Friday, August 30, 2019

Technology Set Up + Precis

Goal: Get our technology working and write a rhetorical precis!

Agenda: 
Writing Warm Up
Pictures
Tech Checklist
SOAPSTone Form
Rhetorical Precis

1. Tech Checklist 
    - Welcome to the class blog (msdanielenglish.blogspot.com)
    - Join Google Classroom (class codes posted in the room)
    - Add these to your bookmark bar

2. SOAPSTone 
  • SOAPSTone is a strategy used to understand why an author might have written a certain text. 
  • Open THIS FORM and work on it with a partner or independently (due today). 
  • Advice: Don't close the form until you are sure it submitted; your work will not save. 

3. Rhetorical Precis
Rhetorical precis is ONE PARAGRAPH of academic writing that shows how we understand an author's purpose. We are going to write one today.


See you TUESDAY! (No School Monday - Labor Day)

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Let's Get to Know Each Other

Goal: Get to know each other and review what's been started during the first three days of school

Agenda: 
Welcome
Nametags
Expectations
Notebooks
Review First Text
Intro to Rhetorical Precis

1. Nametags
Grab a piece of paper and markers. We are going to create name tags so we can get to know each other.

2. Expectations 
Let's set our expectations for the year together.

3. Notebooks
You already have a binder with your readings.
You are going to get a notebook to do your written responses and daily journals (starting tomorrow).

4. Review First Text
This week you read "Oh, the Choices You'll Make" and watched a video about making choices.
Let's review so we're all on the same page.

5. Intro to Rhetorical Precis
Tomorrow we are going to write a rhetorical precis about this week's reading, "Oh, the Choices You'll Make."

Tomorrow we are going to write our first rhetorical precis! Get ready! 

Monday, August 26, 2019

Welcome Back!


Welcome Back to School, San Diego Students and Families!

Let's have a great school year this year!