English 4 & 4H: 4/2,3/13

Benchmark

• LA.1112.3.4.1, 3.4.4; Edit for spelling, word choice, and usage

Essential Q

• Why is editing a critically important skill?

Objective

• Learn to edit your work carefully

Agenda

• Bell Ringer:
• Describe your thoughts about and response to the mock crash. If you were not here for the mock crash, describe your thoughts about and response to the dangers of drinking and driving.
• Activities
• Long discussion about the five employability skills and personal accountability relating to grades.
• Introduction to editing
• Editing is the roadsigns of writing
• Handout: "Once Upon a Time"
• Assignment 1
• Handout Lesson 1, editing vocabulary: "Miracle Medicine"
• Students may work with partners and use their smart phones for spell checking
• Peper was graded by students before class end.
• Students were told to keep the paper because it will be necessary for the semester exam.
• Assignment 2 Using the right word handout called "Spellbound"
• Students are to correct all the sound right items with the words that are grammatically correct for the poem.
• This is a take home assignment due next class.