Language Arts
Weekly Schedule:
6/18/18 –
6/21/18 |
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Paragraph Format:
Topic sentence
Evidence (concrete detail)
Warrant (commentary)
Evidence (concrete detail)
Warrant (commentary)
Concluding sentence
Students must bring a reading book to class each day in case they finish work early or can squeeze in a few minutes of silent reading.
Click her for a list of Classic Books for Independent Reading
USEFUL REFERENCE SITES:
Books and Authors:
– Author of The Wadjet Eye www.jillrubalcaba.com/
– Author of Clay Marble: http://www.members.authorsguild.net/minfong/
– Author of Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team http://stevesheinkin.com/
– The Amanda Project allows you, the reader, to be the author. Follow this link to find out how: https://www.wattpad.com/story/88087-the-amanda-project-book-one
Attenion, Guys!
Here’s a reading site just for you! http://www.guysread.com/
Writing Help:Need help writing an essay? Try Read/Write/Think’s Essay Map at http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/essay-30063.html Write your essay online by following the prompts, print it, revise it, and prepare your final copy.General writing resources abound at Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/677/01/ This side includes help with everything from grammar to MLA format.More general writing help is available at the site of a major educational publisher, http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.htmlStruggling with your argument thesis statement? Try this thesis builder http://www.tommarch.com/electraguide/thesis.php to help you build a working thesis statement.
Need help citing references? This is like citation machine, but easier to use for APA format: http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/citeone_s.php?style=APA
This site contains guidelines for APA format: https://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/APA_Style_Basics.pdf
And, of course Purdue’s OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
And one more, in case you still haven’t found what you need: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/index.aspx
MLA format help is also available at Purdue at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
MLA format, again, http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/mla
and Austin Community College’s is easy to understand, http://library.austincc.edu/help/mla/
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