Happy Halloween Musees!

Please work on the assignments that are due tomorrow.
1.) Cause and Effect Paragraph
2.) Blog response to Malcom Gladwell's article on shopping.
3.) Writer's Notebook due Wednesday, November 6th.

The Cause and Effect Essay must be in MLA format. :)

Please do a peer edit with someone.  You don't have to fill out a seperate sheet.  Just use the Cause and Effect checklist and write on your peer's paper and briefly conference with him/her.

Have a great day and if you are not going to be here tomorrow, have nice and safe weekend.
Ms. Miller

Hello Musees,

Happy Wisdom Wednesday...

Please work on your:
Cause and Effect Paragraphs due Friday
Your blog post due Friday
Your Writer's Notebooks


IMPORTANT NOTE:  Writer's notebooks will be due next Wednesday, as the end of Quarter 1 is Friday, November 8th.

If you were absent yesterday, please make up the class assignment blog.

Have a great day!
MM

THINK AND WRITE TOGETHER ACTIVITY (CAUSES OF LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS)

Please copy and paste your group paragraphs here. :)
Have fun!

WFC – Ms. Miller

 

Good Morning Musees,

Today we will discuss some more characteristics of Cause and Effect and you will work on a group activity that puts you in "Cause and Effect" mode.  This is due today. :)
Please go to the assignment drive.

 

 

Blog Post Due Friday:

Have fun! The Science of Shopping

Every day spaces manipulate our behaviors to gain a certain, desired effect. Shopping is no different; in fact, this is where major department and specialty stores can entice you to buy without even advertising their merchandise. Read SECTION 1 of the following article from The New Yorker, "The Science of Shopping," and respond to the ideas presented. How much of this do you believe to be true? How does it make you feel to know that you are manipulated in this way or that there is the intent to do so? Respond in a thoughtful blog post and discuss a store you've been to that either supports or refutes the article's content.  p.s. Think about cause and effect!

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Due Friday

Cause and Effect Assignment:

1. Brainstorm your ideas for cause and effect.
2. Write a simple cause and effect paragraph.
3. It must contain all elements of “cause and effect”
4. Use the checklist on the “cause and effect” packet you received.
5. You may use one of the prompts given or make up your own.
6. Have one person peer edit your paragraph to make sure you followed the checklist and check for grammar and sentence structure.
7. Due Friday.

Good Morining Musees,

This week, we are learning the process of writing about cause and effect.  We will first practice with writing cause and effecct paragraphs this week. 

You will receive several informational handouts that explain the thinking process behind the concept of "cause and effect."  You are responsible for reading, mastering and applying this information. 

Note:  Being absent from class does NOT EXEMPT you from participating and knowing this information... just a reminder.

Additionally, this week, we will be doing some grammar and sentence structure exercises.  Graduating from high school and moving on to higher level education requires the correct application of a comma.  :)... spoken out of love.

Have a great day!

After we discuss the info in your packet, you will choose a topic with a partner and brainstorm some causes and effects.  What type of layout would you have for you analysis?

Homework:  Please take time to write in your Writer's Notebook.  It will be due during the in a couple of weeks.

Hello Musees,

Tomorrow will be a catch up and fun day.  We will not begin our Cause and Effect Unit until Monday.  You have unitl tomorrow to hand in everything regarding Process Analysis and College Essay.  See previous posts for information regarding Essay Sandwiches (hard copies) and turnitin.com.

Have a great day!

MM

Essay Sandwiches:
From bottom to top, start with your brainstorm and add all pieces of your process on top until you get to your Final Draft (this will be on top). Staple everything together.

Your conference with me and your revision from that may be closer to the bottom or the top, depending upon when we conferenced.

For example:

Brainstorm
first draft
conference with me w/my writing on your paper
Revision
Peer conference
Revision from peer conference
Conference w/ self
Revision from Conference with self

Some of you may have more than one conference with me if you made appointments outside of class.
Some of you may have drafts that other teachers, friends or family edited.

PUT IT ALL IN.  YOU ARE BEING GRADED ON PROCESS.  :)

Good Morning, Musees,

It's Tuesday, October 22nd.  Please work on your Process Analysis Essays today.  Peer Review Sheets are available on the big desk in 205.  Everyone must participate. 

Both essays are due on Thursday.  Please submit to turnitin.com as well as your hard copy. 
On Friday, we will being Cause and Effect Essays, another type of expository essay.

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There are two assignments currently listed: 
1. College Essay Final Draft
2. Process Analysis Essay

I will continue to conference today.

Have a wonderful day!
Ms. Miller

Happy Friday, Musees!

Please work on your Process Analysis Essays today.  I will be conferencing with students all period today, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

2 (give or take) pages, MLA format.  Please create a catchy title for your essays.


Your College Essays will be due on Thursday, along with the Process Analysis pieces.  (I EXTENDED THE DATE TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME).

Have a fabulous weekend!
MM

Good Morning Musees,

Do Now:  Please share your ideas from last night's homework with you partner.  Discuss how you would set up your process analysis essay.  Would it be directive or informative?  What mode of critical thinking would you use? (chronological, simultaneous, or cyclical)?  What subtext, context, transitions, tone, theme, point of view, literary tools would you use?

Next, please read pgs 214-216 in the pdf document "Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step" that we worked with yesterday on the Assignment Drive.

