·         J- what’s/local problem that gets on your nerves?

·         Problem/solution essays

·         Editing groups

o   Does their story start in the middle of the action?

o   Short event (1-2 mins)

o   Beginning, middle, end

o   Circle any mistakes

o   Check MLA Format

o   Say something nice!!!!!!

·         HW: reading One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

o   One Christmas (70 pages)

o   09/27/17 essays due

Thursday

1. What’s your experience with the mentally ill?

2. Groups and presentations

3. Read/watch one flew over the  cuckoo’s nest

Tuesday

1.    J- Summarize the narrative essay you might write.

2.    Tell your story to others (GROUPS)

3.    Background of the book (group work)

a.    Group 1- cultural/current events of the story’s time frame

b.    Group 2- political events of the story’s time frame

c.     Group 3- Ken Kesey background

d.    Group 4- Ken Kesey friends/associates

e.    Group 5- Ken Kesey beliefs

f.      Group 6- Ken Kesey and drugs

g.     Group 7- Ken Kesey mental health experience

4.    Drafting time

5.    Homework: essays due (draft) Tuesday 09/19/17

Thursday 09/07/17

Week #3 Thursday, 09/07/17

1. A Hanging questions- trade & answer

2.Attendance

3.Narrative chat

4.HW: Narrative essay plan

5.Book due: One flew over the cuckoo’s nest by: Ken Kesey  on 09/12/17

hanging

1.J- Why think about your thoughts?

2.Q

3.HW check

4.Notes

5.TS cont. 

6.Attendance

Homework: Sign syllabus

A Hanging - George Orwell
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Notes

1.     TAP- topic, audience purpose

2.     Topic is what its about

3.     Audience- who its for

4.     Purpose- why are you writing it

a.      Entertain

b.     Inform

c.      Persuade

d.     Describe

5.     Writing Process-

a.      Invent

                                                             i.      Think of ideas

b.     Organize

                                                             i.      Shape ideas

c.      Draft

                                                             i.      practice

d.     Revise

                                                             i.      Relook (fix draft)

e.      Edit

                                                             i.      Revise grammar, punctuation

f.       Publish

                                                             i.      perfect

6.      six traits of writing-

a.      Voice

                                                             i.      Personality

b.     Ideas

                                                             i.      They need to be interesting to others

c.      Conventions

                                                             i.      Rules to follow ex grammar

d.     Organization

                                                             i.      Best shape for reader

e.      Fluency

                                                             i.      Flow of the sentence

f.       Word choice

                                                             i.      Picking the best word

7.     First essay- Narrative Due date 09/14/17

a.      First person- point of view I, we

b.      True story

c.      Under a minute (main theme)

d.      Start in the middle of the story

e.      Length ?

8.      Grammar mistake

a.      Pronoun- antecedent , agreement (PNA)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people that are nice- people who are nice

b.     Tense shift- (TS)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people who were nice- I like people who are nice

c.      Verb tense agreement (VTA)

                                                             i.      I likes people who is nice-

d.     Parallelism (PARA)

                                                             i.      Ex: I like people who are nice, friendly, and run.- active

e.      Comma splice (CS)

                                                             i.      I LIKE PEOPLE, I LIKE DOGS- I like people. I like dogs.

f.       Run on (RO)

                                                             i.      I like people I like dogs- period or comma

g.     Fragment (F)

                                                             i.      I like people who.-

9.     Sentence types

a.      Simple- I like dogs.

b.     Compound – add something to a simple sentence ex- I like dogs, I like cats.

c.      Complex- I like dogs since they are nice.

d.     Compound complex- puts a compound sentence together- ex I hate cats because I’m allergic to cats.