Wonderful work today! Your writing has improved dramatically since we started in February and it's only grade 9!! Keep applying our stylistic rules and the academic, professional style to your literary paragraphs and essays and by grade 12--you'll be writing at university level.
Today: We read for 15 minutes and the USSR homework this weekend is 100 pages or finish a book. I 'd like you all to start a new book on Tuesday from a book club set. You have three days, spend some time letting a book inspire you.
We will go down to the library on Tuesday to pick out books.
We wrote our conclusions during class and started revising our essays.
Style:
Focus on quote integration method #3! You need at least one of this type per paragraph, please.
Focus on clear verbs: emphasize, elucidates, exemplify, portrays, illustrates, depicts, reveals, displays, satirizes, describes, etc Avoid: is, are, feels or seems as these verbs lack a persuasive tone.
Do prove your thesis! Do elaborate! Do discuss each quote in detail.
Sentence variety:
Start each sentence in a new manner. Find synonyms for Farley: the naive biologist, the shy naturalist, the curious field worker, the intimidated man, the uninformed .... the meek etc
Use despite, which, but, yet, nevertheless, similarly,
Use ; and : to add variety.
Do not use a , to join to complete sentences. Use a . or a ; instead.
Vary your sentence length. A really short sentence in the middle of a body paragraph adds emphasis and wakes up the reader.
Find new ways to repeat the thesis.
Think of the essay like a debate. Think of your audience. Make them believe you via the words you choose.
Use words from our vocabulary list.
Choose insightful quotes.
TUESDAY:
HAND IN THE GOOD COPY (INCLUDE THE TITLE PAGE) AND STAPLE THE GOOD COPY TO YOUR REVISED (BY HAND) DRAFT
I READ THE DRAFT AND COMPARE IT TO THE GOOD COPY.
