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English 10 - 3/5/12. Do you like brainstorming? Why or why not? What do you call a cow with no legs? Bird feed – Transmission (feed) from an earth-orbiting satellite (bird ).
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English 10 - 3/5/12 • Do you like brainstorming? Why or why not? • What do you call a cow with no legs? • Bird feed – Transmission (feed) from an earth-orbiting satellite (bird). Goals – Introduce vocabulary #24. Work on brainstorming and strategies for persuasive prompts. Conventions Subject verb agreement. Homework – Don’t forget to study for vocab. quiz #24.
English 10 - 3/6/12 • The school board has suggested that cell phones should be banned from school. Choose one of the following positions and support it: a) Ban them! b) No restrictions c) Some guidelines. • What were Mr. O’Connor’s three hardest years? • Annie Oakley – Free pass to the theatre. Goals – Examine persuasive strategies; subject/verb agreement; sentence fragments; concessions part of the essay. Homework – Complete whatever was not finished in class.
English 10 - 3/7/12 • You have been asked to be on a committee to review your high school’s rules. Choose one rule that needs to be revised, added, or eliminated. Free write or brainstorm. • Why did the clown dump a bucket of water on the class? • Camerature – a distorted photograph; a photographic caricature. Goals – Work with the layering and transitions. The house that jack built. Active and passive voice. Homework – None.
English 10 - 3/8/12 • Get a responder and read the handout, “North Mountain State Park Hiking Tips.” • I intend to live forever… so far so good! • Spermologer – one who gathers seeds. Goals – North Mountain State Park Hiking tips.”Practice answering sample questions. Show lyric slide shows. Homework – None.
English 10 - 3/9/12 • Five minutes to study for vocabulary quiz #24. • If you are what you eat, I’m dead meat. • Quadragenarian – a person in their forties. Goals – Complete Vocab. #24. “Mystery Flight.” Review strategies for taking Multiple choice tests. Practice answering sample questions. Homework – None.