Block Day: Lots to do

Goals: Write a book review that includes some complex sentence structures, review our survey data further, and preview our final project.

Note: Block schedule Monday-Thursday this week. This post applies to Monday and Tuesday.

Agenda:
Read
Grammar lesson
Review of Book #11
Review of our data
Preview of our next project

Grammar lesson / Review of Book #11: 

• One of the things that makes plagiarism so easy to spot, is that adult writers use more complex sentence structure than 9th grade students do. 
• Today you'll use some mentor sentences to make your review of book #11 sound older and more mature. 

1. Include a compound sentence with a "who" phrase. Separate your "who" phrase with commas.

Example: Harry Potter, who was a wizard, attended Hogwarts, and later worked for The Ministry of Magic. 

2. Include a "though" statement.

Frame: Though this book was ____________, I still enjoyed it because_____________. 

Write your review of Book #11 in your Book Review doc. Use the normal, four paragraph, book review structure. 

Looking at our data: 

• Last week we looked at the slides that held the data from our academic honesty survey. 
• Open those slides. Look through that data again. "Read" those graphs. 
• Which slides have the most important data? 
• Use the slide sorter to move those slides to the top. (I'll show you.)
• Use the slide notes section to write about what you think that graph is showing. 
• When you are ready complete THIS FORM. 

Preview of Academic Honesty Project: 

• We will conclude our unit on academic honesty with a project. 
• You can view the project outline HERE. 
• Today we are just talking about it. 
• All you have to do is start thinking about ideas and decide who you might partner with. 
• We will work on this more on Wednesday and Thursday. 

Reminders:  Add these things to your calendar
5/25 Initial ideas due for your Academic Honesty Project. (You fill out a form in class.)
5/31 (or 6/1 for period 2) Project Proposal Due.
6/5?? Textbook return. (Still checking on the exact date for this.)
6/6 Academic Honesty Project due. Be prepared to tell the class about your project.
6/7 Book #12 due.
6/8 Last day for regrade requests.
6/11-6/13 Finals. 5-6, 3-4, 1-2.