TH
8
MR. WALKER’S
GRADE
HONORS ENGLISH
March 16, 2015
Lessons & Objectives
BELLRINGER
Complete Warm-Up #2 “Weather Patterns.” Be sure to
use your TQRAP skills (I will be looking for them!). Read
the questions CAREFULLY. Read the answers
CAREFULLY. Read the selection CAREFULLY. Take your
time! There is no rush. When you finish: if you were not
here on the Friday before Spring Break, complete
“Lesson 9: Comparing Texts.” The worksheets are on
the computer table. If you were here, please read
quietly.
WORD OF THE DAY
Insouciant
showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
Mr. Walker’s commentary on our essays
revealed his feelings for the class were not
INSOUCIANT.
LINES WE LOVE
“Multiple exclamation marks are a sure
sign of a diseased mind.” ~Terry
Pratchett, Faust Eric
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY
Block 1:
During block 1 I will be doing the progress checks on your
Awesome Authors Projects and reviewing your Reader
Response essay over Night. While you are waiting for me to
get to you, please read quietly.
Block 2:
We will focus on our reading skills as practice writing for the
STAAR test. We will review strategies for
(TEKS 8.2(A), 8.9(Fig. 19)(F), 8.10(A)(B)(D), 8.11(A)(B)(Fig. 19)(D)
T.Q.R.A.P.
When revising and editing
your own writing, or
someone else’s writing,
there are two acronyms to
remember:
A.R.M.S.
&
C.U.P.S.
A.R.M.S. FOR REVISING
A
• ADD words, sentences or details
R
• REMOVE words, sentences or details
M
• MOVE words, sentences or details
S
• SUBSTITUTE dead words with specific
nouns, strong verbs, vivid
adjectives, informative adverbs
C.U.P.S. FOR EDITING
C
• Capitalization
U
• Usage
P
• Punctuation
S
• Spelling
EXPOSITORY ESSAY PRE-WRITING
EXPOSITORY ESSAY PRE-WRITING
1. Narrow the prompt by highlighting key terms.
2. Underline the main topic for your essay.
3. Broaden the definition of the main topic by using a graphic organizer.
4. Provide two reasons that support your example.
5. Write a truism that reflects your definition of the main topic and the
example that you provided. A truism is a statement that is obviously true
and provides nothing new or different.
HOMEWORK
Complete the “Writing Modeled Instruction” revising/editing exercises
worksheets. Pages 60-63. Then, look at the essay prompt on page 64 of the
worksheet packet. Read the prompt and use the pre-writing skills we went
over in class today to complete pre-writing exercises. You may use a
separate sheet of paper or the back of page 64 for your graphic organizer.
This is for a grade! Please do not lose these sheets and please remember to
bring them with you on Thursday.
If you are rewriting your Holes Reader Response paper, you need to be
working on those, as well. The revised papers are due on Friday, March 20.
TODAY WE. . .
• Reviewed strategies for revising and editing writing.
• Reviewed pre-writing strategies for expository writing on the STAAR test.
• Reviewed our Reader Respose papers over Holes.
TOMORROW WE WILL. . .
Take the reading Mock STAAR test.