Class Activities
for Week 3 -- Sep. 1-5
No Journal Entry this
Week -- Concentrate on Writing the Descriptive Paragraph at Home
Monday: Labor
Day - No classes
Wednesday:
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Choose photograph or painting from the Internet.
Save it to a floppy disk.
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Begin drafting descriptive paragraph.
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Homework:
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Complete a draft of your descriptive paragraph for
the Peer Review Workshop.
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Read pages 26-31 -- Collaboration, Manuscript
Form, Proofreading, Progress Reminders
Friday:
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Peer Review Workshop. Peer
Review Workshop Guide Sheet
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Further discussion of topic sentences, transitions and paragraph endings.
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Grammar checking and spell checking of paragraph drafts.
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Homework: Write
your final draft of the descriptive paragraph. It is due Wednesday
- at the beginning of class.
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This draft must be typed and double-spaced.
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Make sure it is at least 10 sentences in length.
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Try to complete it on a computer and save it to a
floppy disk.
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Make two copies of your paragraph. I will grade
one; the other will go in your portfolio.
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Do not put your name on the paragraph.
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