Friday, May 29, 2009

Day 40

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 40 Spring 09


 

Starting next week: Bring every essay every day.


 

Today: Work on outline of 1 and 2 and your own version of it.

Hand in piece for anthology.


 

Monday 6.1

Work on sections 3 and 4

Sample essays


 

Tuesday 6.2

Rough Draft of Intro essay due: Peer edit


 

Wednesday 6.3

What/How to revise

Sample Essays

Prism bonus points due


 

Thursday 6.4

Final Draft of Intro essay due


 

Friday 6.5

Final day of class

Revised essay due.


 

We may meet once during finals week to distribute anthologies.

It's up to you and the print shop.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Day 39

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 39 Spring 09

  1. Complete OR of Essay 3
    1. Returned Friday/Monday
  2. Portfolio Revision Worksheet
    1. Due Tuesday
  3. Also, bring your best essay on a disk or email me by THIS Friday.
  4. Read ITMFWG intro as a class.
  5. H/W:
    1. Number the paragraphs in the intro.
      1. Section 1 (1-5)
      2. Section 2 (6-9)
      3. Section 3 (10-12)
      4. Section 4 (13-19)
    2. Outline the introduction
      1. Summarize each paragraph in a sentence or two.
      2. Tip: What is the purpose of this paragraph?
        What would be a good title for the paragraph?


 

Tomorrow, we'll work on Section 1 and 2 together.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Day 37

Lesson Plan Day 37 Spring 09

  1. Final Draft 5/27


 

  1. There are a few more options for bonus points
    1. Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.
    2. YVCC Drama production "The Clean House" next weekend.
    3. Submission of pieces to Prism. Up to three. (Due by next Friday)
  2. Sentence Variety.
    1. What is your main idea?
      1. Make it a short sentence.
    2. Long sentences= descriptions. Consider a long description of a person or a place.
  3. Sentence Variety (445)
    1. Read 445 aloud.
    2. Practice Creating Sentence Variety—Some of this will be homework
      1. Start sentences with adverbs
        1. Practice 1, 2
        2. In your essay.
      2. Join ideas with an –ing verb
        1. Practice 4, 5
        2. In your own essay.
      3. Join ideas with a past participle
        1. Practice 7, 8
        2. In your own essays
      4. Join ideas using an appositive
        1. Practice 10, 11
        2. In your own essays
      5. Chapter review

Chapter Test?

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Lesson Plan Day 36 Spring 09

Final Draft 5/27

  1. There are a few more options for bonus points
    1. Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.
    2. YVCC Drama production "The Clean House" next weekend.
    3. Submission of pieces to Prism. Up to three. (Due by next Friday)
  2. Complete peer review.
  3. Complete peer review review.
  4. Sentence Variety.
    1. What is your main idea?
      1. Make it a short sentence.
    2. Long sentences= descriptions. Consider a long description of a person or a place.
  5. Sentence Variety (445)
    1. Read 445 aloud.
    2. Practice Creating Sentence Variety—Some of this will be homework
      1. Start sentences with adverbs
        1. Practice 1, 2
        2. In your essay.
      2. Join ideas with an –ing verb
        1. Practice 4, 5
        2. In your own essay.
      3. Join ideas with a past participle
        1. Practice 7, 8
        2. In your own essays
      4. Join ideas using an appositive
        1. Practice 10, 11
        2. In your own essays

Friday, May 15, 2009

Lesson Plan Day 32 Spring 09

  1. New Due Date—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/27
  2. Eulogy Tips Handout
  3. Hand in Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review
  4. Hand in Spelling (525), Practice 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  5. Test over Caps, Apostrophes and Spelling
    1. Correct in class
  6. Practice in groups of four
    1. Two interview, Two observe and give feedback on the following:
      1. Prep—list of questions for me about love.
      2. Rapport—Help me relax and feel safe.
      3. Questions—Start with broad ones, use verbal cues, save toughest for end, close with open ended.
      4. Listening—Don't fill pauses, don't over talk.
      5. Follow-up—Re-interview.


  7. Homework: Rough drafts due Monday. Bring four copies.
  8. Next week, we'll work on Sentence Variety.
  9. Grades, so far
    1. For an S (75)
      1. 70% on Prewriting
      2. Average of 4.0 on Essays
      3. Absent 4 or fewer classes
    2. There are two more essays to go.
      1. Love and Death
      2. An "Introduction" to our collection of stories.
    3. There are a few more options for bonus points

Friday May 22nd, 7pm Scott Klepach reading from his novel.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Day 31

Lesson Plan Day 31 Spring 09

  1. New Due Date—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/27
  2. Love/Death Stories
    1. Read sample stories.
    2. Look for sentence fluency
      1. Short long.
      2. Intentional fragments
      3. Varied sentence openings
  3. Getting the most from your interview:
  4. Handout "Getting the Most From Your Interview"
    1. Prep
    2. Rapport
    3. Questions
    4. Listening
    5. Follow-up


 

  1. Practice on me.
    1. Prep—list of questions for me about love.
    2. Rapport—Help me relax and feel safe.
    3. Questions—Start with broad ones, use verbal cues, save toughest for end, close with open ended.
    4. Listening—Don't fill pauses, don't over talk.
    5. Follow-up—Re-interview.


