Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Twelfth Class Period: Description Prewriting & Test Review

Students were given time to write one page of description of the political cartoon they cut the previous period from a newspaper. They were to use naming, detailing, and comparing. Over the upcoming weekend, students will write their descriptions in an e-mail to an imagined blind friend, describing the cartoon and its humor. (Students will not send the rough draft of their e-mail to anyone. The final draft of their e-mail will be sent to Mr. Stone: dstone@lla.org.)

Mr. Stone described again how the upcoming test will be divided between two days. The first day's portion will include author-title, title-genre, literary terms, and vocabulary. The second day's portion will include identifying quotations, grammar (subject-verb agreement, consistent verb tense, and standard/formal English and nonstandard/informal English), and classifying genres of nonfiction.

Mr. Stone discussed the classification of nonfiction genres using a graphic organizer on the front whiteboard of the classroom. A revised copy of this graphic organizer will be posted on this blog for students to use for review.

Homework: Study for part one of the nonfiction test.

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