Day 1 Notes: October 24, 2017

Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

English 10 - 1/2

a. Checking in.
b. Looking ahead to the next couple weeks.
c. Peer Review

- Does the essay have an intro, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion?
- Are there any sentences that might be effectively added to each paragraph?
- Are there any sentences that might need to be removed from each paragraph?
- Are the words "you," "I," and "we" avoided?
- Are there any spelling, verb, or punctuation errors that you see? In particular, check for comma use.
- Can they add transition words? Here is an effective resource for those words.
- Is there a Works Cited list? Is it properly formatted?
- What overall feedback can you give? Offer two positive comments, and one thing they can work on.

d. Purdue on the basic rules of Works Cited. Here's any example of what it might look like. There's also this remarkably straightforward guide.

English 12

a. Checking in.
b. Looking ahead to the next couple weeks.
c. Peer Review

- Does the essay have an intro, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion?
- Are there any sentences that might be effectively added to each paragraph?
- Are there any sentences that might need to be removed from each paragraph?
- Are the words "you," "I," and "we" avoided?
- Are there any spelling, verb, or punctuation errors that you see? In particular, check for comma use.
- Can they add transition words? Here is an effective resource for those words.
- Is there a Works Cited list? Is it properly formatted?
- What overall feedback can you give? Offer two positive comments, and one thing they can work on.

d. Purdue on the basic rules of Works Cited. Here's any example of what it might look like. There's also this remarkably straightforward guide.
e. Next class is a test: A short story or poem, six multiple choice questions (6 points), and an expository paragraph response (12 points). Structured similarly to Part A of the Provincial exam. (Here's the answer key)