Two classes only.

Practice test:










Assignment:

Do people emphasize learning practical skills too much?


Plan and write a multi-paragraph essay (300-600) words in which you develop your position with reasoning and examples.

Does society's focus on technological advancement cause a lack of interest in the arts?


Is it more important to have a job where you help others or where you make money?

1.  We're practicing -


How do you get a high score?

Grammar
Sentence types and lengths (variety)
Transition words
Using Intro, Body, Body, Conclusion.
Multi-syllabic words
Clear Thesis at the end of the intro

1.  Calendar-

2.  Final Meeting Dates-  Final plan for class.

Test Day:  APRIL 27th.  BE HERE AT 7 AM!!

Meeting Days:

APRIL 29th:

8           Torryn / Jocelyn
810       Paloma / Bobbi
820       Krystal /Michelle
830       Amber
840      Michelle

MAY 2

8             Isaias
810          Lilly
820        Alex
830        Jenny
840       Jorge

MAY 4

8          Cristian
810      Omar
820      Eric
830     Linda
840    Nevayra



3.  Journal-

Here's a writing prompt that could be on the writeplacer:  Plan out an essay for it and include examples or reasons in your plan based on the prompt-

If you could spend a day with one world famous person, who would it be and why?

Fixing the FOO draft.

Breaking the PP

Hide the Art-

1.   3 transitions only per PP-  Don't repeat transitions in any other PP-

2.  Re- Order sentences except for the CS

3.  Combine Two Os and add another O after the combined.

4.  No THIS SHOWS THAT, ever.

5.  Add one more F or O, somewhere.

6.  Mix the sentence types.  Have at least three compound and three complex in the PP.

Great Big Honkin’ Transition Compilation-  

Thanks :

 https://mrsbraman.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/transition-list.doc

To introduce a list of examples or explanations:

after all, as, as an illustration, by way of example, especially, even, for example, for instance, in fact, in particular, including, indeed, notably, of course, one can see this because , particularly, specifically, such as, the evidence for ... is , the reason(s) for ... is (are) , this can be seen because , this is supported by, to illustrate

Adding other examples/Similarity:

accompanying that, actually, additionally, again, along with, alternatively, and, and then, as a matter of fact, as well (as this), besides (this), by the same token, either (neither), equally, equally important, finally, first (second, further, furthermore, in a like manner, in addition (to this), in fact, in the same vein, in the same way, indeed, lastly, let alone, likewise, moreover, much less, next, nor, not only (this) but also (that) as well, not to mention (this), on the other hand, once more, or, similarly, then too, to say nothing of, too, what's more

List items:

after (this), afterward, again, also, and, and so forth, and then, as a final point, at first, at last, at this point, at this time, before (this), besides, concurrently, eventually, finally, first, first of all, first...second...third , following this, for a start, furthermore, in the end, initially, last, last but not least, lastly, moreover, next, now, previously, secondly, simultaneously, soon, still, subsequently, then, therefore, thus, to begin with, to conclude (with), to start with, too

Contrast:

(and) still, (and) yet, above all, admittedly, after all, albeit, all the same, although, although it is true that, at any rate, balanced against, be that as it may, besides, but, but even so, by comparison, by contrast, by way of contrast, compared to, conversely, despite (this), ,either way, even more, even though, granted that, however, in any case, in any event, in contrast, in either case, in either event, in reality, in spite of (this), indeed, instead, it may appear that, meanwhile, more importantly, naturally, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding (this), of course, on the contrary, on the one hand...on the other hand, once in a while, regardless (of this), Still, though, up against, vis a vis, whatever happens, when in fact, where, whereas,  whichever happens, while, yet

Causality:

Accordingly, after all, as, As a consequence of x, as a result (of this), because (of the fact), being that, by this means, consequently, due to (the fact that), Factoring in that x, for, for the (simple) reason that, for this purpose, for this reason, forasmuch as, Given that x, hence, if not, if so, in consequence, in many cases, in that, in this way, in view of (the fact), inasmuch as, It follows from x, knowing this, naturally, of course, otherwise, owing to (the fact), seeing that, Since [x], so, so much (so) that, so that, Taking into account x, that being the case, then, therefore, thereupon, thus, to be sure, to this end, under those circumstances, with this end, with this in mind, with this object

 

Conclusion:

all in all, altogether, as a result, as has been mentioned, as has been noted, as mentioned earlier, as was previously stated, briefly, consequently, given these points, hence, in a word, in all, in any event, in conclusion, in other words, in short, in sum, in summary, on the whole, overall, so, then, therefore, thus, to be brief, to make a long story short, to put it briefly, to sum up, to summarize

Reference:

speaking about (this), as for (this), considering (this), concerning (this), regarding (this), on the subject of (this), with regards to (this), the fact that

Clarification:

that is (to say), in other words, (to) put (it) another way

Purpose:

so, so as to, so that, in order to, in order that, with this in mind, with this intention, in the hope that, for the purpose of, to the end that, to this end, for fear that, lest

Condition:

as/so long as, even if, given that, granted (that), granting (that), if, in case, in the event , that, on (the) condition (that), only if, provided that, providing that, unless

Time:

after a few days, after a few hours, after a while, afterward, and then, as long as, as soon as, at last, at length, at that time, before, earlier, finally, first (second, third, &.), formerly, immediately, in the meantime, in the past, lately, later, meanwhile, next, now, now, presently, previously, shortly, simultaneously, since, so far, soon, then, thereafter, until, when

Place:

Above, adjacent to, below, beyond, closer to, elsewhere, far, farther on, further on, here, near, ,nearby, next to Y, opposite to, there, to the left, to the right \

To Repeat:

in brief, as has been noted

To Emphasize (use sparingly):

definitely, extremely, obviously, in fact, indeed, in any case, absolutely, positively, naturally, surprisingly, always, forever, perennially, eternally, never, emphatically, unquestionably, without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, without reservation