Monday, November 17, 2014

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. Reminder of vocab quiz on Wednesday
2. College Essay
-all of 'collecting' activity....scavenger hunt of the mind....
-"annoying" writing prompt and read aloud to learn about unique voice in writing....
-pick ONE of the items of the collecting activity...elaborate on it...write at least a page on this....use as much authentic voice as possible.....we will share these

COLLEGE PREP 9

1. Vocab
-Greek and Latin roots words
-for next time, find at least two words (original words) containing each of the roots we learned about (8 new words total)...make sure to define these words
2. Paragraph writing
-begin discussion of topic sentence, enumerative paragraphs, coherence...
-do 'coherence' worksheet and go over...

HONORS

1. Personal Narrative
-read 'annoying' prompt aloud to discuss voice
-shoes and socks for 1 page voice prompt
-cliches and how to avoid them in writing
-briefly introduce effective leads....

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