Assignments+Nov+23-25


 * Assignment for November 23** - There is no class on November 25 - Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Carefully re-read //The Education of Frank McCourt// (pp. 28-30).

P. 31: Type the answers to the timeline. P. 32 Type the answers to the chart. You don't have to make a chart - but you have to type up all the information.

P 32-33 Type up your answers to # 1-5.

P. 33 Think about questions # 1-2 at the bottom of the page. What do you think?

You will have a quiz on //The Education of Frank McCourt// on Tuesday. If you have done the the homework, it will not be difficult.


 * Vocabulary: p 27**. Study the paragraph to see how the vocabulary words are used. Also, study how the words are used in //Education of Frank McCourt.// This gives you two examples of how to use the words. Now, build your own sentences using these words. If you are still unsure, look them up in a dictionary. Do not just guess how to use them. You should type up 11 of your own sentences. Study them for a Spelling and Vocabulary test on Tuesday. On this test I will also ask you to put some of these words in sentences - so be sure you know how to use the words.

You should be writing and re-writing and typing up the first draft of your persuasive essay during the next week. Go over it carefully again and again. **Writing is a process.** You don't just put on paper a perfectly organized essay the first time you type it. You must look at it again and again AND again. My suggestion is to type a draft and then go away and leave it. Later, go back and look at it again... make changes....fix the grammar... add some good details... go away and leave it....return...make it better.... go away again....etc. Read it to a friend ... ask for their comments... make it better and better.... __**2-3 supporting paragraphs.**__
 * __Persuasive Essay (4-5 paragraphs)- The draft is not due until Thursday, December 2 but this is what you should be doing with it:__**
 * Your first draft you should include:**
 * __A good introduction__** (Remember the hamburger image -- the top bun is important!)
 * __Underline your thesis.__ //You should have a strong thesis statement. What are you going to argue?//**
 * __Underline the topic sentences__ in each of the paragraphs that support your thesis** (those are the hamburger patties between the buns). Each of these paragraphs should be well organized -- Topic sentence and supporting details and possibly a transition to the next paragraph.
 * You should have an anecdote or quote or some interesting detail** in at least two of these middle paragraphs.

Circle at least two __**transitions**__ in your essay.

You should have a __**concluding thought**__ - you don't need to have a complete paragraph to conclude your essay. (The bottom bun is smaller than the top bun...)

This first draft will be due Thursday, December 2.