Day 2 Notes: October 23, 2017

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

English 11

a. Checking in.
b. Looking ahead to the next couple weeks.
c. Peer Review - The why of the thing

- 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.

English 9

a. Checking in, and looking ahead
b. Time to work on your essay.

English 10-6

a. Checking in.
b. Looking ahead to the next couple weeks.
c. Peer Review - The why of the thing

- 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.

English 10-7

a. Checking in.
b. Looking ahead to the next couple weeks.
c. Peer Review - The why of the thing

- 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.