Class on 11/29/17

Review of simple past tense sentences. Review of negative statements in past tense. Review of combining simple sentences with the coordinators and / but  and the use of ", and I" to combine whole sentences.

Workbook Answers for pages 95 and 95

Homework: Type up final draft of your paragraph about Reasons you like living in RWC. Email it to me. If you have missed class simply email me a first draft paragraph about the reason you like or do not like living in RWC. 

Class on 11/27/17

Homework: page  95 Practice 3B and page 96 Practice 4
                    Two pages in your journal. Topic: your winter plans or free choice. 
                    Bring your journal to class.

No Class

No Classes on 11/20 or 11/22. See you all on 11/27!

Class on 11/15/17

Paragraph Goals (and point system)

Topic Sentence        1 point
Correct Tense          1 point
Periods                     1 point
Specifics on topic    4 points
Time Order Signals 1 point
Format (indent etc.) 1 point
Ending "Finally,"     1 point

Homework:
Read pages 90 through 94
Write 6 pages of journal entries
Please use these two topics:

• Thanksgiving
• Music and Memory
• Choose 4 of your own (use page 193 if you need help)

Class on 11/13/17

Writing Tip:
When writing paragraphs (the first draft or during a timed exam) DON'T WRITE A TITLE. Your paragraph's topic should still be very clear from the first sentence.

Homework: write in your journal. Describe someone close to you (family member or friend) who you go to for help. In other words describe the person who you talk to when you have a problem. Give lots of details about that person. 

Class on 11/8/17

Homework:
A) Write a first draft paragraph, page 65 (use page 64 to help you.)
B) Write a second draft of your Spare Time paragraph. Write this on separate paper to turn in. 

Class on 11/6/17

Homework: 2 journal entries. (Bring your journal to class on Wednesday)

1. Write 8 sentences from page 60 Try it Out. 

2. Describe the town/city you grew up in. Try to use adjectives (page 61 for review of adjectives)

Class on 11/1/17

Warm Up:

Students wrote two sentences in past tense to answer the following question:

1. What did you do for Halloween?
Students wrote two sentences in present tense to answer the following question:
2. What is your Halloween Routine?

Students read out load their favorite sentences. Two students created lists of vocabulary: both nouns and verbs on portable white boards

Students turned questions into Topic Sentences. Examples:

I did many things on Halloween.

To celebrate Halloween, I always follow the same routine.

Students had 20 minutes to write a paragraph on questions #1.

The professor returned paragraphs about Spare Time. He lectured on the importance of details and specifics in the middle of the paragraph. 

Workbook page 20. 

Homework:

Write your first journal entry. Topic: write about someone important to you (friend or family) that has passed away. Can't remember enough detail? Talk with someone who does. If you write about your grandmother tell me, about her favorite food, where she was born, describe the clothes you remember her wearing, the sound of her voice, the color of her skin. No detail is wrong. Occasionally use a Spanish word here and there.

Class on 10/30/17

Warm Up:
Students wrote 3 sentences using this beginning:
     "I don't _________________________"
Students shared one sentence with the whole class. Sharing ideas about routines was particularly  successful

Corrected paragraphs discussion
Specific details in the body of the paragraph are always good. Specifics within the last sentence can ruin the sense of ending
After vs Later

Whole class practice and discussions re workbook pages 56 through 60

Homework
I. 
Rewrite one returned paragraph. Be sure to carefully make all the corrections. Email me the final paragraph. 

II. 
Buy (repurpose or re-use) a journal for the class. It should have about 50 pages minimum. We will discuss the writing guidelines on Wednesday.