Day 45

REMINDER: Our final exam is on Saturday, 26 December 

from 4-6pm in room N3-202. Please arrive at least 10 

minutes early. You do not need anything except yourself (no 

laptops, pencils, etc).

Mission 1

• Read "Building Better Sentences" pp. 237-238

Mission 2 - Complete for HOMEWORK (DUE by 8:59am on 24 December)

• Complete Practices 1-4

Mission 3

• Accuplacer Practice

TIPS for the essay portion of the Accuplacer:

• Write more than 600 words. Yes, it says between 300-600 words, but there is a direct correlation (relationship) between essays that receive high scores and essays that have more than 600 words.
• Do not use the <TAB> button to indent your paragraphs. 
• Skip a space between your paragraphs by pressing <ENTER> twice.
• Make sure that you have a thesis statement with a clear opinion.
• Good opinion words include:
• should/shouldn't
• ought to/ought not to
• need to
• must
• best
• most important
• ...

How your essay will be scored:

• Your essay will be given a holistic score that represents how clearly and effectively you expressed your position. 
• The following six characteristics of writing will be considered: 
• Purpose and Focus – The extent to which you present information in a unified and coherent manner, clearly addressing the issue. (In other words, does everything make sense together?)
• Organization and Structure – The extent to which you order and connect ideas. (Do you use transitions? Is there good "flow" from idea to idea?)
• Development and Support – The extent to which you develop and support ideas. (Do you explain and expand your ideas using details and examples?)
• Sentence Variety and Style – The extent to which you craft sentences and paragraphs demonstrating control of vocabulary, voice and structure. (Do you use academic vocabulary correctly? Do you use active voice? Are the words in your sentences written in the correct order?)
• Mechanical Conventions – The extent to which you express ideas using Standard Written English. (Is your grammar correct?)
• Critical Thinking – The extent to which you communicate a point of view and demonstrate reasoned relationships among ideas. (Do you give an opinion? Is it well-supported with strong examples?)

Day 44

Mission 1

• Complete AGA Activities 29-31

Mission 2

• NOTE: We have "caught up" with the Achieve 3000 articles. This means that the most recent article, "Did Weather Change History" and our last article "Breaking Balloon Records" are not yet unlocked. Please complete these last two article assignments as follows:
• Did Weather Change History? - opens on 21/12; DUE by 22/12 at 8:59am
• Breaking Balloon Records - opens on 23/12; DUE by 24/12 at 8:59am

Mission 3

• Go to Kahoot!
• Put in the code Ms. Bruce puts on the board.
• For your nickname, put your student ID (without GUST00).

NOTE: To practice Kahoot! quizzes at home, you need to create a Kahoot! account (it's free). 

1. Go to getkahoot.com and click "Sign up for free!"
2. When asked "What's your role?" choose "I'm a student over 16"
3. In the "School or University" box, put "Gulf University for Science and Technology"
4. Choose your Username (I suggest your ID), email (I suggest your gmail), and password (put it in a safe place)
5. Click "Create Account"
6. Once your account is created, you can search for Kahoots by title, subject, tag, or username. All of my Kahoots are listed under the username MissBruce, so if you type MissBruce in the search bar, you'll be able to find the four Kahoots I made for Accuplacer practice.

REMINDER: Our final exam is on Saturday, 26 December from 4-6pm in room N3-202. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early. You do not need anything except yourself (no laptops, pencils, etc).

Day 43

Mission 1

• Complete AGA Activities 25-28

Mission 2

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 20 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Desert Run
• Did Weather Change History?

Mission 3

• Kahoot!
• Put in the code Ms. Bruce puts on the board.
• For your nickname, put your student ID (without GUST00).
• Between today and exam day, you can practice here.

Day 42

Mission 1

• Review "What is a Run-on?" p. 220

Mission 2

• Complete BWH Activities 19 & 21

Mission 3

• Review "What Is a Comma Splice?" p. 222

Mission 4

• Complete BWH Activity 22

Mission 5

• Complete AGA Activity 24

Mission 6

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 17 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A New First in Flight

Mission 7

• Go to Kahoot!
• Put in the code Ms. Bruce puts on the board.
• For your nickname, put your student ID (without GUST00).
• Between today and exam day, you can practice here.

