Good morning, everyone.
We will get started at 9:15.
Today’s agenda
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OPTIONAL Quiz and test rewrites for next week
·
Spoken presentation- fun challenge
·
Sentence combining exercises Sheet#1
·
sentence review exercises- simple, compound, complex
·
Using quotation marks
quoting “ “ citing text,
borrowing words from a story
**Focus for next term**
·
HW Decide on Replacement
Quiz, Replacement Test, and
Presentation.
Start today- don’t wait.
Wednesday
·
Begin essay
Thursday
·
Continue essay
Friday
·
Continue essay
ROUGH PLAN
FINAL WEEK – Return books!
Monday
·
Optional quiz rewrite
·
Presentations
Tuesday
·
Optional test rewrite
·
Presentations
Wednesday
·
Presentations
·
Essay
Thursday
·
Review
Friday **Final day**
·
Final reports
·
One-on-one chats or via email
IDIOM “me-time” –
when you take time for yourself
Carol took some “me-time”
on Saturday.
co-ed—boys and
girls playing together
** Optional replacement quiz **
A
few people have asked me about rewriting quizzes. Maybe they had a bad quiz or
missed a quiz.
In
my classes, I offer an optional replacement quiz for anyone who would like to
do one.
Next
week, you will have an opportunity to replace one of the quizzes that you
wrote.
Again,
this is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.
So
far we have done four quizzes:
Quiz#1
compound sentences X/6
Quiz#2
complex sent- adv cl X/6
Quiz#3
complex sent- adj cl X/6
Quiz#4
complex sent- noun cl X/6
You
have your marks for those.
You
may have one quiz that you were not satisfied with.
You
choose which one and let me know by email.
One
is one. Not two, not three. 1=1
You
will do the replacement quiz during regular class time, as usual. It will be Monday,
April 17th. We will do it the last 25 minutes of class.
The
replacement quiz will be a new quiz. The replacement quiz will be a mix of all
sentence styles.
e.g.
If you want to replace your Q#2, the adverb clause quiz, the replacement quiz will
not just be on adverb clauses; it will be on all of the sentence styles. The
replacement quiz will be six sentences, as usual- mix of simple, compound, complex.
e.g. 1 simple, 2 compound, 3 complex OR 2 simple, 2 compound, 2 complex.
Your
old mark will be replaced with the new mark. It will not be the higher of the
two marks.
EXAMPLE
SCENARIO #1
Q1 4/6
Q2 0/6
4/6
Q3 6/6
Q4 5.5/6
Replace
Q2.
Replacement
quiz 4/6
*Great
outcome.* The average from your quizzes goes up.
EXAMPLE
SCENARIO #2
Q1 4/6
3/6
Q2 4.5/6
Q3 4.5/6
Q4 5/6
Replace
Q1.
Replacement
quiz 3/6
*Less-than-ideal
outcome* The average for your quizzes goes down.
EXAMPLE
SCENARIO #3
Q1
2/6
Q2
1.5/6
Q3 0/6
3.5/6
Q4
0/6
Q5
2/5
Q3
or Q4- you decide Q3
Replacement
quiz 3.5/6 The average for your quizzes
will go up. You’re getting closer to pass. You will feel better.
Think
about if you would like to replace one of your quiz marks.
MY ADVICE:
If
you have pretty good marks, just leave them. Don’t bother with the replacement
quiz.
On
the other hand, if you have a really low mark somewhere, it would be worth
doing the replacement quiz.
REMINDER:
Quizzes are worth about 30% of your final mark.
ACTION:
What
you can do:
Email
me by Thursday at 5PM which quiz you would like to replace, if you want to
replace one.
Send
me an email.
Make
sure you use a proper Subject line in your email:
“Name,
Class, Replacement quiz.”
“Hi
Al,
I
want to replace Quiz#2.
Thanks,
Betty”
I
will respond.
“Ok.
Thanks.
Al”
I will not accept late emails. Thursday at 5pm
is the deadline to let me know if you want to replace a quiz. You have 54 1/2
hours.
We will also do a
replacement test (paragraph) as well. I will talk about this next week. It will
be the same structure as the replacement quiz. We will do the replacement test
in the final week.
** Optional replacement test **
A few people have
asked me about rewriting tests. Maybe they had a bad test or a missed test.
In my classes, I
offer an optional replacement test for anyone who would like to do that. This
is exactly the same deal as the replacement quiz.
On Tuesday, April 18th,
you will have an opportunity to replace one of the tests that you wrote. This
is optional. You don’t have to do it if you don’t want.
As of today, we have
done four tests:
Test#1 x/6 x/12
doubled e.g. 4/6=8/12
Test#2 x/12
Test#3 x/12
Test#4 x/12
*I double the test
marks because tests are worth twice as much as quizzes.
You have the marks
for those.
You may have one test
that you were not satisfied with. Perhaps you missed a test and did not make it
up. You can replace one of those tests. You choose which one.
One is one. Not
two, not three. 1=1
You will do the
replacement test during regular class time, as usual. It will be on Tuesday, April
18th. We will do it the last hour of class.
The replacement test
will be a new test, a new topic. The replacement test will be a paragraph, as
usual.
Your old mark will
be replaced with the new mark. It will not be the higher of the two marks.
Think about if you
would like to replace one of your test marks.
If you have pretty
good marks, just leave them. Don’t bother with the replacement test.
Email me by Thursday
at 5PM which test you would like to replace, if you would like to replace one.
Send me an email.
Make sure you use a
proper Subject line:
“Name, Class,
Replacement Test.”
“Hi Al,
I want to replace Test#1.
Thanks,
Betty”
I will respond.
“Ok. Thanks.
Al”
I will not accept
late emails. Thursday at 5pm is the deadline to let me know if you want to
replace a test.
This is the same
deal as the optional replacement quiz.
Take a minute and
think about what you want to do.
You can email your
intentions anytime before Thursday at 5PM.
Presentation #1:
A Person in My Life Who I Admire
Who is a person in your life who you admire? Choose one person. It can
be anyone: older, younger, a sibling, parent, relative, friend, community
member, etc.
This week, you will put together a short presentation around the person.
There will be two parts to this project:
WRITTEN (2 paragraphs) (6 points)
Paragraph 1
-A paragraph describing who they are. What is their name, age, etc? Give
their background. Some details of their biography. Explain who they are.
Paragraph 2
-A paragraph explaining why you admire them. What characteristics do
they have that you admire? What do they do that you admire?
You will give me the two
paragraphs on the day you do your presentation.
SPOKEN (3-5 minutes) (4 points)
On next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you will tell the class about
this person and why you admire them. You can come to the front of the class and
talk to us. You can take a few written notes in case you forget something.
However, no reading, please.
Here are some possible topics to focus on:
Their personality traits
Their life story
Their actions
Things they have said
Their greatest achievements
Their effect on other people
How they compare to other people
When you met this person
Why you chose this person to talk
about
Why you admire them
If you’d like to be like them or not
If you think you could be like them
or not
We will start getting ideas together starting today. We will take some
time in the next few classes to organize, write, and polish.
EXTRA- SPECIAL SKILL
Also, I will teach people how to use a microphone.
You can use a mic for your presentation.
I’ll also
give some basic pointers about public speaking.
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