Compare Contrast & New Recitation (Class 17)

 DUE: 1-21-22

1) WE HAVE A NEW RECITATION! ​​See It Through (on website)
The recitation date will be February 4, 2022
Get ahead start and begin memorizing!!

2) Portfolios (completed to date) will be due at the end of February. Ask me about this in class!

3) Copy and paste your example sentences from class onto the top of your homework doc (above the 3 paragraph essay).

4) Essay Homework DUE: 1-21-22
Write a "3 body paragraph" compare and contrast essay.
We will add on the introduction and conclusion later.

Do your rough draft in your OMICRON Google doc. When it is finished, copy and paste it into the homework doc attached to this email.

Stylistic Requirements in each paragraph:
Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP
Indicate 1 of each OPENER (@ least 5 of the OPENERs!!)

NO banned words, contractions, or dialogue
You MUST include your name and date stamp, a correct title block, and proper formatting
You MUST include a checklist. There is a checklist template included in the attached homework doc.

FOR TEACHERS: Compare/Contrast Resource

resource: https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/teachersguide/writers-express/25-writing-comparison-contrast-essays

How to Succeed Essay & I Have a Dream (Class 13)

 DUE: 11-19-21

1) Write an article explaining HOW TO SUCCEED. You may use SRA #64 as a source AND you may do your own research.

Interviewing your parents is a completely acceptable form of outside research!

Cite your sources.
No required indications . . . use the stylistic techniques to make your essay better but do not indicate them.

NO banned words, contractions, or dialogue.

150 words minimum
300 words maximum

Here is the link to SRA #64  Success or Failure - Maybe it's all in the Mind

2) Begin to memorize the portion of MLK's I Have a Dream speech practiced in class. I have provided a doc with the speech followed by my mnemonic (memory) worksheet. You may use mine or make your own. The recitation date is December 17, 2021.

Links (again):

https://e3readingnook.blogspot.com/2020/07/sra-64.html?q=32

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLl0H2iieEIKWzq-W-NqIMirMGnFX3mJ5vxBHHkFVgE/edit?usp=sharing