Day 41

Mission 1

• Complete BWH Activity 10

Mission 2

• Read "Prepositional Phrases" p. 216

Mission 3

• Complete BWH Activity 13

Mission 4

• Read "Sentence Problems: Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices" pp. 217-218

Mission 5 - COMPLETE FOR HOMEWORK - DUE by 8:59am on Tuesday, 15 December.

• Complete BWH Activities 14 & 16-18

Mission 6

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 15 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Medieval Europe: English Princess Found?

Mission 7

• Go to Kahoot!
• Put in the code Ms. Bruce puts on the board.
• For your nickname, put your student ID (without GUST00).
• Between today and exam day, you can practice here.

An Opportunity...

• You may choose ONE (1) of your essays to resubmit. A resubmission is the same as a revision - you will take the same essay and improve it (make it better). A resubmission is not a completely new essay.
• You have until the beginning of class (8:59am) on Sunday, 20 December to improve your essay (JUST ONE OF THEM!).
• You must print a physical copy of your resubmission and hand it to me at the start of class. 
• If you do not have a physical copy, you have missed this opportunity. 
• DO NOT come to me at the beginning of class and ask to go print it. The answer is "No." 
• DO NOT tell me that you forgot. 
• DO NOT ask for more time. The answer is "No."
• Once I receive all resubmissions (again, just ONE essay from each student; while it is optional to resubmit, it is not optional to resubmit more than one essay), I will score the resubmissions and record the higher of the two scores (either the original or the resubmission).

Day 40

REMINDER: All Argument Essays are DUE by 11:59pm TONIGHT

Mission 1

• Review "Sentence Type 2: Compound Sentences" p. 212
• What are Coordinating Conjunctions?

Mission 2

• Complete BWH Activities 5 & 6
• HOMEWORK (DUE by 8:59am on Sunday, 13 December) - Complete BWH Activity 7

Mission 3

• Review "Sentence Type 3: Complex Sentences" pp. 213-214
• What is the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause?

Mission 4

• Complete BWH Activity 8

Mission 5

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 13 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Look What They Found
• Letting Girls Learn

Mission 6

• Go to Kahoot!
• Put in the code Ms. Bruce puts on the board.
• For your nickname, put your student ID (without GUST00).
• Between today and exam day, you can practice here.

Day 39

Mission 1

• Read "Sentence Types" p. 209

Mission 2

• Complete BWH Activity 1

Mission 3

• Read "Clauses," "Independent Clauses," and "Dependent Clauses" pp. 209-210

Mission 4

• Complete BWH Activities 2-3

Mission 5

• Read "Sentence Type 1: Simple Sentences" p. 211

Mission 6

• Complete BWH Activity 4

Mission 7

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 10 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Pluto: Full of Surprises

Kahoot!

If you liked today's Kahoot! you can visit it here!

Day 38

Mission 1

• Read "Summarizing" pp. 61-62

Mission 2

• Complete Unit 3 Activities 3-4

Mission 3

• Read "Synthesizing" pp. 64-66

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 8 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Ancient Middle East: Will This Pyramid Draw Crowds?

Day 37

Mission 1

• Read "Using Information from Sources" p. 54

Mission 2

• Read "Methods of Citing Sources in Your Paper" pp. 54-56

Mission 3

• Read "Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing" pp. 57-58

Mission 4

• Complete Unit 3 Activities 1-2

Mission 5

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 6 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Losing History
• Empty Nests

How to Make a Reference Page

For those of you who need it (if you used information from sources other than your brain) for your essay 3, here's a link explaining in detail how to make a reference page.

Day 36

Mission 1 - Rough Drafts DUE 3 December; Final Drafts DUE 10 December

• Peer Editing
• Essays have been shared with you in your gmail inbox. Evaluate them for the following:
• Is the hook interesting?
• Does the connecting information clearly bridge between the hook and thesis?
• Is the thesis a clear opinion in favor of or against the topic?
• Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence?
• Does each body paragraph have information that clearly supports the writer's thesis?
• Is the counterargument truly opposite of the writer's thesis?
• Is there support for the counterargument?
• Does the refutation clearly shoot down the counterargument?
• Is the refutation supported?
• Does the writer restate the thesis in the conclusion?
• Does the writer summarize his main points in the conclusion?
• Does the writer give a recommendation or prediction in the conclusion?
• Is the recommendation or prediction supported?
• In addition to the questions above, remember to point out any obvious spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors.