Next, please choose a topic and begin your brainstorming process for your process analysis essay.  You will work on this today, tomorrow, and Monday.  Peer Review sheets will be available Monday and Tuesday.  Your final Process Analysis Essay will be due next Thursday.

Note:  Please see the MLA format page in the Assignment Drive as a reminder of the format for all English papers.

Have a great day!
MM

The Perfect Date is on the Horizon...

Move with a partner and put your ideas together from last night’s homework: Describe, step by step, how to prepare the perfect date (or if you did "how to prepare for the perfect date, that's fine, too).  Work on the computer to come up with a working paragraph in Microsoft Word. Remember, you must be clear, detailed, and organized (and appropriate!!). When finished, copy and paste your final paragraph into a comment box of this post. Be sure to list BOTH of your names so that you each get credit for this blog post. Remember, your ideas will be posted for all to read, so be sure to be concise and, again, APPROPRIATE!

 

You have 10-15 minutes to do this.

By the way, what type of process analysis is this?  Directive or Informative?

 

Next, please go to the assignment drive and open the pdf document "Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step." : Let's look at a sample process essay.  We will be working with this document today and tomorrow, so if you would like to save it to your googledocs or traveldrive, please feel free to do so.  Otherwise, it's available on the assignment drive.

 

Homework tonight:  Brainstorm for tomorrow's class activity.  Describe a step by step, a really, really, bad day that has happened to one of the characters on your handout.  Think about what subtext you would include.  Be ready to discuss with your partner tomorrow.

 

In addition, choose a topic that you will write your process analysis essay on.  Will it be directive or informative?  What type of critical thinking will you use for your analysis?  How will you use literary and language tools to add subext, context, perception, tone, theme, transition, etc.

Good Morning Musees,

It's Tuesday, October 15th. We are beginning our Unit on Process Analysis this week. You will be working your rough draft for this paper each day while I continue conferencing with College Essay material.

Today's activities will take the period. Your homework is to Brainstorm for the following:
How to Prepare the Perfect Date

See you tomorrow!

Final drafts of your College Essay are due this week. Everyone's must be in by Friday. :)

Have a great day!
MM

Hello Musees:

Please follow the instruction that I discussed in class Wednesday.  (Also refer to Wednesday's blog post).  If any of your peers were absent, please fill them in.

Also, below is the article to read and respond to by Friday at the end of the day. :) 
Have a great weekend!  See you Tuesday!

MM


Are You Rude?!?!

From Oprah.com...
"Fed up with the rude behavior you experience day in and day out? Is it aggressive driving, co-workers who don't wash their hands or smokers who use the sidewalk as their personal ashtrays? What about the sales clerks who ignore you -- then act like they own the store when you finally get their attention?It's time for a return to civility!"

Click on the link to continue reading the article, "Are You Rude? Maybe You Should Think Again" and blog a thoughtful response to its content. Feel free to comment on other student's posts to enhance your own (if applicable and appropriate).

Good Morning Musees,

Today is Wednesday, October 9th.  Please work on your college essays.  The assignment is as follows:

When you submit your final essay sandwich next week at some point, in chronological order from botton to top:
First brainstorms and drafts
Any revision from a draft that I looked at (some of you will have this, some won't)
Peer Review Sheet from your peer
Revision from Peer Review (This will be Draft 2 or 3 depending upon your personal process)
Conference with yourself sheet
Revision from Self Conference

Basically, put everything together from first to last (bottom to top)
Your final draft (the one you submit to turnitin) will be on top.

Thursday and Friday:

• Continue working on college essay process
• Complete the blog post that will be posted Thursday morning (due by end of Friday)
• Work on your Writers Notebook  (You should have at least half of your prompts done by the end of this week)

I have decided that we will being Process Analysis Essays on Monday.
Have a great rest of the week!

Happy Friday Musees!  Today, you know what to do... Revise, Conference, Edit and Enhance.  Have fun, and Have a fantastic weekend.

By Monday, everyone should have a solid draft to work with for a class anonymous activity. 

No blog post this weekend.
MM

Good Morning Musees,

Today is Thursday. Continue working on your college essays (you know what the process is by now).  Everyone should have peer edited by the end of today.  Most of you have already. 

I would like to meet with only those people who have not conferenced at all yet first today.  Then I will move on to those of you who are getting a 2nd conference.

For homework and/or during class today, please read the packet on CONCLUSIONS. Underline and highlight the main points.   We will come together and discuss them first thing tomorrow.

PEER EDIT AND SELF CONFERENCE SHEETS are on the table.   IF you are absent, please remember to check the blogs from the previous days to make sure you receive all handouts, material from lessons and blog assignments. 

Next week, we will begin Process Analysis.

Have a great day.

Ms. Miller

Hi Everyone,

Good Morning!
It's Tuesday, October 1st.  Once again, you may use the period to do independent or peer edit work.  I will continue to conference throughout the day.  I am available throughout the week by appointment.  After school always works best for me.  I will spend 15 (no more than 20 minutes) per student.

Also, I posted a model of a former student's Descriptive Essay on the assignment drive.  Please check it out and look at the student's writing style and use of description to describe her subject.   It is a great model of descriptive techniques.

Remember that a characterization of YOU must come through in your essay. 

Have a great day!
Ms. Miller