2/6 English II Agenda
TSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized
persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student sample
essay. TSW be introduced to, and utilize, a variety of online
technology in order to integrate it into their course work.
Focus: Look at the chart provided to you. Label which parts
of an essay you think each section represents. Is there
anything that you think is missing?
Activities: 1. Class: Review essay structure chart.
2. Groups: Revise and edit sample essay paragraphs.
3. Class: Review online resources: class wiki site, review
card catalog and databases.
Closing: Independent reading time.
Mr. David’s wiki site – go through my homepage
www.burltwpsch.org/users/bdavd/ or go directly
therehttp://mrdavidbthsenglish.wikispaces.com/
turnitin.com:
Go to turnitin.com
Select “Create Account” (under where you sign in)
Go to the section “Student” and follow the directions
You will Need the following information for your class:
Class ID:
4777513
Class Enrollment Password:
davidmosley1
(The site requires an email address, but it can be a fake address if you do not
have an email account.)
2/7 English II Agenda
TSW combine sentences and phrase to create more complex sentence
structures in order to identify different varieties of syntax. TSW identify key
background information for Mississippi Trial, 1955by using database and
internet resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the information.
Focus: Take the following sentences/phrases and combine them several
different ways:
Mark spent the majority of his time working or studying.
Saturdays were the one exception to Mark’s serious work ethic.
After getting into a college with a renowned pre-med program
a young man from an impoverished background
Activities: 1. Class: View and discuss Emmett Till video – assign background
wiki topics and groups.
2. Class/Groups: Wiki site walkthrough – setup wiki sites
Closing: Independent reading time.
Sentences can be broken down into to basic elements –
dependent and independent clauses:
Independent clause:
ex. Mark spent the majority of his time working or studying.
Makes sense as a sentence by itself.
Dependent clause:
ex. After getting into a college that has a renowned pre-med
program
This does not make sense if you put it by itself , so you need
to add a dependent clause to it, which makes a…
…complex sentence (dep. clause + indep. clause)
Ex. After getting into a college that has a renowned pre-med
program, Mark spent the majority of his time working or
studying.
Combining two dependent clauses together, using a comma
conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) makes a…
…compound sentence (dep. clause + dep. clause)
Ex. Mark spent the majority of his time working or studying, but
Saturdays were the one exception to Mark’s serious work ethic.
You can add a dependent clause to this to make a complexcompound sentence
Ex. After getting into a college with a renowned pre-med program, Mark
spent the majority of his time working or studying, but Saturdays were the
one exception to Mark’s serious work ethic.
Or
Ex. Mark, a young man from an impoverished background, spent the
majority of his time working or studying, but Saturdays were the one
exception to Mark’s serious work ethic.
2/8 English II Agenda
TSW identify the structural elements of a well-organized
persuasive essay in order to revise and edit a student
sample essay. TSW identify key background information
for Mississippi Trial, 1955by using database and internet
resource to create an interactive wiki page to display the
information.
Focus: Review sample introduction paragraph and body
paragraph
Activities: 1. Class: Review wiki and databases – respond
to questions on technology resources – review
summarizing and paraphrasing.
2. Groups: Organize and create wiki site.
Closing: Independent reading time.
2/9 English II Agenda
TSW identify the structural elements of a wellorganized persuasive essay in order to revise
and edit a student sample essay. TSW identify
key background information for Mississippi Trial,
1955by using database and internet resource to
create an interactive wiki page to display the
information.
Focus:
Review sample body paragraph
Activities: 1. Groups: Organize and create wiki
site and work on organizers.
Closing: Independent reading time.
2/10 English II Agenda
TSW identify the structural elements of a wellorganized persuasive essay in order to revise and
edit a student sample essay. TSW identify key
background information for Mississippi Trial, 1955by
using database and internet resource to create an
interactive wiki page to display the information.
Focus: Review sample body paragraph
Activities: 1. Groups: Organize and create wiki site,
and work on organizers.
2. Class: Checkout Mississippi Trial, 1955
Closing: Independent reading time.