Mission 2

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 3 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Better Way to Farm?

For those of you who would like to get ahead:

The following are the upcoming Achieve 3000 assignments:

• Ancient Greece and Rome: Losing History
• Empty Nests
• Ancient Middle East: Will This Pyramid Draw Crowds?
• Pluto: Full of Surprises
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Look What They Found
• Letting Girls Learn
• Medieval Europe: English Princess Found?
• TBD
• A Desert Run
• Did Weather Change History?
• Breaking Balloon Records

Also, on 13 December you will automatically have to complete an interim Level Set on Achieve3000. Completion of this Level Set will result in a score of 100%. Failure to complete this Level Set will result in a score of 0% and will block you from completing future Achieve3000 lessons.

Day 35

Mission 1 - Due by the end of class today
NOTE: As I am in a meeting this morning (W5-205, if you need me for anything), your attendance will be based on your completion of Mission 1. If you do not complete this paragraph by 10:00am today, you will be marked absent.

• Compose your Refutation paragraph (see p. 173 for guidance).
• This must include 
• a clear counterargument (what the other side says - the opposite opinion)
• at least one reason why they believe this
• a clear refutation of the counterargument (why are they wrong - shoot them down!)
• at least one reason why your side is right

Mission 2 - Due by 8:59am on Tuesday

• Compose your Conclusion paragraph.

Mission 3

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 1 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Real Rembrandt

Day 34

Mission 1 - DUE by the end of class

• Compose Body Paragraph 2.

Mission 2 - DUE by 8:59am on Sunday, 29 November

• Compose Body Paragraph 3

Mission 3

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 29 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Water Worries
• Earliest Peoples: Saving the Paintings

NOTE: The site will be unavailable on Saturday, November 28th, from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. EST (That's 5-8am Kuwait time) while they do some important system upgrades.

Day 33

Mission 1

• Create a new Google Doc titled with your ID number, essay 3, draft 1
• example: 12345Essay3Draft1

Mission 2 - DUE by the end of class

• Compose your Introduction

Mission 3 - DUE by 8:59am on Thursday, 26 November

• Compose Body Paragraph 1

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 26 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Sun Power

Day 32

Mission 1

• Thesis Statements Test

Mission 2

• Topic choices for Argument Essay

Mission 3

• Create your outline on a new Google Doc and share it with me (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw).
• Be sure to include:
• a thesis statement with a clear opinion in favor of or against your topic.
• topic sentences for each of the three body paragraphs.
• a counterargument.
• a clear refutation.
• a complete conclusion with:
• restatement of thesis,
• summary of main points,
• opinion/suggestion/prediction.

Mission 4

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Tuesday, 24 November. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• What's Behind This Door?

The following students must see me today during office hours:

• Fahad Al-Dousari
• Hassan Al-Sayegh
• Mohammad Al-Qenaei
• Assel Qasem
• Abdullaziz Ben Farah
• Saud Al-Ajmi
• Saleh Al-Ruhaimani
• Abdullah Al-Jazzaf

Day 31

Mission 1

• Read "Strong Counterargument and Refutation Statements for Argument Essays" in Great Writing p. 173 and complete Activity 7

Mission 2

• Read "Transitions and Connectors in Argument Essays" in Great Writing p. 174 and complete Activity 8

Mission 3

• Complete Unit 7 Activities 9 and 10

Mission 4 

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Sunday, 22 November. NOTE: From this point forward in the semester, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• Try, Try Again
• Reaching High...Again

Test on Sunday

• On Sunday, we will have a test on thesis statements. This test will include 
• multiple-choice questions 
• you will need to identify the type of thesis statement 
• process
• cause/effect
• argumentative
• short answer questions 
• you will write thesis statements based on a prompts
• identification 
• you will be given at least one introduction and will need to identify the topic and thesis statement

ACCUPLACER Practice

Day 30

Mission 1

• Complete Unit 7 Activity 3 "Studying an Example Argument Essay"

Mission 2

• Complete the outline on Great Writing p. 171

Mission 3

• Read Great Writing p. 172 and complete Activity 6

NOTE: If the following Achieve 3000 assignments are not completed by 11:59PM on Thursday, 19 November 2015, the current grade of zero will remain a zero and you will not be able to make up these assignments. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ACHIEVE 3000 IS 20% OF YOUR GRADE IN THIS COURSE!

