Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Draft #2

You read each other's drafts.

Homework:

1.  Be preparing your final version;  it's due on Friday.  Be sure to have all your drafts with you tomorrow, and on Friday you'll hand in all related papers.

2.  One vocabulary word.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Practice Coordination and Subordination

Discuss Mowat in groups.

You do Ex. 24.1 in Everyday Writer.

Time to type.  We look at the MLA format.

Homework:

1.  Draft #2 due tomorrow.

2.  One vocabulary word.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Revising, Sentence Style, and Mowat

We go over the Everyday Writer worksheet.

We look at sentence style:  coordination and subordination (Section 24).

You read "Observing Wolves."

You answer some questions about Mowat.

Look into Mowat for examples:  par. 24 for coordination, par. 36 for subordination.

Homework:

1.  Finish reading Mowat and answer the questions on the handout.

2.  Draft #2 is due Wednesday.  Think about revision by reading pages 99-102 in Everyday Writer. The final version is due Friday.

2.  One vocabulary word.