Copy everything in red onto page 6-20 of your RWN.
DO NOT SKIP LINES!
Choose your answer. (2 min. )
Skills Review – Eliminating
Wordiness
This week is full of
festive days with lots of
spirit involved.
Today is “Warm Up for
the ACT Aspire.”
Tomorrow is “Slide into
the ACT Aspire,” which
means students can
wear slide shoes.
4-4-17
What change, if any, should be
made to the highlighted text?
A. No Change
B. This week is spirit week for
the ACT Aspire.
C. The spirit days this week are
motivating us for ACT Aspire
testing.
D. This week we have several
spirit days to welcome in the
testing season.
Answer
2 min.
• Write “correct” beside your answer if you
have ____.
• Write “incorrect” beside your answer if you
have anything else.
Explanation: The answer includes why spirit
week is important, so even though it is not the
shortest answer, it is still necessary to explain
the purpose of spirit week.
Word of the Week (WoW)
Copy into your vocabulary section (page 44-50)
Strategic Thinking Sentences
4-3-17: Create a sentence using one of your three
emergency words, spirit, and motivation correctly
and within context in a sentence.
4-4-17: Create a sentence using one of your three
emergency words, focus, and distracted correctly
and within context in a sentence.
Class Affirmation
Today’s a new day:
the beginning of the rest of my life.
Nothing will stand in my way.
I will avoid the negative they say.
There is only one me,
and I owe it to myself
to be the best me I can be.
Book Check
Next AR Quiz Due April 21st!
AR Points Competition: Started on
Monday, March 27th– May 12
Regular English vs. Regular English (over 30)
Pre-AP English vs. Pre-AP English (over 40)
Pre-AP
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5.1
5
AR Points
4
3.7
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2
1
0
2nd Period
4th Period
Classes
Points
REGULAR
Points
1
0.9
0.9
0.8
AR Points
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
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1st Period
3rd Period
5th Period
Classes
7th Period
Objective
SWBAT analyze poetry for sensory details.
Poetry Stations
8-10 Minutes Each
• Station 1 – At the Beach (must draw sketch
from this poem)
• Station 2 – Gumballs
• Station 3 – My Kitchen Floor
• Station 4 – Stopping By Woods on a Snowy
Evening
• Station 5 – Where I’m From
Before You Begin…
Essay Writing Section
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Choose 2 generic attention grabbers
Choose 4 transitions for Starting Paragraphs
Choose 3 transitions for introducing examples
Choose 3 words of the week that you know
how to use correctly
What’s Our Essay Writing Formula
GBC+122324x3+GRS
(Attention) Grabber
Background Sentence (from prompt)
Claim statement (that tells the 3 things you’ll talk about)
1 = topic sentence that tells what the body paragraph is about
2 = explanation sentence explaining your first reason or detail
2 = another explanation sentence explaining your first reason or detail
(introduces your examples)
3 = example that goes along with the explanation above
2 = explanation sentence explaining your first reason or detail (last
chance for development points to your essay)
4 = Closing sentence wraps up the body paragraph and lets people
know the paragraph is ending
Writing Prompt
Regular English
GBC+122324x3+GRS
A role model is a person you look up to. Before
you begin writing, think about someone you
look up to. Why do you admire this person?
Write a composition in which you explain to
your classmates whom you admire and why you
admire this person.
Flip to Your Essay Writing Section in
Your Journal
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Write the essay formula.
Write the essay formula again.
Write the essay formula again.
Write - G =
Write - B =
Write - C =
Write - +1 =
Write - 2 =
Write - 2 =
Write - 3 =
Flip to Your Essay Writing Section in
Your Journal
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Write - 2 =
Write - 4 =
Write – x3 =
Write - +G =
Write – R=
Write - S=
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