Greetings!
We are coming into the home stretch! The students handed in their second rough drafts for me to go over and edit. With the first rough drafts, I looked primarily at content and organization. This time I'll go over grammar, mechanics, content and organization with the proverbial fine-toothed comb. We took some time to talk over problems with the papers. I'll hand the rough drafts back next week and they will have 2 weeks to finish and have their final copies ready.
Our last few weeks will look like this:
November 15 (Week 12) -- Hand back rough drafts and discuss problem areas
November 22 -- No Class for Thanksgiving Break
November 29 (Week 13) -- Final Papers Due! Along with Final Presentation plan
December 6 (Week 14) -- Presentations
December 13 (Week 15) -- Presentations & Party
We worked as a group with one of the SAT essay prompts. The best scores for these tests are on ones that are well-organized and insightful. My hope is that these exercises will serve them well not only with the SAT and ACT but with essay exams.
As a class we worked through common word usage problems. These are problems that occur in tests AND in freshman writing classes. One student commented that she had discovered a grammar error on a sign at a store. Way to go!!
Have a great week! If you haven't e-mailed me your paper, get it in as soon as possible.
Mrs. Prichard
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