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Topic 7
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Writing a 5-Paragraph Essay
Improving the Introduction
Improving the Introduction
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◄ READ: Body Paragraphs- Using Evidence from the Text to Support Your Thesis
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INTRODUCTION to Week 1
PRINT: Checklist for Week 1
PDF FILES: Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Trailer to Romeo & Juliet Movie
READ: Prologue
READ: Shakespeare's Language
READ: Commonly Confused Words
INTRODUCTION to Week 2
PRINT: Checklist for Week 2
READ: Act I Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Film Clip Act 1 Scene 1
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act I Scene I
WATCH: Film Clip Act 1 Scenes 1-4
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act I Scenes 2 & 3
WATCH: Film Clip Act 1 Scenes 4-5
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act I Scenes 4-5
READ: Conflict
READ: Root Words
READ: A vs. An
INTRODUCTION to Week 3
PRINT: Checklist for Week 3
READ: Act II Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Film Clip Act 2 Scenes 1-2
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 2 Scenes I-2
WATCH: Film Clip Act 2 Scenes 4-6
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 2 Scenes 3-6
READ: On the Sidewalk Bleeding
READ: Capitalization
READ: Sentence Fragments
INTRODUCTION to Week 4
PRINT: Checklist for Week 4
READ: Act III Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Film Clip Act 3 Scenes 1-3
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 3 Scene 1
WATCH: Film Clip Act 3 Scene 3 to middle of Scene 5
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 3 Scene 2-4
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 3 Scene 5
READ: Root Words II
READ: Dangling Modifiers
INTRODUCTION to Week 5
PRINT: Checklist for Week 5
READ: Act 4 Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Film Clip Act 4 Scene 2 - Act 5 Scene 3
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 4 Scenes 1-2
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 4 Scenes 3-5
READ: Active vs. Passive
READ: Commonly Confused Words II
INTRODUCTION to Week 6
PRINT: Checklist for Week 6
READ: Act 5 Romeo & Juliet
WATCH: Film Clip Act 5
LISTEN: Reading & Explanation of Act 5 Scenes 1-3
WATCH: Romeo & Juliet Voicethread
WATCH: West Side Story & Spinoffs
WATCH: Cartoon Romeo & Juliet
READ: Commonly Confused Words IV
INTRODUCTION to Week 7
PRINT: Checklist for Week 7
WATCH: How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay
READ: Thesis Statement- Make an Argument!
READ: Introductory Paragraph- Catch our Attention & Introduce your Argument
READ: Topic Sentences- Organizing your Essay
READ: Body Paragraphs- Using Evidence from the Text to Support Your Thesis
READ: Six + 1 Traits of Writing
READ: Fleshing Out your Rough Draft
INTRODUCTION to Week 8
PRINT: Checklist for Week 8
READ: Avoiding Plagiarism
READ: Revisions
READ: Apostrophe
READ: Commonly Confused Words V
INTRODUCTION to Week 9
PRINT: Checklist for Week 9
READ: Introduction to To Kill a Mockingbird
READ: TKaM Reading & Vocab for Chs 1-7
STUDY: Vocabulary TKaM Chs 1-7
READ: Parentheses
READ: Adverbs
INTRODUCTION to Week 10
PRINT: Checklist for Week 10
READ: TKaM Reading & Vocab for Chs 8-14
STUDY: Vocabulary TKaM Chs 8-14
READ: Commas and Comma Splices
READ: Root Words III
READ: Six + 1 Traits of Writing ►