Conference Week (Oct. 25-28th) Activities

CNN Kids

• Clauses (English Notes) 25 minutes (www.brainpop.com: username: eisenms, password: dwight)
  


• or
  


• Analysis of your favorite clip on Edublog (25 minutes)
  


• You must answer every question posed on page one (within your favorite clip)
  


• Minimum of three paragraphs or 3 sentences per question
  


• If you do not have a blog, type your analysis in Word (print it or upload your data to http://chuk14-think.blogspot.com)
  

Or

Blog response: Why is it important for people and cultures to tell stories about their experiences?

Homework: All three assignments are due Friday, October 28^th. You will have an English Notes quiz on Friday over clauses.

Your Story

Why is it important for people and cultures to tell stories about their experiences?

Revisions

Step One: review perfect paragraph notes; make sure your essay paragraphs follow the rules in the notes.

 

Step two: make sure you correct all sentence fragments and run-ons. Look at your notes on fragments and run-ons to help you with this process.

 

Step three: edit at least two sentences in your paper; turn those sentences into truisms.

 

Step four: add at least one simile or metaphor

 

Step five: correct conventions like capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Assignment reminders

The rough draft of your compare and contrast essay on storytelling is due this week. For Pre-AP, the rough draft is due on Thursday. For level, the rough draft is due on Friday.