Name: Betty Garcia Subject: College Transitions
Week: August 28– Sept 1, 2017
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
TEKS: / §110.31 (15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
(A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes:
(i) effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures;
(ii) rhetorical devices, and transitions between paragraphs;
(iii) a controlling idea or thesis;
(iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context / §110.31 (15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
(A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes:
(i) effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures;
(ii) rhetorical devices, and transitions between paragraphs;
(iii) a controlling idea or thesis;
(iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context / §110.31 (15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
(A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes:
(i) effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures;
(ii) rhetorical devices, and transitions between paragraphs;
(iii) a controlling idea or thesis;
(iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context / §110.31 (15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
(A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (i) effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures;(ii) rhetorical devices, and transitions between paragraphs; (iii) a controlling idea or thesis;(iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context / §110.31 (15) Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to:
(A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes:
(i) effective introductory and concluding paragraphs and a variety of sentence structures;
(ii) rhetorical devices, and transitions between paragraphs;
(iii) a controlling idea or thesis;(iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context
Overview and Purpose: / Introductions, Classroom procedures / Word origins, vocabulary, and idioms/proverbs / Parts of Speech / Parts of Speech / Parts of Speech
Activities: / Students will review class syllabus and discuss expectations and procedures
Students will be introduced to Cornell Notes. / Students will discuss and take notes on word origins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c34YtRIxKZE Ten Greek root words will be entered into vocabulary notebooks for quiz on Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPngxOnjKP0 Idiom: Hoisted on his own petard. Proverb: The early bird gets the worm. / Students will read Word Smart pages 1-17 (Introduction and beginning of Chapter 1)
Class discussion and note taking over reading / Students will read Word Smart pages 17 - 32 (Continue Chapter 1)
Class discussion and note taking over reading / Students will read Word Smart pages 33 - 37 (Complete Chapter 1)
Class discussion and note taking over reading
Homework: / What do you hope to accomplish in English class this year?
What would you like to see happen by the end of the school year?
What should your teachers know about you to ensure your success in their class? / Students will find and write the meaning of idiom/proverb. / Study for Greek root word vocabulary quiz
Resources: / Princeton Review – Word Smart / Princeton Review – Word Smart / Princeton Review – Word Smart / Princeton Review – Word Smart / Princeton Review – Word Smart