Senior Writing
Please pull out Instruction pages 10, 11
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Finish and Submit essays
Pronoun – Antecedent
Agreement
• The students will be decorating their lockers and
class hallways tonight.
• “their” is the pronoun that needs to agree with
• the Antecedent – students.
• Students is more than one – so use their or they or
them when referring to the students.
Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
• Mike or Pat needs to bring his computer tonight for
the robotics meeting.
• “his” refers back to Mike or Pat. It doesn’t mean
both of them – just one – so we use “his.”
• The Antecedent is Mike or Pat – one of the guys –
this is what his refers back to. Could also use he or
him – depends on what you are saying.
Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement
• Uses same rules as Subject-Verb Agreement
o Single subject – gets him, he, his, her, occasionally it.
o Plural subjects – get they, them, their
• Everyone is single – so later use he, him, her, his
• Both is plural – so later use them, their, they
Assignment – Complete Exercise 5 – no rules, just
corrections or C on the line.
Finalize and Submit essay
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Finish and submit.
Be sure to include Works Cited.
Do highlighting
Turn in submission page
PLEASE TURN IN ARTICLES TOO!!!!
o One add
• Please do this on back of submission page
• Reviewer 1 – name and score out of 5 with 5 being best
• Reviewer 2 – name and score out of 5 with 5 being best
Friday
• Opening – Copy down this quote
• “I don’t know the key to success, but the key
to failure is trying to please everyone.” Bill
Cosby
• Agenda
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Opening
Journal 8
Correct Review
Do Unit Review
Start Mastery Review
Journal 8
• Part A. - This part contains lists. It is okay to repeat some
items from one list to another or even within a list.
• 1. List 5 things you would like to do some day.
• 2. List 5 people who are important to you.
• 3. List 5 things you are good at.
• 4. List five favorite places, cities, seasons, restaurants,
vacation spots….
• 5. List up to 5 songs, phrase from song lyric, quotes,
sayings that you like.
• 6. List 5 words your parents, teachers, coaches,
employers might use to describe you.
• 7. List 5 words you would use to describe yourself – be
positive 
Journal 8
• Part B
• 1. You need to find a picture of yourself – something
you can print and cut out or a printed one.
• 2. A quote you like – that reflects you – may need to
think, look….
• 3. Song that reflects you, your life…
• 4. About you – 100-125 words.
o If this is all you could tell a college, future employer, future roommate – what
would you tell them? Imagine the world is listening – so watch what you say.
• 5. Latest blog –
What is going on in your life? How are things going?
What might others be interested in knowing?
Monday
• Opening
o Please write a corrected version of the sentence below
o All of the students and many of the alumni
stormed the field Friday to celebrate the win by
his or her football team.
• Agenda
Opening
Discuss Labels on Review
Finish and correct.
Do Mastery Review – Parts A-C – correct. Then finish.
• Use note sheets – but not each other.
o Tomorrow – work time for typing up Journal 8 – if you did not finish some
items – please do so prior to tomorrow.
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Mastery Review
• Part A – C – Individual sections on skills
o Sentence Errors – Remember – you are putting in periods or semi-colons to
fix run-ons or comma splices OR you are taking out a period to combine
sentences.
o Punctuation – you may be taking in or out commas, apostrophes, or
moving punctuation with quotation marks or perhaps changing a title
marking.
o Case and Agreement – You are changing a pronoun or a verb – you are
not taking out anything that you do not replace.
• Learning Target
o I can identify and edit for sentence errors, punctuation errors (especially
commas and apostrophes), pronoun case, and agreement errors.
Things to think about,
prepare for
• Look for quotes by famous people – may be from
songs, movies, books, important figures.
o Look for at least 5 – have them word for word and know who said it or
what it is from.
• Pictures of you doing activities (choir, sports, clubs,
volunteering, mentoring) or of creating something
(CAD, Wood, Metal, CTC classes, Culinary Arts), or
demonstrating a skill (writing music, art,
programming) or of awards you have earned.
Tuesday
• Correct Mastery Review
• Discuss assignment
• Go to LMC
Wednesday
• Unit 2 Test
o Please get yourself situated for the test.
o You need a pencil and “funny color” pen.
o Please put all letters on the scantron – 1-50 and make corrections in pen
on 1-20 on the test itsefl.
• After the test – please assemble the pages I will put
on the board for Units 1 and 2 to turn in.
• 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 23, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36
• Think about what you could make a collage out of
– pictures of skills, activities, clubs, CTC, etc.
Thursday
• Please come in and sit where you wish – BUT
CHOOSE WISELY.
• Opening – Assemble and turn in homework
• 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 36
• After you turn this in, please get your COW 
• Discuss - Collage – what is it? What could you do?
Need to get pictures.
• Think about what you could make a collage out of
– pictures of skills, activities, clubs, CTC, etc.
Thursday
• Do and Save Wordle
o Either save to drive and tell me to print –
nicely – or print in color yourself. If using LMC,
get note from me.
o To Save – click on PRINT. In drop down for
printer, choose “CutePDFWriter” – then save
to your number.
• Begin work on Collage
• Gather 5 quotes
• Learning Target: I can use technology to
present my ideas, my strengths, my skills in a
positive manner for an career/college
audience.
Friday
• Introduce Unit 3 – Assign p. 37 due for Monday.
• Go over Unit 2 Test.