SSJ Intro and Conclusion (for C/C Essay) DUE: 1-26-22

This is a paradigm for a C/C Essay in which one is preferred over the other.

Write your Introduction and Conclusion

Review your 3 body paragraphs . . . make any necessary changes. Do your work in your classroom doc. When perfected, copy and paste into homework doc attached to this email. 


Put the intro, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion together -- paste onto the attached homework doc and submit.


The reminders about how to properly construct intros and conclusions:

https://e3writersmark.blogspot.com/2022/01/introductions-conclusions-titles.html

Practice for Class on 1-26-22

This is a paradigm for a C/C Essay in which one is preferred over the other.

There are 3 sections of a compare contrast thesis statement. 

A) opinion . . . . B) transition to paragraph synopses*  . . . . C) paragraph synopses*

Your job is to match the 3 sections in a way that makes sense.  Create 4 thesis statements using the section samples below. Use each example only one time and do not change any words.

A  + B + C

Copy and paste this into your SSJ doc.

A) 

• Walking and rock climbing are both excellent forms of exercise. However, it becomes clear that one of these is a much better lifetime exercise choice
• When choosing a toy for a pre-schooler, Tinker Toys are superior to Matchbox cars
• Pumpkin pie is a better dessert choice than chocolate cake
• It is clear that, for me, the career choice of graphic designer is preferable to teaching

B) 

• due to 
• after examining
• after researching
• because

C) 

• it is more nutritious, more seasonally festive, and easier to serve
• their educational value. cost, and ease of cleaning
• the average salary, the average weekly hours, and the opportunities for advancement
• the risk factors, the necessary equipment, and the the appropriate locations for both.

*A synopsis is a brief or condensed statement.

SSJ Compare and Contrast Essay DUE: 1-19-22

1) WE HAVE A NEW RECITATION! ​​See It Through

The recitation date will be February 2, 2022

Get a head start and begin memorizing!!

2) Remember that portfolios (completed to date) will be due at the end of February.

3) Essay Homework DUE: 1-19-22

Write a "3 body paragraph" compare and contrast essay.

We will add on the introduction and conclusion later.

Always remember to utilize sensory details in your descriptions.

Do your rough draft in your SSJ Google doc. When it is finished, copy and paste it into the homework doc that was mailed to you.

Stylistic Requirements:

Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP

Indicate 1 of each OPENER (@ least 5 of the OPENERs!!)

NO banned words, contractions, or dialogue

You MUST include your name and date stamp, a correct title block, and proper formatting

You MUST include a checklist. There is a checklist template included in the homework doc that was mailed to you.

SSJ DUE: 11-3-21

 DESERT TARANTULA ESSAY

1) Insert a picture of the KWO you did in class in both your SSJ doc and the homework doc mailed to you. 

2) Use the KWO to write an essay about the DESERT TARANTULA in your SSJ doc. When perfected, copy and paste it into the homework doc emailed to you.

NOTE: You might want to do a bit of research to add to this information. Make sure you can weave new info into what you Key Word Outlined in class. Include the SOURCES for new info at the bottom of your essay.

3) Stylistic Requirements JV & VARSITY:      

    Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP

    Indicate @ least 3 OPENERs

    Indicate 1 DEC

    Indicate 1 M3

4) Stylistic Requirements NOVICE:

    Indicate 1 of every DRESS UP

    Indicate @ least 2 OPENERs

    Indicate 1 DEC   optional

    Indicate 1 M3     optional

SSJ DUE: 10-27-21

Perfect your 3 body paragraphs as discussed in class.

Keep the yellow and blue highlighting.

Make sure you have at least 3 substantial "chunks" of information to support each paragraph's (blue) reason.

You must put your own words into these paragraphs also. Do not stack cited material on top of cited material.

The minimum sourcing -per paragraph- is 3 sources.
The minimum number of footnotes is 3


NO banned words or contractions (except in quotes)

SSJ Homework DUE: 10-20-21

 

MLK Speech -- be ready to recite by 10-27-21

Create your own mnemonic copy with blanks in place of the words you know. Be ready to share this next week.

In your SSJ doc AND in the homework doc attached to the email sent to you:

Write the 1st body paragraph of your OREO essay with @ least 3 to 5 sources and @ least 3 footnotes.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. 

Mrs. Cortez'  MNEMONIC

Let us not wallow in the v____ of despair, I say to you today, my fr____s.

So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a _____. It is a _______ deeply rooted in the A______     ______. 

I  ____  __  ______ ____  one day this _____ will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be ____-______, that all men are created _______.

I  ____  __  ______ ____ one day on the red ____ of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the _____ of brotherhood.

I  ____  __  ______ ____ one day even the state of M_______, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an ______ of freedom and justice.

I  ____  __  ______ ____ my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their _____ but by the content of their ch________. 

I  ____  __  ______ ____ today.

I  ____  __  ______ ____ one day down in A_______ with its vicious racists, with its  g________ having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in  A_______ ,   little black _____ and  ______   ______ will be able to join hands with little  wh_____   _____ and  ______   ______       as sisters and ______.  

I  ____  __  ______ today.

I  ____  __  ______ ____ one day every v_____ shall be exalted, every hill and m_______ shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made _______, and the glory of ____  _____ shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our h_____. This is the f_____ that I go back to the S_____ with. 

