Level F Class Page

Drop-in help is available on Mondays from 6:00 – 6:45- pm. Use the class Zoom link.

Please do not resolve any comments made by Ms. Moyano. Instead, you should reply, “Corrected”. If you have an incorrect answer, you will find a RED X next to it. If there is a green +, it is correct. When you see a red X, you are responsible for making the correction within one week.

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Spring Week 10:

• Warm up
• Finish argumentative essay through final draft
• KNOW this topic… both sides… really well as debate begins next week, and this is your first topic.
  

NOTE: Homework is due by 7 am on the morning of your class, NOT when you get home from school on the day of class. I will check and correct midday. If the work is not done, additional work will be added as discussed.

Spring Week 9:

• Warm up
• Skills Application
• Research your argumentative topic – fill in holes
• Finish argumentative essay outline

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Spring Week 8:

• Warm up
• Skills Application
• Argumentative Case #2 – through final (Create a Case #2 sub tab under the Project Argumentative tab – Do ALL your work on that tab)
• Research your argumentative topic: Should AI tools be banned for student writing assignments? (Do this on the research tab – add sub tabs if you want to stay more organized)

Spring Week 7:

• Warm up
• Skills Application
• Argumentative essay – through final draft
• Edit RTL essay 

Spring Week 6:

• Warm up – if not done
• Skill Application week 6 – finish/fix week 5 if needed
• Fix outline of RTL essay 
• Write essay rough draft
• Finish “What Happened?” piece – through final and be ready to read next week

Your writing should have a clear beginning, middle, and end, and it should guide the reader through your thinking in a logical way. Make sure your explanation is believable and that each detail you include helps strengthen your overall idea. Use a variety of sentence types and follow the ⅕ rule. Focus on concrete word choice and clear expression so that your reader can easily follow your reasoning.

Spring Week 5:

• Warm up – if not done
• Skill Application week 5
• Finish outline of RTL essay 
• Tuesday students – finish week 4 grammar (now 1200 words)

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Spring Week 4:

• Warm up – if not done
• Grammar week 4
• Finish P1 outline of RTL essay

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Spring Week 3:

• Warm up – if not done
• Skill application week 3
• “The Marble Champ” discussion questions
• For those two students that left class early while we were still talking, please add to your homework, an in-depth explanation of why it is rude to just disappear from class before it is over. Thank you! Ms. M-

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Spring Week 2:

• Warm up – if not done
• Grammar week 2
• Finish story 1 RTL annotate, questions, and prompt
• Finish your RTL paragraphs for poem 1 (What is the theme?  Use evidence to support it)
• Finish your Week 1 Skills Application IF you didn’t put in the effort you think it needed
• Next week, NO CLASS – Spring break!

Spring Week 1:

• Warm up
• Tuesday F ONLY: Redo week 12 grammar
• Skill Application Week 1 – Use suggesting mode
• Edit rough of expository – use suggesting mode to edit.  Do not clear the suggestions.
• Finish your RTL paragraphs for poem 1 (What is the theme?  Use evidence to support it)

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Winter Week 12:

• Warm up
• Grammar
• Fix your outline as needed
• Rough draft of expository

3. How Advertising Influences Teen Choices
Research angles: social media ads, influencers, psychology, marketing strategies

Winter Week 11:

• Warm up
• Grammar – fix week 10 and do week11
• Finish expository outline if not done

Winter Week 10:

• Warm up
• Grammar
• Color code research if not done
• Outline P1-2

Winter Week 9:

• Finish warm up
• Vocabulary
• Fix grammar week 8 – (DC)[IC]
• Finish paragraph one of essay outline – thesis, categories in order, attention getter x 5
• Fill in research gaps based on your categories

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Winter Week 8:

• Finish warm up
• Finish grammar
• Research and annotate for your expository essay
• For those of you that have decided that homework is optional, you have a lot of extra work to do over break. 😦
• NO CLASS NEXT WEEK 2/17 – PRESIDENTS’ WEEK!

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Winter Week 7:

• Finish warm up
• Fix grammar if needed
• Finish vocab
• Finish personal narrative #2 through final

• A Decision I Made That Changed the Day
  (Standing up for someone, walking away, speaking up… or staying quiet)

Winter Week 6:

• Finish warm up
• Finish grammar
• Finish poem 1 – minimum of 10 stanzas
• Finish editing personal narrative
• Finish any past homework

Winter Week 5:

• Finish warm up
• Vocabulary
• Fix narrative as needed
• Finish any past homework

Winter Week 3:

• Finish warm up
• Vocabulary
• Fix persuasive as needed
• Blueprint your personal narrative
• Fix or finish any past homework

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Winter Week 2:

• Finish warm up
• Grammar
• Fix Outline as needed & add paragraph 5 – email/text me by Friday at 8:30 if you want it checked
• Write and edit rough draft
• Fix week 12 grammar – if needed
• See you next year! January 6th/7th

Winter Week 1:

• Finish warm up
• Vocabulary
• Fix Outline P2 
• Outline P3 & 4
• Fix week 12 grammar

Week 12:

• Finish warm up if not done
• Vocabulary
• Grammar week 11 & 12
• Outline P2
• Write the rough draft for P1 (Tuesday only)

Week 10:

• Finish Vocabulary (week 10) & Grammar (week 9)
• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 10, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Complete LTE- P2 & P3, plus color coding your research and adding to it as needed

Don’t forget to assign each of your reasons a color, and then, color code your research to make next week much easier.

Focus on things you can use for evidence in your body paragraphs.

Week 9:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 8, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Complete your research and thesis statement (you may use AI for RESEARCH only)

Topic choices:

• Should animals be kept in zoos, or should they live in the wild?
• Should students be allowed to use cell phones during school hours?

Week 8:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 8, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Enjoy the super light week! You earned it. 

Week 7:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 7, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Edit rough draft for Halloween story & be ready for submission next week

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Week 6:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 6, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Make any revisions needed to brochure after feedback
• Finish rough draft for Halloween story

Week 5:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 5, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Make any revisions needed to brochure after feedback
• Finish blueprint for Halloween story

Week 4 Homework:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 4, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Design your brochure and add the text once you have made your final corrections
• Select your Halloween story idea

Week 3 Homework:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 3, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Finish the second half of the rough draft of your brochure & edit both halves

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Week 2 Homework:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 2, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Start the rough drafts of your guide – do a minimum of 50%

This week, you will decide on the different sections of your brochure – this will be decided with your partner. Together, you will bullet point plan out each section – fragments only! In addition, finalize the name of your resort.

For homework, you will begin writing out each section. The writing is an INDIVIDUAL project. Plan together – write separately.

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Week 1 Homework:

• Finish Writer’s Notebook prompt – Week 1, as well as your observations (Be ready to share next week)
• Finish Vocabulary & Grammar
• Finish brainstorming and choose an “impossible” but explainable concept. Brainstorm design, location, amenities, safety, and anything else you can think of. Come up with a catchy, clever motto. Your planning should be in fragments and bullet points only. NO complete sentences or paragraphs.

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Tricky spots to watch

– Capitalization: Proper nouns get capitals: Monday, Google, Africa.
– Abstract & noncount nouns: trust, courage, usually no plural
– Verb vs. noun look-alikes: Run (verb): We run daily. Run (noun): I went for a run.
– Possessives vs. plurals:
students (plural) vs. student’s (one student owns) vs. students’ (many students own)