structure?

Citing Photos for Keynote

According to the book The Curious Researcher, "Online images often don't give you much to go on. If there is a name of the artist and title of the image, include them. If not, at least describe the image, and include the name of the sponsoring organization or site, and when you downloaded it" ( Ballenger 306).

Here's an example:

"China Town Engulfed." Online image. 12 May 2008.

BBC News. 8 June 2008

WEB ADDRESS HERE>.

Look at one of the photo web addresses you saved. Post an online citation for one of your photos.

Are Ideas Worth a Life?

Can you think of any situation or idea that is important enough to you that you would die for it?

Quest for Periods 2 and 6

Use your textbook to answer these questions:

1. What kind of Writing Workshop does The Moderns chapter have?

2. What is the name of the Puritan poem in Chapter 1?

3. How is Don Henley connected to Henry David Thoreau?

4. In Chapter 3, what is the title of the Pablo Neruda poem in Spanish?

5. What does Emily Dickinson mean when she writes, "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant?"

6. Write the lyrics to the first stanza of one of the Spirituals from Chapter 4.

7. In Chapter 4, what does the root of "theory" mean?

8. In the Resource Center at the back of the book, what's one tip for writing a Resume?

9. In the Writer's Handbook at the back of the book, what are the four stages of the writing process?

10. What are three tips in Test Smarts?

Project Reflection

Reflect on the group project. How well did you work together? How did you feel about your performance? What could you do better next time?