Course: Intensive Writing I (Mrs. Wells)
Dates: August 24-September 4, 2009
Week 1 Assignments
Day1 Monday 8/24/09
Sunshine State Standards:E.2.4.2; E.2.4.6;A.1.4.2
Warm-up: First Impressions Writing Prompt Handout ( TE, p 20)
Word of the Day: Altercation (n) a noisy dispute (Test Prep Words)
Discuss Class Rules, policies, procedures, homework-Word of the Day story—
Teacher/Student Welcome Activities-Ice Breaker-Go around and answer “travel” question
Day 2 Tuesday 8/25/09
Sunshine State Standards:E.2.4.2; E.2.4.6;A.1.4.2
Warm Up: Identifying Nouns Handout (#70)
Daily Word: Opulent: demonstrating great wealth; extravagant.
Direct Instruction: Nouns, pg 130 SE Writers Inc; also 501.1-501.5
Group Work: Writers Inc Scavenger Hunt: Process of Writing Handout (TE, p27)
Day 3 Wednesday 8/26/09
Sunshine State Standards:E.2.4.2; E.2.4.6;A.1.4.2
Daily Word: Cryptic: secret, mysterious (Test Prep Words)
Warm Up: Silent Sustained Reading and Writing + One Sentence Summary
( Demo with Wizard of Oz-Dorothy finds that everything she needed was within her all along!)
Exercise: Pronouns Pre-Test Handout, #75
Exercise: Types of Pronouns Handout, # 76
Day 4 Thursday 8/27/09
Sunshine State Standards:E.2.4.2; E.2.4.6;A.1.4.2
Daily Word: Fiasco: a failure (Test Prep Words)
Warm Up: Identifying Adverbs Handout, #108
Exercise: Using Adverbs to Compare, #110
Exercise: Review Adverbs, #112
Journal Writing: Complete this sentence: The_____was quite adventurous…..
Day 5 Friday 8/28/09
Quiz: Word of Day and Parts of Speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs)
Direct Instruction on Conjunctions
Exercises: Coordinating Conjunctions #115; Correlative Conjunctions #116