• Rainforests: A Gift on Earth
• Once, They Fished
• New Rules for Restaurants

Day 29

NOTE: If the following Achieve 3000 assignments are not completed by 11:59PM on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the current grade of zero will remain a zero and you will not be able to make up these assignments. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ACHIEVE 3000 IS 20% OF YOUR GRADE IN THIS COURSE!

• An Old Story Told a New Way
• Getting Reading to Live on Mars
• Too Many Climbers?
• Butterflies on the Rise
• Tracking Gray Whales
• Okapis Say "Cheese"
• Dawn Reaches Dwarf Planet
• Visiting a Volcano
• Birds Welcome Here
• The Only Place to Study

Mission 1

• Complete Unit 6 Activity 13 "Editing an Essay: Review of Grammar"

Mission 2

• Read "What is an Argument Essay?" in Great Writing pp. 162-163 and "How Is an Argument Essay Organized?" p. 163

Mission 3

• Read "Great Topics for Argument Essays" in Great Writing p. 164 and complete Unit 7 Activity 1

Mission 4

• URGENT: Please click on this link for information and a survey about our final examination!

Day 28

REMINDER: There are 10 Achieve 3000 assignments that MUST be completed by 11:59pm this evening. Any of these ten that are still incomplete after this evening will become permanent zeros (0) in the grade book, with no opportunity to make them up. See Wednesday's blog to check which 10 must be complete.

Mission 1

• Read p. 149 "Consistent Verb Tense Usage."

Mission 2

• Complete Activity 11, p. 150.

Mission 3

• Read "Sentence Fragments" p. 150.

Mission 4

• Complete Activity 12

Mission 5

• Complete Achieve 3000 "A Last Look at Amelia Earhart" and "School on Snowy Days"

Day 27

NOTE: If the following Achieve 3000 assignments are not completed by 11:59PM on Thursday, 12 November 2015, the current grade of zero will remain a zero and you will not be able to make up these assignments. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ACHIEVE 3000 IS 20% OF YOUR GRADE IN THIS COURSE!

• Stronger Than Steel?
• Problems by the Sea
• How Much for a Glass of Water?
• Blue Bottle Coffee a Hit in Japan
• The Magic of Model Airplanes
• Hawaii's Early Settlers
• Save the Rhinos?
• Bright Colors, Bright Ideas
• Saving the Land
• Look Who's Tweeting

Today's Mission

• You will complete your Writing Midterm and submit it to Turnitin by 10:00am today.

Day 26

Mission 1

• Reading Midterm
• Please make sure that you fill in the bubble COMPLETELY.
• 

Mission 2 (DUE by 8:59am Tuesday)

• Achieve 3000 "A Pink Lizard and a Striped Fish"
• NOTE: The site will be unavailable on Saturday, November 14th, from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. EST (this is from approximately 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. in Kuwait) while they do some important system upgrades.

REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LAPTOP AND CHARGER ON TUESDAY FOR THE WRITING MIDTERM!!

Day 25

Mission 1

• Use the class time to brainstorm, outline, and compose your first practice In-Class Essay.
• Prompts
• Use Google Docs to compose your essay
• Title your essay with your ID, then In-ClassPractice3
• ex: 12345In-ClassPractice4

Mission 2

• Before you leave class, even if you are not finished, submit your practice to Turnitin.
• If you do not already have an account, you must create one.
• Use your regular email to set up your account.
• Class number: 10909703
• Class password: bruce100
• To submit
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on "In-Class Practice 3"
3. Click on the blue Submit button
4. Under Submission Title, type the name of your essay
1. 12345In-ClassPractice3
5. Click "Choose from Google Drive"
6. Select your essay
1. For help finding your essay, type the name of the essay in the search box

Mission 3 (DUE by 8:59am on Sunday)

• Achieve 3000 "Once, They Fished" & "New Rules for Restaurants"

