Ms. Nielsen's English 9 Fall 2017

Today in class we. . . got a new WS word (wretched).   practiced punctuating quotations.   began a Works Cited page for the persuasive essay we'll work on for the next couple weeks.  

Today in class we. . . got a new WS word (stereotype). practiced punctuating quotations.   created a folder in Gdocs for this paper "Persuasive Essay 1."   finished Parphrase 2. some students began Paraphrase 3.

Today in class we. . . got a new WS word (introspection).   practiced punctuating quotations.   created a GoogleDoc called Paraphrase 2 and share with Ms. Nielsen.   picked a second article from SIRS on your topic.   paraphrased it in that Gdoc.  

Today in class we. . . got WS T5 back.   got a new WS word (divulge).    learned about punctuating quotations.   identified an article in SIRS (from Viewpoint 1 or 2) on the topic selected on Friday.   printed the article.   highlighted the important information.   made a copy of a google doc called Paraphrase 1 and shared w/ Ms. Nielsen.   paraphrase the article in a table provided in the Google Doc. 

Today in class we. . .   took WS T5.  got a new WS word (laconic).  discussed & took notes on pronoun-antecedant agreement.  told Ms. Nielsen your preferences for debate teams.  chose persuasive essay topics (check "shared with me" folder). 

Today in class we. . . got a new WS word (ephemeral).  practiced using the CRAAP test on some hoax websites.  Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose