Monday, October 15, 2007

Welcome back from Homecoming weekend. Congratulations to the Homecoming Queen and her court, as well as to the football team for their victory over C. E. Murray.

HS 101:

  • Ms. Wood discussed the concept of initiative today.

VOCABULARY:

  • We started Unit 5 today by going over words 1-5.
  • I will be absent on Thursday, so the test will be held over until Monday.

COMPOSITION:

  • We took notes on effective paragraphs and the four types of paragraphs from the Write Source books on p. 561-564.
  • We then began working on our own 5 paragraph essays on the topic “What does it mean to be an American?” by using a blank essay form to guide us through the essay. A link to the form and the descriptions is provided here:

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HOMEWORK:

  • Vocabulary activities for Unit 5.
    • CS (6, 12, 13, 14, 20)
    • SA (2, 8, 11, 13, 20)
    • CRW (4, 8, 10, 14, 16)
    • VC (2, 4)
  • Complete the first draft of essay.

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