Date: Class 7: Tuesday, March 5th (Kyle) and Thursday, March 7th (Porcupine)
Class Information
Today’s Special Words:
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Comma usage
Subject/Verb
Agreement
Dialogue
Transition Words
Plot Chart
1. Class notes.
2. Students shared their character
sketches and “dialogue between
characters”.
3. Students participated in in-class
discussion of making grabbing
introductory paragraphs.
4. Students were instructed in use
of Plot Chart to develop longer
narratives.
5. Students examined sample 5paragraph narrative essays and
longer narratives.
6. Grammar: Students participated
in discussion of Subject/Verb
agreement; correct use of
commas; and transition words.
Course: Engl 103-Freshman English I
1:00-1:55
2:00-2:55
3:00-3:55
∙In-Class Business:
∙Subject/Verb Agreement: In-class
∙Continuation of Teacher/Student
private discussions of Descriptive
Essays: In-class individual look at each
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2.
Sign attendance sheet.
Turn in Assignments:
 Journal Page
 Character Sketch
 Dialogue
discussion of making Subjects and Verbs
agree in number.
student’s descriptive essay.
∙In-Class discussion of correct use of
Commas in Writing: In-class discussion of
∙Sharing of Character Sketches and
Dialogues: Student sharing of character
In-class Activities:
Lesson Plan
comma usage with practice sheet.
(Handout)
sketches and dialogues which they created
for today’s class.
Assignments for next week:
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2.
∙In-class discussion of Transition Words:
∙Additional Discussion of Narrative Essay:
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In-class discussion of making
grabbing introductory paragraphs
for the narrative essay.
Use of plot chart in creating longer
narrative essays.
Examination of both the Five
Paragraph Narrative Essay and
Longer Narrative essays.
Discussion and practice of how to use a
variety of transition words to provide more
accurate and smoother transitions in
writing. (Handout)
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5.
Journal Page
Brain-storming sheet for narrative
essay
Create a grabbing introductory
paragraph for your narrative essay.
Supply either an outline of what
your five- paragraph or longer
narrative essay will contain or a
plot chart for a longer creative
fiction narrative.
Finish any handouts
Reading Assignments:
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Chapter 5: Pronouns
Chapter 17: The apostrophe
Chapter 18: Quotation Marks