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