Homework and Class Work for ENG III: The Cultural Impact Wednesday, November 10, 2010
2nd Pd: Shane Wages
3rd Pd: Brooklyn Utterback, Shawna Griggs, Jesse Stacy, Brittany Littleton, Jeanna Lasourd, Bethany Gilkison
4th Pd: NO ANSENCES
INDEPENDENT WORK:
Dls #3: COPY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. PROOFREAD THE SENTENCES AND WRITE THEM CORRECTLY.
1. “Hey Carlos, James said, whats the assignment for english class tomorrow.”
2. Carlos replyed, we’re supposed to read an iroquois myth write a poem and a spelling test.
3. ”Song of the Sky Loom“ is an apparantly simple yet but truely complex poem that espresses peoples longin to be as pure as the natural whirled.
VOCABULARY:
Use Chapter 13 vocabulary Words to complete the sentences.
Sentence Check ONE:
1. _____ rain kept interrupting the ballgame.
2. The sight of her bandaged husband in an oxygen tent _____(e)d Claire.
3. Someone has managed to _____ a tomato and a potato into one plant.
4. A home computer and a telephone are _____ tools for many self-employed people.
5. Airline offer “frequent flyer credits” toward free trips as an _____ to get people to fly often.
6. Many teenagers don’t foresee the _____s of parenthood, such as staying up all night with a sick child.
7. By examining her last two months spending, Coretta discovered that she had _____(e)d money on too many expensive meals. 8. The man on the corner offered to sell me a watch, but he quickly _____(e)d his sales pitch when he saw a police officer approaching.
9. Because our history teacher loved to gab, we often could get him to _____ from the lesson to talk about school athletics or school politics.
10. Carl tried hard to ignore the double-fudge caramel pecan pie on the menu, but he finally _____(e)d and ordered a slice.
CLASSWORK:
JOURNAL WRITING: Write for five minutes in response to the following question- What do you plan on doing directly after high school? Do you plan on attending college? Working?
Personal Essay – We are going to begin working on a personal essay. We are going to focus this writing on something you can actually use. Many colleges require a college application essay, a cover letter when applying for a job is essentially a personal essay, most scholarship essays are personal essays. Definition of a Personal Essay: o The essay focuses on one central idea supported by a variety of incidents from the writer’s knowledge AND the writer’s life. o The essay is written in a natural style. o The essay has ONE clear, focused purpose or theme. o The essay uses narrative or storytelling to relate events to the one focused purpose or theme o The essay requires that the writer communicates personal experiences and his or her reaction to them through the use of descriptions o The essay shows insightful reflection of the writer concerning the experiences and their relation to the purpose of the theme – in other words you think about what you have written and write about how it applies to you - THIS IS ESSENTIAL The most basic question to answer is “How do you stand out from other candidates?” Begin the brainstorming process by choosing three words that describe your best qualities or characteristics. Brainstorm for five minutes to think of everything you can think of that you have done that proves you have these qualities.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Ask three people who know you best – parent, friend, family member – to look at the three words you came up with. Ask them to make suggestions about other words that could be used to describe you in a positive light. Then ask them to give you examples of things you’ve done that show that those words describe you.
If you know you want to go to a specific college other than MSU, get online and look up the application question they ask for you to respond to.