Transitional Words ........ Practice using 5 of them for each essay. https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html
More On Prepositions ........
http://www.elihinkel.org/tips/prepositions.htm
Hand back Homework - go over it .........
READ OUT LOUD THE ESSAYS
Chapter 8 - Read essay out loud ... Underline the topic sentence, specific examples, and transitions Essay: My Car Accident page 168
Read the Essay Why I stopped Smoking ....... underline the topic sentence, specific examples, and transitions
Answer questions 1 - 4 on page 169
In class - Page 312 - Underline the topic sentence, specific examples, and transitions before and answering the questions. Essay Studying: Then and Now
Finish #28 - Pronouns (agreement)
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Homework: Read Two Halves by Amy Tan ..... print the story out and bring it to class with the questions answered. http://s3.amazonaws.com/
On a piece of paper type or write the answers to the following questions -
1. Do you think parents should have a say in their children’s future plans? How much should children be allowed to decide for themselves?
2. Discuss this statement: “It is more difficult for immigrant children to find their identity than other children.”
3. Is it desirable to grow up without conflicts or are conflicts a necessary part of growing up? Finally, when do conflicts become destructive?
Next week we will write a summary of this story and put it on our blogs ..........
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