Due: Friday, September 18th

1. From your 6 original sentences where you emphasized effective verb usage/ active voice, you will be running through the 4 remaining descriptive writing techniques with the original sentence... each time you will be the new technique to the sentence before.

2. Once you have finished the last sentence, adding in the last technique, you will need to assess if you are writing with an objective tone or subject tone. If you feel your tone is subjective, you will need to rewrite the final product sentence to reflect an objective tone. If you feel the tone is objective, you will rewrite the final product to reflect a subjective tone.

3. Read pages 275-280 for class on Friday. Annotate and take notes. Quiz on Friday. Remember, quizzes will bring back material from Christmas Past ;)

Class today: Monday, September 14th

1. Review your notes on Active versus Passive (voice) construction.

Remember:
           a. Basic English Syntax falls into the pattern, Subject  + Predicate  + Object.
           b. Active voice constitutes the subject instituting the action of the predicate.
           c.  Passive voice constitutes the subject of the sentence receiving the action of the predicate.
           d. If you can add "by zombies" at the end of a sentence AND it makes sense... passive voice.
           e. There are distinct occurrences when passive voice is preferred:
                                                        When to use Active Voice... When to use Passive Voice
           f. If you noticed in the above link, ACTIVE voice is necessary in academic papers.
              We are looking to be able to have control over WHEN to use each type of voice.

2. Once you have reviewed the notes, you will need to take the following online quiz:

Active V. Passive Voice Quiz

You will see that it is a self-monitoring and self-checking quiz. Please try to rewrite the sentence FIRST. Then check if your response was on target. If you achieve the MAIN construction of the sentence, count it a win. There will be some superfluous words that may be in a different order. Keep track of the questions you get right, THE FIRST TIME. When you are done, send me an email with the amount you got correct out of 10. Do this before class on Tuesday.

3. Homework:

You will be writing a ONE sentence description of the following words. You will be focusing upon your use of ACTIVE VERBS with each sentence. ACTIVE VERBS.

- School
- Family
- Fall
- College
- Royals (baseball or English.. you choose)
- Friends

Class today: September 11th

1. We will be reviewing the examples of descriptive writing first in small groups.
2. Introduction to the first technique of descriptive writing: active verbs.
3. Review the two large lists of active verbs. (Under descriptive writing links)
4. Read and take notes on the getting rid of state of being verbs link.
5. Read and take notes on active versus passive voice link.
6. Do the active and passive voice exercises (to turn in Monday)

Due: Friday, September 11th

1. Examine the two reading selections provided in class for their usage of descriptive language. Remember, you are examining the experts for their ability to SHOW NOT TELL!

Due: Wednesday/Thursday, September 9th/10th

1. Finish the "Everything is a Quest" reading with annotations and convert annotations into Cornell notes.
2. Read: College Reader- Pages 229-232, 233-241. Annotate and notes.
3. Quiz over reading.

Due: Friday, September 4th

1. Review the Socratic Seminar Handout (See documents on right side). Look at expectations.. scoring guide, etc.
2. Continue with annotation of your text. Please bring it with you to class. Printing off your summer reading annotations may be handy.
3. Make sure that you have a minimum of 6 higher level questions, written by you. You must have these to participate.

Class (Tuesday 9/1) and DUE: 9/3, 9/4

IN CLASS (Tuesday)
1. Make sure that you have combined your two summer reading docs in one new document. Save under your name and summer reading.
2. Log into Turnitin.com. Use your account from previous years. If you do not have one, create an account with your school email.

Sign in information-  The class number and password:

1st Hour: 10559905
bearcats

3rd Hour: 10559958
bearcats

6th Hour: 10559966
bearcats

HOMEWORK: 
1. Review and take notes on the "annotating a text" handout.
Annotating a Text Handout
2. Review and familiarize yourself with the "informational text features". This will be to your advantage with reading textbooks/essays/articles, etc.
Informational Text Features
3. Watch the "annotating a text" video. Take notes. This will illustrate the annotating process.
Annotating a Text Video

For FRIDAY: 
Be ready for Socratic seminar over The Prestige.