Siberian Tigers Source doc DUE: 10-13-21

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KBeQCqIv88r96q4EgMp70XNZxRdl0AQ7_Jtq152GC2g/edit

1) KWO the Siberian Tiger information
2) Insert picture of your KWO into the doc attached to the homework assignment


3) ESSAY:   Re-tell the information using just your KWO.
                   NO banned words, contractions, or dialogue


SUBMIT your KWO and completed Siberian Tiger essay. I attached a homework doc for that purpose.
There should also be a copy in your on-going SSJ google doc


Keep working on your 3 paragraph OREO essays --- DO NOT submit that yet.

SSJ Homework DUE: 9-29-21

1) Memorize the part of MLK's speech that is in blue . . . 
OR
@ least be able to recite it with familiarity while reading it. 

The deadline to flat-out, full-out, completely, totally  know this part of the speech is: 10-6.

2) Write a 3 paragraph opinion (argumentative) essay using the OREO paradigm.

In each paragraph indicate:

1 of each DRESS UP 

1 of each OPENER (as is possible)

1 DEC in each paragraph

1 M3 in 2 paragraphs & 1 ANAPHORA in the other

SECOND HALF OF MLK's SPEECH  (August 28, 1963)

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."   (<- Isiah 40:4)

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,    From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

The "evidence" is support for your reason and may include examples, anecdotes, common sense, fact(s), quotes, and/or statistics, 

Here is a simplified explanation:

SSJ HOMEWORK DUE: 9-22-21

HOMEWORK:

• KWO this essay.

• Insert a picture of your KWO in your SSJ document

• Using JUST your Key Word Outline, rewrite the America essay.

• Make sure you have NO banned words, NO contractions, and NO dialogue in your final draft.

• Indicate 1 of each DRESS UP

• Indicate 1 of each OPENER (do your best with these.

We will see where work is needed to understand all OPENERs)

• Indicate 1 DEC

• Indicate 1 M3

         

 America Before She Got Her Name

          

          The Americas were inhabited by a variety of different people and groups for many centuries. Thriving in Central America, the Mayan and Aztec people grew into large empires during the Middle Ages. During the same time period the Incas established a complex civilization on the western coast of South America. In the northern and western parts of North America different nomadic tribes lived in wigwams. Notably, Eastern Indian tribes were more settled. They lived in longhouses. They lived by raising crops, hunting, and fishing. The land, inhabited for ages by a variety of peoples, was only “new” to Europeans.

          This beautiful land, varied in landscape and vast in size, has sandy beaches, lofty mountains, arid deserts, and tropical rainforests.  A quick  look at a map, will show the land divided into two continents with a bridge of land linking them. Predictably, the continent to the North is called North America, and the continent to the South is called South America. Linking the two continents is a long narrow strip of land called Central America. Central America is bordered by both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. The varied landscape of this beautiful land has been enjoyed for centuries by its many inhabitants.

SSJ Homework DUE: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

 DO NOT SUBMIT ANYTHING TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM YET.

Copy and paste these sentences into your shared Google doc right under your name and date stamp.  Use the date "DUE: Saturday, August 28, 2021."  Label as HOMEWORK.

ASSIGNMENT:

Find the banned words. Rewrite each sentence without the banned words, and BE SURE to make the sentence better.

1. Toby saw the deer, aimed his camera, and hoped he would get a great shot.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

2. Under the umbrella it got very crowded when all of  Jinny's friends tried to get out of the rain.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

3. He looked thirsty so I gave him some water.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

4. My neighbor said that there had been a raccoon eating out of her trashcan the night before.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

5. Our favorite store was going out of business because sales had gone down drastically during COVID.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

6. His sister went to my school and I never knew it.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

7. After finalizing the dates for the swim meet we gave the information to the newspaper.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

8. Why did she go to the mall when she could have gone to the resale shop?

REVISED SENTENCE: 

9. It is wonderful to come home to a home cooked meal.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

10. Darla said that Megan went to get a big pizza.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

11. Her dress was pretty until she fell into the mud puddle.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

12. My dog is bigger than your dog, so they will never both fit into the car with us. 

REVISED SENTENCE: 

13. Whoever said that we should invite then to come visit was crazy!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

14. I hope Santa when comes to my house he does not get stuck in the chimney!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

15.  My Mom told me to eat my vegetables or I would not get dessert.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

16. It is good to finish homework before going out to hang with friends.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

17. It was nice of the driver to slow down in order to avoid hitting the dog.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

18. My brother came home with a black eye and got into so much trouble!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

19. The teacher gave him an award for perfect attendance.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

20. I saw the cat stalk the unsuspecting bird, so I got a horn and blew it to scare the bird away.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

21. We invited them to come eat with us on Thursday.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

22. There is a pretty good chance that it will rain, so I got my big umbrella.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

23. Tacos are my favorite thing to eat for dinner.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

24. Ancient scrolls are looked at with extra care.

REVISED SENTENCE: 

25. Cars go too fast on the school road, and something should be done to stop it!

REVISED SENTENCE: 

Kael, Julian, Andre, Aiden, Kat, Stein, Sarah - 

Choose three of  your revised sentences from this list, and weave them into an amazing essay (fiction, of course). You may revise slightly differently depending on the context in which you want to use the sentences.
Highlight the sentences in blue, so I can find them.

SSJ Writers Mark Homework Reminder for Wednesday, September 1, 2021

What a lovely lagniappe class! We reviewed formatting, KWO basics, and banned words.

Homework:

1) Complete your banned word exercise from class - Make ALL those sentences better.

2) Complete your Cool Cat - Siberian Tiger KWO*. Be ready to "talk it back" in class. Always hand write your KWOs.

* KWO = Key Word Outline

In attendance were:

Sarah
Kat
Stein
Julian
Andre
Kael
Aiden