Reading maketh a full man . . . . . Speaking maketh a ready man . . . . . Writing maketh an exact man.

~~Sir Francis Bacon

Saturday, September 22, 2012

for Friday, September 28, 2012 (Time, Steps, Event or Space) fi3

Dear Class,
What did you think of the communication game we played?  Feel free to try it at home with your parents and siblings. Isn't it interesting how our words might mean something else to the recipient?  I hope you understand how important it is to speak and write clearly for understanding!  Always proofread your papers with this in mind.

Your homework is to write one chronological paragraph using transition words that will distinguish time, steps, events, or space.  You may write about your favorite day, a "how-to" topic, a visual space (like your closet or room, the Grand Canyon!), or a historical event.

Remember to include a:
  • who/which clause
  • one -"ly word"
  • quality adjective
  • strong verb
Remember to indicate these "dress-ups" with bolding and an underline in your paragraph.  I will also be looking for transition words, so please use appropriate terms for your topic (time words, location/space words, etc.). I have pasted an additional list of transition words below.

Reminders:
  • FIX-ITs -  hand-write on notebook paper, neatly and legibly. Use blue or black ink or dark pencil in paragraph form (this shows paragraph changes in the text).
  •  VOCABULARY WORDS - Along with your weekly submission of vocabulary words and their definitions, I strongly suggest that you begin a Word document with an accumulative and alphabetized list of vocab words. Refresh your notebook with an updated alphabetized list regularly. Sorting alphabetically can be done online at: SortMyList.com Our vocabulary list grows quickly and the open-book tests are random and unannounced. 
  • ESSAYS - check your formatting (especially font size and spacing in your title block). 
  • KWOs and CHECKLISTS - must be staples to the BACK of your essays.
  • Be sure to use proper formatting. 
  • You have one week to turn in late vocab, KWOs, FIX-ITs and checklists for half credit 
  • There is a 10 points deduction per week for late essays.

FIX-IT     Week 3
to each of the young princesses the sea king bequeathed a little garden plot where they might dig and plant as they pleased, one princess arranged her flower-bed as a whale, another as a mermaid, that of the youngest contained flowers as red as the suns ray’s at sunset.

She was a singular child quiet and thoughtful, whereas her sisters would be thrilled with the marvelous things they obtained from the wrecks of vessels’ the younger princess cherished nothing, but her lovely flowers—except one thing a marble statue

Carved out of pure white stone the statue was the rendering of a handsome boy which had fallen to the bottom of the sea from a wreck, beside the statue, the youngest mermaid had planted a rose-colored, weeping willow

Splendidly it had grown, and soon hanged it’s fresh branches over the statue, enchanted by any information she might gain about the world above the sea the little mermaid made her venerable grandmother tell her all she new of the ships and towns.   



Transition Words

Words that can be used to show location/space:
above
behind
by
near
throughout
across
below
down
off
to the right
against
beneath
in back of
onto
under
along
beside
in front of
on top of

among
between
inside
outside

around
beyond
into
over


Words that can be used to show time:
while
first
meanwhile
soon
then
after
second
today
later
next
at
third
tomorrow
afterward
as soon as
before
now
next week
about
when suddenly
during
until
yesterday
finally


Time Transitions
Shortly after that Meanwhile Soon
Along the way Before long Earlier
After all of that Later on Eventually
An hour later Without delay Immediately
At that very moment At last Next
Later that same day During all of this As soon as
Not a moment too soon While this was happening

Word that can be used to compare two things:
likewise
also
while
in the same way
like
as
similarly


Words that can be used to contrast two things:
but
still
although
on the other hand
however
yet
otherwise
even though

Words that can be used to emphasize a point:
again
truly
especially
for this reason
to repeat
in fact
to emphasize


Words that can be used to conclude or summarize:
finally
as a result
to sum up
in conclusion
lastly
therefore
all in all
because

Words that can be used to add information:
again
another
for instance
for example
also
and
moreover
additionally
as well
besides
along with
other
next
finally
in addition


Words that can be used to clarify:
that is
for instance
in other words





Information for Mrs. Cortez 
Correlation to 2011-2012 Lesson Plan: How to Climb a Fence
Correlation to 2012-2013 Lesson Plan: Falling Dominoes (The DMZ)



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