Monday,

Jan. 5
Monday, December
3
HW: Authors Project 1/15
HW:
Comprehend WWII project
Class:
Class:
J: Winter Break point of view your feet
This month in English
EE 18 Vocabulary of News
EE 34 Writing about Literature
EE 47 Attention Getting Introductions

Writing Introductions
Introductory paragraph should include:
A. Attention getting introduction
B. Important background information
C. Main idea/thesis statement/paper
topic statement

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Writing with the Stars - capture the
readers attention make them interested in
topic!
Ideas:
1. Anecdote (little story)
2. Quote
3. Surprise statement
4. Question
5.
Tip: Use specific nouns, verbs, and adjectives

Blah yawner:
Im going to teach you how
to read a map

Anecdote:
When my daughter was in 7th grade, she played
for West Chester United Soccers travel team.
At the last minute, the coach signed up for the
Gettysburg tournament. Of course, there were
no hotel rooms in a hundred mile radius, and
her team had an 8AM Saturday game. Racing
towards the game, we almost slammed into a
long line of traffic there was construction on
Route 30, the road that led us to the field!
Luckily, we had a map in the car. Unluckily, my
daughter couldnt read it.

When my daughter was in 7th grade, she played for West Chester United Soccers travel team. At the last minute, the coach signed up

Quote: .
In The Road Not Taken Robert Frost wrote:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Sometimes we want to take the road less
traveled, and sometimes we just want to
get someplace on time!

Question:
When was the last time you were lost?
Were you feeling a little tense at the
time?

Bud, Not Buddy is one of the

best books Ive ever read! You
should put it on the summer
reading list because of the
fascinating characters and the
writers style.

This summer, I visited Flint, Michigan. I

actually traveled back in time to the year 1932
and experienced what it was like to be poor,
homeless, and living during the Depression.
The best part of my traveling was that I
experienced it while sitting on the beach in
Avalon, New Jersey. While there, I read the
book Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul
Curtis. In the novel, Bud, an orphan, searches
for his family during the Depression. Because
of Curtiss style of writing and his fascinating
characters, Bud, Not Buddy should be on the
seventh grade summer reading list.

Text Dependent Analysis

Analyze verb
examine methodically and in detail the
constitution (make up) or structure of
information, typically for purposes of
explanation and interpretation:

Tuesday, January 6
HW: KWL WWII
Author Project
Class: T J: Authors Project
Para 1 challenging
Para 2 what learned
Finish book review analysis
EE 47 Attention Getting
Introduction

Wednesday, January 7
HW: Comprehend WWII, J due
Mon. (may have class time)
Class:
T: EE 25 CC favorite quotes
Review CC test
Vocabulary of News
Comprehending
Non-fiction; J
EE 43 Informational
Writing Note Taking

Thursday, January 8
HW: Authors Project 1/15
Number WWII topics 1 - 6
Class: Text Dependent Analysis (TDA)
prompt practice
1 class period THINK, ANALYZE,
WRITE, PROOFREAD

Friday, January 9

HW: Authors Project due 1/15

Finish WWII article
Class: T: WWII grammar
ML: Vocab of Newspaper/project set-up
J: WWII Overview note taking

You know Dash and Dance and Prance and Saunter,

Shuffle and Slither and Stumble and Wander, but do you recall
The most famous verb of all..
To Be the puzzling verb
Its the most irregular
And if you get to know it
You will see it here and there
Unlike those other verbs
Be is hard to con- ju- gate
But if you learn its tenses
Through this class youll surely skate
Am, is, are, was, were, be, been
Theyre the forms to know
If you conjugate these right
Your grammar skills are out of sight
Then all your teachersll love you
They will shout out with glee,
You are the perfect students
You know how to use To Be!