Day 24

Mission 1

• Use the class time to brainstorm, outline, and compose your first practice In-Class Essay.
• Prompts
• Use Google Docs to compose your essay
• Title your essay with your ID, then In-ClassPractice2
• ex: 12345In-ClassPractice2

Mission 2

• Before you leave class, even if you are not finished, submit your practice to Turnitin.
• If you do not already have an account, you must create one.
• Use your regular email to set up your account.
• Class number: 10909703
• Class password: bruce100
• To submit
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on "In-Class Practice 2"
3. Click on the blue Submit button
4. Under Submission Title, type the name of your essay
1. 12345In-ClassPractice2
5. Click "Choose from Google Drive"
6. Select your essay
1. For help finding your essay, type the name of the essay in the search box

Mission 3 (DUE by 8:59am on Tuesday)

• Achieve 3000 "Rainforests: A Gift on Earth"

Day 23

Mission 1

• Use the class time to brainstorm, outline, and compose your first practice In-Class Essay.
• Prompts
• Use Google Docs to compose your essay
• Title your essay with your ID, then In-ClassPractice1
• ex: 12345In-ClassPractice1

Mission 2

• Before you leave class, even if you are not finished, submit your practice to Turnitin.
• If you do not already have an account, you must create one.
• Use your regular email to set up your account.
• Class number: 10909703
• Class password: bruce100
• To submit
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on "In-Class Practice 1"
3. Click on the blue Submit button
4. Under Submission Title, type the name of your essay
1. 12345In-ClassPractice1
5. Click "Choose from Google Drive"
6. Select your essay
1. For help finding your essay, type the name of the essay in the search box

Mission 3 (DUE by 8:59am on Tuesday)

• Achieve 3000 "The Only Place to Study"

Day 20

YES WE HAVE CLASS TODAY!

Mission 1

• Turnitin.com lesson
• Our class ID: 10909703
• Our Password: bruce100

Mission 2

• Achieve 3000 "Visiting a Volcano" and "Birds Welcome Here"

Mission 3

• Final drafts DUE by 11:59pm tonight!!

Day 22

Mission 1

• mini-lesson on Subject-Verb Agreement

Mission 2

• Subject-Verb Agreement Practice  and More Subject-Verb Agreement Practice

Mission 3

• Revising essays/teacher consultations

Mission 4

• Achieve 3000 "Dawn Reaches Dwarf Planet"

Day 18

Mission 1

• Peer editing
• Three essays have been shared with you. 
• For each essay, indicate where the student has made grammatical or spelling errors and anywhere a sentence does not "make sense." 
• At the end of each essay, you must post a comment in which you tell the student TWO things that he has done well and ONE thing that he needs to improve.

Mission 2

• Achieve 3000 "Okapis Say 'Cheese'"

Day 17

Mission 1

• Compose the conclusion of your essay (DUE by the end of class) on Google Drive and share with Ms. Bruce

Mission 2

• Reading Midterm Practice

Mission 3 (DUE by Sunday at 8:59am)

• Complete Achieve 3000 lesson: "Butterflies on the Rise" and "Tracking Gray Whales"

Day 16

Mission 1

• Compose Body Paragraph 2 (DUE by the end of class) 

Mission 2

• Complete Achieve 3000 lesson: "Too Many Climbers?"

Mission 3 - HOMEWORK - DUE by 8:59am on Thursday, 22 October

• Complete Body Paragraph 3

NOTE: If you are researching information for your essay, you must give credit to the source! Otherwise, you will be found guilty of plagiarism, which is a form of cheating. Plagiarism results in an automatic score of zero (0) and an Academic Dishonesty Report. 

To avoid this problem, use this page to help you cite your sources.

Day 15

Mission 1

• Get approval of your outline from Ms. Bruce

Mission 2

• Compose the introduction of your essay (DUE by the end of class) on Google Drive and share with Ms. Bruce

Mission 3

• Complete Achieve 3000 lesson: "Getting Ready to Live on Mars"

Mission 4 - HOMEWORK - DUE by 8:59am on Tuesday, 20 October

• Complete Body Paragraph 1

Day 14

Mission 1

• Read "Strong Thesis Statements for Cause-Effect Essays" (p. 144) and complete Activity 6 here.

