Tuesday, November 8, 2016

November 8, 2016 - Election Day - Tuesday

Class Work

7:30 am class
1. Share the "rock" papers.
2. Please get your visual ready to share. Be sure you have it on CANVAS and/or on a jump drive. Here was the assignment:
Fix-it advice for other GUM problems_
  • Use of commas
  • There/their/they're
  • two/too/to
  • possessives
  • numbers vs. numerals
  • Point of view -1, 2, 3
  • who/whom/whoever,whomever/whose
  • your/you're/yore
  • its/it's
  • that/which/who
  • between/among
  • less/fewer
  • parallel structure
  • direct quotations (conversation)
  • punctuating dates
  • past/present/future . . . be consistent in your essay
  • lay/lie
  • hear/here
1. Select one of the items listed above. (One choice per person) You will become our resident expert on the topic.
A. Learn the rules and be ready to share.
B. Create/find a visual to help us remember the rules!
C. Provide sample sentences.
D. Create a five question quiz to test our understanding. (I need a paper copy of this on Tuesday.)

PowerPoint or Prezi , please. However, if you get a different idea, please clear it with me.


12:00 Class - See above. You will be presenting on Thursday.

All:  Now that you are experts on rocks, what do you know about walls?

A. "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44266

Image result for new england rock walls
Image result for new england rock walls

Preview of coming attractions . . .
Select a wall for research. There are many walls around the world . . . let's brainstorm a few.
Select one. You will become the class expert on this wall. You only need to select the wall by Thursday.




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