Warm up Exercise: Scenario: your boss asks you: "Why were you late?"Individuals tried to write 5 good excuses. Later some answers were volunteered and written on the board. The instructor corrected some sentences for grammar. After a dozen examples the class discussed their strengths (note: all were assumed to be true statements). Some themes from discussion included that strong answers needed to be conventional:
"My alarm clock did not go off" is better then " My alarm clock did not ring."
Traffic was terrible" is stronger than "Traffic was very heavy."
Also strong answers blamed inanimate issues outside of the person. "The person I carpool with was late" is stronger than "My sister picked me up late."
Students took their first Quiz on common simple past tense verbs.
Class discussed the lab hours that are due at the end of the semester. Students turned in their paragraphs on Rouseau.
Whole class offered up a question for the instructor. The teacher then created a paragraph and then the students critiqued it to see if it had all the elements of a paragraph that the class has been practicing.
Students then formed small groups to discuss the following question. The small groups tried to out line or write sentence but not to attempt a paragraph. What important topics were discussed last night in Mr Palma's class? The instructor circulated to see how groups were progressing
Homework: Take the ideas discussed and write a paragraph to answer the same questions (in bold above).
"My alarm clock did not go off" is better then " My alarm clock did not ring."
Traffic was terrible" is stronger than "Traffic was very heavy."
Also strong answers blamed inanimate issues outside of the person. "The person I carpool with was late" is stronger than "My sister picked me up late."
Students took their first Quiz on common simple past tense verbs.
Class discussed the lab hours that are due at the end of the semester. Students turned in their paragraphs on Rouseau.
Whole class offered up a question for the instructor. The teacher then created a paragraph and then the students critiqued it to see if it had all the elements of a paragraph that the class has been practicing.
Students then formed small groups to discuss the following question. The small groups tried to out line or write sentence but not to attempt a paragraph. What important topics were discussed last night in Mr Palma's class? The instructor circulated to see how groups were progressing
Homework: Take the ideas discussed and write a paragraph to answer the same questions (in bold above).
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