6.4.11

Wednesday, April 6th - Periods 3, 5, 6 & 7

English Conventions: Day 2

Do Now: Copy today’s language information:

Vocabulary:
Liberal: An attitude or perspective that is open to new behaviors, values, and opinions.
Conservative: A attitude or perspective that holds onto traditional behaviors and values and resists change.

A synonym for liberal is ______________________.

A synonym for conservative is ___________________.

Spelling:
Switch, Adjustment, Example

Critical Thinking Questions: How do run-on sentences negatively impact your writing? How does run-on writing relate to run-on thinking? What is a sentence fragment? How do sentence fragments relate to fragmented thinking?

Content: Newsweek Article

Objective: We will be able to recognize run-on sentences and sentence fragments and know strategies for how to correct them in our writing.

Class Activities: Language in context discussion, Mini-Lesson for run-on sentences and sentence fragments, Sentence practice,

Homework: Write 10 sentences about funding and money that is needed in our education system.  No run-on sentences! No fragments!