1. WEEK 1 M6/15-S6/20
By the end of the summer you will:
-improve your ability to catch your own sentence-level mistakes
-write your own “This I Believe”
-have a few ideas about what to write for your Chapel Talk
-understand how to write an argumentative paper
THURS:
pt.1 objective:
practice/drill observational, analytical writing skills
Practice/drill editing skills
Warm up: 1 sentence story
Edit at end (show how to check beginning and end in two separate passes)
Show bookmarked painting painting on computer
Write as many things as you can about it in 2 minutes.
Check your own work
Switch with me, check
Repeat with second painting
pt.2 objective:
Practice proofreading/editing
Practice writing
gain exposure to parts of an argument
Practice reactionary skills
Practice making an argument/taking a side
Look at his HW
read article out loud
Talk about argument, find main points
How do you know?
Read out loud
Edit 5 sentences
Read “Drone Used To Prevent Cheating on China’s College Entrance Exam”
Free Write: React to this article. Take a stance whether you agree or disagree.
I do this too
Jack edits both
HW: “American’s Growing Cyber Threat: 7 things we must do…”
Read, identify the main argument, and points.
React in a 5 sentence PH. Take a stance.

2. WEEK 2 M6/22-S6/27
Continue identifying arguments and main points
Reactions to articles, commercials, practice taking a stance
Introduce subject verb
WEDS:
pt.1 objective:
practice/drill observational, analytical writing skills
Practice/drill editing skills
Warm up: 1 sentence story
Edit at end (show how to check beginning and end in two separate passes)
Show bookmarked National Geographic picture on computer
Write as many things as you can about it in 2 minutes.
Edit your own work
Switch with me, edit
Repeat with second photo
pt.2 objective:
Practice proofreading/editing
Practice writing
Gain exposure to parts of an argument
Practice reactionary skills
Practice making an argument/taking a side
Look at his HW
read ( “American’s Growing Cyber Threat: 7 things we must do…”) out loud
Talk about argument, find main points
How do you know?
Read out loud
Edit 5 sentences
Explain Subject-Verb agreement and identification, do 5 sentences in article
HW:
5 more SV in article
http://fortune.com/2015/06/09/mohamed-sanu-stock/
Read, identify the main argument, and points.
React in a 5 sentence PH. Take a stance.
If extra time:
Free Write: React to this article. Take a stance whether you agree or disagree.---Jack edits

3. THURS
*Think of something you want changed in your life, around the house, in the world, at school. It
can be anything, no matter how silly. Now write a letter explaining what you want and why it
should be changed.
*Think of something that makes you angry.
-First, free write about why it makes you so mad.
-Second, identify who is “at fault” for this injustice
-Third, consider what would fix this problem, what would make it so that this thing would not
make you mad anymore?
-Finally, come up with at least two concrete things that would make this situation better.
-At least 5-7 sentences total.
-Talk about different pieces of an argumentative PH that are here.
1. Identify the problem or thing that needs to change (thesis)
2. Identify the parties involved (citing evidence of a problem)
3. Consider how the problem must be solved (offering a solution)
WEEK 3 M6/29-S7/4
Continue with subject verb
Give small test over sentence level skills and ability to write an organized reaction to an
article
Introduce thesis writing
WEEK 4 M7/6-S7/10
Continue SV
Continue thesis learning and practice
Start reading selections from “A little argument”
WEEK 5 M7/13-S7/18
WEEK 6 M7/20-7/25
WEEK 7 M727-S8/1
Weds 7/29
Warm up letter writing to stock broker about a problem in the stock market and how we should
fix it. 5 sentences.
Review parts of an argument and what they do. Jack dictates, I type.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzGy5gizKg

4. What is a good way to convince people in an argument?
Thesis statements: what they are NOT
IXL.com thesis statement practice
Practice writing thesis about palm oil on outline sheet
Thus 7/30: continue outlining, gathering info. Begin introduction paragraphs.
Goals today: start compiling info, start understanding intro paragraphs
Warm up: translate facts/info onto outline. Talk about sources.
Purdue owl-read outloud
-funnel technique
IXL.com- “broad to specific” practice game
Sample essay: label parts, does this essay go broad to specific? Where is its thesis?
Free write: start writing intro. What broad info would you start with knowing that you need to
end on your thesis statement?
Greek and latin roots
WEEK 8 M8/3-S8/8
WEEK 9 M8/10-S8/15
Weds 8/12
*Great start with intro….you’ll have to add more when the time comes to write it.
*Let’s decide on a break down of pages for each part of our paper.
*Moving on to our body paragraphs today
-in order to start our body paragraphs, we need to let our audience know what each
paragraph is going to be about. In order to do that, we need to have a “topic sentence.”
-topic sentence: a road map for the paragraph (kind of like a mini-thesis statement for
each specific paragraph)
TS PPT
Practice TS
(fill in with topic sentence) ___________________________________________________.
Apples are nutritious and support a healthy immune system. Grapes can help with your eye sight,
and so can tomatoes. Green, leafy vegetables are a good source of fiber and should be included
in every person’s daily diet. Finally, eating only small amounts of sugar and fat per day is a good
way to maintain a healthy weight.
Write TS for “II. Evidence” section on outline
IXL “writing arguments” choosing evidence
IXL greek and latin roots
Thurs 8/13

5. Start writing and integrating evidence into paragraphs
IXL GG.5 (explain importance of each piece of paragraph)
Model:
Topic Sentence
Statement
Evidence
Explain
Statement
Evidence
Explain
Concluding sentence/transition
IXL greek and latin roots

6. Start writing and integrating evidence into paragraphs
IXL GG.5 (explain importance of each piece of paragraph)
Model:
Topic Sentence
Statement
Evidence
Explain
Statement
Evidence
Explain
Concluding sentence/transition
IXL greek and latin roots