10/23-10/26 English 1 & 9RCP Agendas

10/23

Today we read an article and applied the close reading strategies found in this handout:

Marking the Text handout

10/24

Today we used our shortened class time to do a close reading of “The Black Cat” by EAP.  We used the tools and notes that were taken and applied yesterday.

 

10/25

Today we went over summary basics and practiced summaries using this powerpoint and class discussion:

 

summarizing-lesson

10/26/17

Sneeze:  What would you do if someone gave you one million dollars, no strings attached?

Please write at least half a page.

 

1. A colon can be used to indicate a time or list of items.
2. A colon can be used as an introduction to an explanation.
3. A colon can be used for a quotation following an independent clause.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9K0dnA2K4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I12qwxQn5_s

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/punctuation-the-colon-semicolon-and-more/introduction-to-colons/v/linking-function-of-the-colon-the-colon-and-semicolon-punctuation-khan-academy

Grammar: how to use a colon

Summary work

summarizing-practice