Mission 2

• Read "Transitions and Connectors in Cause-Effect Essays" (pp. 144-145) and complete Activity 7 here.

Mission 3

• Complete Activity 9 here.

Mission 4

• For additional practice, complete Activity 13 "Editing an Essay: Review of Grammar" in your book, pages 151-154.

Mission 5

• Complete Activity 16 in your books (p. 156).

HOMEWORK

• On Google Drive, Complete Activity 17 and share this with me (bruce.p@gust.edu.kw) no later than 11:59pm on Friday, 16 October.

Mission 6

• Complete the following lessons on Achieve 3000 by 8:59am on Sunday, 18 October:
• "Bright Colors, Bright Ideas"
• "Saving the Land"
• "Look Who's Tweeting"
• "An Old Story Told a New Way"

Day 13

Mission 1

• Read "What is a Cause-Effect Essay?" (p. 134) and "How is a Cause-Effect Essay Organized?" (p. 135).

Mission 2

• Read "Great Topics for Cause-Effect Essays" (p. 136) and complete Activity 1 here.

Mission 3

• Read "Supporting Details" (p. 137) and complete Activity 2 here.

Mission 4

• Read Essay 13 (pp. 139-141).
• Complete the Post-Reading.

Mission 5

• For extra practice, complete Activity 5 in your book (p. 143).

HOMEWORK

• Complete Activity 15 in your book (p. 155). You may also refer to the "Additional Topics for Writing" on pages 158-159 for ideas.
• NOTE: Many of you did not do particularly well on the first essay because you were rushed to complete it. Why were you rushed? Because you did not complete the tasks as they were assigned. It is very important to complete tasks as they are assigned for this essay so that you will have plenty of time to compose, edit, and revise your second essay.

Mission 6

• Achieve3000 "Save the Rhinos?"

Day 12

Mission 1

• Focus on grammar, Great Writing pp. 90-94

Mission 2

• U4 Activities 12-13

Mission 3

• Complete Achieve3000 "The Magic of Model Airplanes" and "Hawaii's Early Settlers"

Mission 4

• Perfect your process essays. ALL ESSAYS DUE BY 11:59PM TONIGHT!!!

Day 11

I still need essays from the following students:
Fahad Al-Dousari
Hassan Al-Sayegh
Salem Al-Muzayen
Mohammad Al-Qenai
Abdulaziz Ben Farah
Abdullah Al-Jazzaf
Abdullah Al-Mejren

ALL FINAL DRAFTS OF ESSAYS ARE DUE BY 11:59PM ON THURSDAY. LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Mission 1

• Review Transitions and Connectors, Great Writing p. 84.

Mission 2

• Revise your essays. I will be monitoring your work and giving comments and advice as you work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
• Final drafts DUE 11:59pm Thursday on Google Drive!!
• Here is a copy of the rubric.
• Example of how to format your essay.

Mission 3

• Achieve 3000 - complete "Blue Bottle Coffee a Hit in Japan"
• I need Abdullah Al-Jazzaf, Assel Qasem, and Abdulaziz Ben Farah to schedule time with me.
• NOTE: It has been brought to my attention that some students may have intentionally done poorly on the Level Set in the hopes of receiving an easier task on the Midterm and Final exams. THIS IS NOT THE CASE! The articles and assessments used for the exams will be 12th grade level. (DEMONSTRATION) If you spend the semester working on materials at a level that will not challenge you, then you are making the Midterm and Final exams harder for yourselves. If you would like an additional assessment to adjust your level, you MUST schedule a meeting with me in my office. *I will not judge you. I simply want everybody to do his best, be successful, and pass.
• Furthermore, the following students have not completed Achieve3000 tasks. Failure to complete Achieve3000 tasks will ensure a failing grade for the semester!! *Tasks include the reading activities and the writing assignments.
• Mohammad Al-Qenaei
• Saud Al-Ajmi
• Fahad Al-Dousari
• Abdullah Al-Jazzaf
• Abdullah Al-Mejren
• Abdulrahman Al-Mesbah
• Salem Al-Muzayen
• Omar Al-Najjar
• Ali Al-Radaan
• Mohammad Al-Saleh
• Hassan Al-Sayegh
• Assel Qasem