Grades

Grades are posted!

Grades

Hi Class,

I am doing grades now. I will have them done in a few hours. I'll post again when I've submitted them. I'm in the office today if anyone wants to come get their journals or vocabulary cards. I have checked them all.

Trey

List of Journal Topics

Here are all the DEAW topics you should have in your journal for full credit:

1. Where do you want to travel and why?
2. The best or worst day of your life
3. Unit 1 quiz
4. If you had a superpower, what would it be and why?
5. If you had to choose between love and money, which would you choose and why?
6. If you could make 3 wishes, what would they be and why?
7. What are your favorite and least favorite ways to learn English?
8. Descriptive paragraph about an amusement park
9. Comparison paragraph (page 63)
10. A reflection of your semester 
11. A reaction to the video about girls and the media
12. Free Topic  
13. Summary of "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore". What is it about? What is the theme?

Reminders

Hello Class,

Well, we only have one final class remaining. It is a very hectic and bittersweet time.

First, know that I appreciate all your hard work this semester.

Also, I'm enjoying reading your impressive magazines!

Reminders:

• Last day for Moodle quiz is Sunday, June 17th at midnight (the site says the 15th, but you have until the 17th).
• Wednesday = vocabulary cards and journals collected (if you want them back, you can pick them up from me sometime....even next semester - just send me an email or Kakao or stop by my office)
• Wednesday = final exam = completing an outline for an essay - I will give you an essay and you should identify the main parts, which we have been discussing for weeks now. Review the PPT on essays if you are not clear on the parts of an essay (hook, thesis, etc.). There will also be a some mistakes for you to correct, but not many. Mistakes will include common mistakes I have corrected in your writing. You can study the rules on the pages listed in our textbook for each type of mistake: capitalization (pg 192), commas (pages 196-197), and formatting compound and complex sentences (pages 203-204, 210).  I plan to make the exam as quick, painless, and easy as possible. You have worked hard enough this semester!

This post is long enough. I will post the list of journal topics separately in a new post soon. 

Trey

A Phrase a Week

I just came across this website that some of you might find useful: The Phrase Finder

It's free!

Magazine Project - Friday's class

Here is the PPT from Friday's class: June 8 - Magazine Project

I've been reading your essays, and they are quite good! I hope to return them to you on Wednesday.

I hope you had a good weekend despite the end of the semester being busy.

Remember to bring your journals to give to me.

Moodle

I deleted your failed Moodle quizzes, so you can retake them if you want.

Just so you know, you only need 45% to pass, which is a low and generous passing score. So only quizzes below 45% fail.

Friday, June 1

Here is the PPT from today's class: June 1

If you were absent today, you are still responsible for completing your essay by next Friday's class.

There will be no excuses for late essays as you have had a couple weeks to prepare them. If you plan to be absent Friday, you should bring it to me early, or have a friend bring it on Friday. Try not to be absent Friday because I will be explaining your final project and you will be working on it in class with your group. It's important that everyone attend the final classes as the project is 10% of your final grade.

The instructions about what you need to give me on Friday and how you need to collate it are in the PPT. Also, I gave everyone feedback today, but if you were not in class, you could not get the feedback.

If you were absent, you will do better on your essay if you come see me before Friday to discuss your topic and check that your outline is good. Remember this is 50% of your final exam grade.

Remember to complete the rubric and proofread your paper carefully for grammar errors, such as using the wrong verb tense. This is your final step after you think it is well organized and contains all the necessary components.

Please send me an email if you have any questions. Remember: no class Wednesday.

Have a great weekend!

Trey