       

  2. Eulogy Tips Handout
  3. Hand in Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review
  4. Homework: Spelling (525), Practice 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
  5. Test over Caps, Apostrophes and Spelling tomorrow in class.


     

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Day 30

Lesson Plan Day 30 Spring 09

  1. Love/Death Stories
    1. Read sample stories
    2. Look for sentence fluency
      1. Short long.
      2. Intentional fragments
      3. Varied sentence openings
  2. Run-ons (306-320)
    1. Practice 1, 2
      1. Chapter Test?

Homework: Capitalization Practice (581) 1, 2, 3, 4 and Apostrophes (558) Practice 1, 2, 4 and Chapter Review

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Day 29

Lesson Plan Day 29 Spring 09

  1. I'll let you know where you are by the end of the week grade wise.
  2. Essay Topic 3: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
    2. Eulogy lists
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  3. Love Stories
    1. Read sample story
    2. Look for sentence fluency
  4. RW Basic Sentence
    1. Chapter Test 1-10
  5. Fragments (287-305)
    1. Practice 1, 7, 8 and the chapter review
    2. Chapter Test 1-9
    3. Practice 11
  6. Homework: Run-ons (306-320)
    1. Practice 1, 2

Monday, May 11, 2009

Day 28

Lesson Plan Day 28 Spring 09

  1. Essays back
    1. Improved scores and High scores
      1. Higher/lower scores doesn't mean what they normally would.
    2. Consider adding dialogue (voice, right?)
    3. Come see me to discuss essays.
    4. 24 hour rule
  2. I'll let you know where you are by the end of the week grade wise.
  3. Essay Topic 3: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists?
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  4. Hand back verb tense, commonly confused words, quotation marks
  5. RW Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and Chapter Review
    1. Try the chapter test
  6. Quizzes on Love and Death, not good. This is important for two reasons
    1. You'll write better essays (and get better grades) if you do the reading. Reading and writing are the same thing.
    2. In English 101 and 102 and all other classes require a great deal of reading. You need to develop good habits now to do well in the future.
  7. Homework: Fragments (287-305)

Practice 1, 7, 8 and the chapter review

Friday, May 08, 2009

Day 27

Lesson Plan Day 27 Spring 09

  1. Essays back by Monday
  2. Signing up for Summer quarter, you're taking your chances.
  3. Signing up for Fall quarter, I'll let you know where you are next week.
  4. Sam Green Friday
  5. Essay Topic 2: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists? (1030?)
      1. Types of deaths
    3. Due Dates—Rough Draft 5/18; Final Draft 5/26
  6. Graded on Sentence Fluency and Conventions
  7. Homework: Read RW Basic Sentence Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and Chapter Review
  8. Quiz Love

Quiz Death

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Day 26

Lesson Plan Day 26 Spring 09

  1. Complete reading essays (930 class)
    1. Essays back by Monday
  2. Signing up for Summer quarter, you're taking your chances.
  3. Signing up for Fall quarter, I'll let you know where you are next week.
  4. Cisneros?
  5. Sam Green Friday
  6. Essay Topic 2: Love and Death
    1. List people you might interview for "Love"
      1. Types of Love
    2. Eulogy lists? (1030?)
      1. Types of deaths
  7. Graded on Sentence Fluency and Conventions
  8. Homework: Read rest of Death chapter

Quiz tomorrow over Love and Death

Monday, May 04, 2009

English 70 Lesson Plan Day 23 Spring 2009

  1. Grade sample essay: Word Choice
    1. 6-5
    2. 4-3
    3. 2-1
  2. Sample Essay Voice
    1. 6-5
    2. 4-3
    3. 2-1
  3. Try a conclusion (page 82 in your book)
    1. Where are those people now?
    2. What happened to you since?
    3. Have you answered all of our questions?
    4. What did you learn?
  4. Title (page 84)
  5. Quotation marks (566)
    1. Practice 1
  6. Consistent Verb tense (360)
    1. Practice 13
  7. Commonly confused words (514-522)
    1. Practice 1
  8. Homework: Two copies of final draft.