Classwork and Homework

Today we reviewed introductions and peer reviewed each other's papers using the principles that we learned yesterday. In addition to that, we reviewed how integrated writing is scored on the TOEFL (I will be giving you a score and feedback for the second integrated writing practice [the in-class one] by the end of this week). Lastly, we talked about how to improve our thesis statements and write topic sentences (the PowerPoint from class can be found here), and had some time in the lab to work on the thesis statements and topic sentences.

Homework: 

• Spend at least 40 minutes working on drafting your essay. You should have the following completed by tomorrow:
• A revised thesis statement 
• All of your topic sentences 
• 1 full body paragraph for your essay 
• This can be handwritten or typed. 
• You can print it out OR email it to me before class time.

Reminder! Please bring your Commentary in Main Paragraphs Packet with you tomorrow (purple)! If you have lost your packet, you can download and print one here.

Classwork and Homework

For class today, we  first looked at styles of learning and took an quick inventory on what learning style we have: visual, auditory, or kinetic. For the rest of class, we went through two types of common introductions used in academic papers, the "funnel" and the "turnabout." The PowerPoint we used in class can be found here.

Homework:

• Check the feedback that I will have for you on your outline on turnitin.com
• Read it, and start thinking about how you will write your 1st draft
• Bring a “working” introduction to class (3-5 sentences long)
• It can be handwritten or typed, just bring it to class tomorrow so it can be used in an activity.

Classwork and Homework

Today in class, we reviewed how to classify and distinguish the principle of classification as we went over our homework from yesterday. We also applied these principles to our own ideas for our essays by filling out a chart in our green packets. For the remainder of the class, we wrote paragraphs in groups using words from Academic A Vocabulary List 4. The PowerPoint for today can be found here. Please meet in the lab (Rows 3-4) for class tomorrow.

Homework:

• Read essay on pg. 187-189, “Kinds of Consumers”
• Answer questions 1-6
• Finish the chart on the back of the "Classification Planning and Information" section in your green packet (pg. 6).