Week of Feb. 14

Friday
Handout: New Roots list (cogn, sci)
In the lab, students worked on a persuasive prompt (Middle School Writing Course through Learning Express)and utilized what they have learned about persuasive techniques. They submitted it for online grading and then sent the grade received, the analysis, and their writing to me by email.
Homework:
Study roots and persuasive techniques. Test week of Feb. 28.



Thursday
Tales #54
well look whose here sneered conan to his freinds its the obese creep and the four eyed wierdo
Vocab: sneered
Tales #55
justthen harold spied cassandra who was setting on the couch chattering to another classy girl
Vocab: spied, chattering
We reviewed and discussed the homework.
Students practised persuasive techniques and analogies online.
Homework:
Study parts of speech, roots, etc.



Wednesday
Tales #52
hey lets get out of here before we go any further harold rasped in gnarlys left ear
Vocab: rasped
Tales #53
no the whole group are here and were going too stick it out reiterated gnarly
Vocab: reiterated
Students took the Roots Review Quiz (tain, ten, fer).
Students presented their pro and con arguments for vacationing at the beach. We critiqued for persuasive techniques.
Homework:
w/s 53-54: Discriptive Essay



Tuesday
Tales #50
everyone was their in their best attire accept conan who wore his best holy jeans which had been cut with knifes for effect
Vocab: attire
Tales #51
conan lounged between all his cool freinds against a wall smoking a cigarette to look cool
Vocab: lounged
Students continued with their Beach prompt; when finished, they shared with a partner for constructive feedback.
Homework:
If you didn't complete the piece, finish it tonight. Tomorrow we will have two opposing viewpoints go up against each other and rate the effectiveness of each one's persuasive techniques.




Monday
Tales #49
when harold jaunty in his good slacks and chubby gnarly arrived at belindas parents house the party s already in full swing
Vocab: jaunty
Students read their persuasive paragraphs (Co-ed Teams) to a partner, who checked for persuasive techniques and gave constructive criticism. Changes were made as a result.
We began our next persuasive writing piece: The best vacation is a trip to the beach. Students began by writing Pro and Con points in tree-map format.
Homework:
Think about the position you'll be defending and try to come up with some pertinent and stupendous techniques for your argument.
Be ready for Persuasive Techniques and Roots Review quizzes sometime this week.