Ms.+Ellis

Second Marking Period November-January 2010.

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11/5/2010 HOMEWORK 811 & 812

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR ON CHILD LABORER IQBAL MASIH COMPARE THIS TO "MOON" THE STORY WE READ IN CLASS IDENTIFY CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATINSHIPS WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS AS WELL AS COMPARE & CONTRAST

Hello Parents and Students:

Nov. 5, 2010 AS I CONTINUE THE WRITING PROCESS THIS MONTH WITH ALL MY CLASSES,PLEASE REFER TO THE SUPPLY LIST BELOW > THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS I HOPE YOU'VE OBTAINED FOR YOUR CHILD IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE LIST WAS INITIALLY SENT HOME. BELOW I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THE MOST IMPORTANT SUPPLIES YOUR CHILD CAN COME TO CLASS WITH:

-LOOSELEAF PAPER IN A FOLDER FOR SUBMITTING WRITINGS -A POCKET FOLDER DESIGNATED FOR WRITING -PENS,ERASERS,PENCILS, -HIGHLIGHTERS AND A COLORED PEN TO BE USED FOR EMPHASIS -HANDHELD SHARPENER WITH COVER -WHITE XEROX PAPER TO KEEP AT HOME FOR PRINTING OUT TYPED PAPERS -POCKET DICTIONARY & THESAURUS FOR VOCABULARY & SPELLING IMPROVEMENT -MINIATURE STAPLER -A FLASH DRIVE TO SAVE TYPED WORK ON IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER TO MAKE THE EDITTING PROCESS MUCH EASIER ON THE STUDENTS

PLEASE NOTE: THE #1 ELA & MATH UNIFORMED ASSESSMENT EXAM RESULTSWILL BE ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS NEXT WEEK. STUDY THIS WEEK ALL NOTES& Hw MRS. ELLIS, ELA 8

For this month, there will be a HEAVY EMPHASIS ON PERSUASIVE ESSAY WRITING: it is the art of writing where students will attempt to convince, PERSUADE OTHERS this WRITING format this month and will be graded Level 1,2,3 and 4
 * November's Writing Focus**: Your child will be coming home with a lot of writing homework.

PERSUASIVE WRITING is one of the most challenging and important forms of writing for students to develop. Important because it is rewuired that students wirted persuasively on most district and state assessments. Challenging because it requires students: PARENTS, TYPING MAKES THE WRITING AND REWRITNG PROCESS MUCH EASIER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES EDITING. Please make it possible that your child has access to a COMPUTER and a PRINTER.
 * to take a stand on a topic /express an opinion and convince others to see their point of view,* *Organize ideas before writng by listing, brainsntorming, reasons,Support their opinion by gathering thoughtful and convincing reasons * appeal to logic rather than emotion *Grammatically Make pronouns and antecedent agree,*Form meaningful closings/conclusions. *then having their peers respond and *revise and edit their own writing, striving for completeness, effective word choice, smooth reading sentences, and correctness *finally evaluating the persuasive writing using an assessment rubric.* publishing. The Persuasive Writing Process will involve a series of steps following the writing process as you can see.

UPCOMING Thanksgiving Project: Due the day we come back from the Thanksgiving holiday Book REPORT CHOICE ACTIVITY ( hand out will be given out by Thursday to be completed and presented in front of class STARTING Nov. 30