Orange Day

***ARE WE REALLY BACK AT SCHOOL?****

COLLEGE PREP

1. Vocab list for test this Friday
2. College Essay: more voice writing (something you find annoying)....sharing....playing "kite or clothesline" as a participation grade....sharing our responses....CLASS PARTICIPATION is huge during this college essay writing unit!

HONORS ENGLISH

1. College Essay: "I am a dynamic figure" activity....read essay by Leah Knobler....discuss cliches in writing....workshop essays
**NOTE**The essays were checked off for being DONE today....but you can give them to me by Wednesday if you want to make last minute revisions in the areas of the FCAs which are LEAD, SENTENCE VARIETY, and VOICE

ENGLISH 12

1. Vocabulary: words given for test on Friday....an in class participation assignment was to put each of the words in a sentence that is about YOU (we will be doing personal narrative writing next, so this fits well).
2. Papers: You had your "CS Lewis quote" papers due today, but because I am such a nice guy during this holiday season, you may give it to me on Wednesday...as long as you remember that a STRONG INTRO is a major focus correction area for this paper. We went over intros again, and you can see last week's blog post for more info....