1.                   What change can you make in your life to be a more successful student?

2.                    Hanging Quiz

3.                   Notes, Notes, Notes.

6 traits:

Voice-  Personality

Ideas- Interesting

Word Choice- Choosing the best word

Conventions:  SWE Grammar.

Organization: plan your work work your plan

Sentence Fluency- The flow of sentences.

TAP:

Topic-  What it’s about

Audience- Who it’s for

Purpose-  Why  you’re writing it.

Writing Process:

Invent-  Think of ideas

Plan-  Plan your work

work your plan

Draft-  Practice essay. Go and don’t stop till  you’re done.

Revise: Sentence Fluency, Word choice Ideas  Organization   Voice

Edit- Spelling, Grammar.

Publish- Perfect.

Common Errors:


Comma Splice:

Two sentences connected with a comma.

ex: I like dogs, I hate cats. 


Verb Tense agreement: Subject and verb don't match.

ex: I runs to the store.
 
Pronoun antecedent agreement:

Pronoun doesn't match what it refers to.

ex: I like a person who is kind.  This means they are nice.

ex:  He is someone that is nice. 
 
Fragment: a piece of a sentence.
ex:  He is a person who.
 
Run on: Two or more sentences connected without punctuation.

ex:  I like dogs I hate cats. 
 
Parallelism:  Verbs in a list don't match.

Ex:  I ran home, opened the door, and eat food.

Tense Shift:  Changing time in a sentence or paragraph.

ex: Yesterday we walk to school but later rode the bus.   

Narrative Notes

True story. Start in the middle of the action. Implied message. Not about how awesome you are.  Interesting, to others!  No Kids, No death or sickness. Be professional. Paragraphs, MLA Format.

Books By Next Wednesday Sept 7^th.

HW-  Invent an idea for a narrative.

HW- Grammar test.