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

Day 10

Mission 1

• For those of you who have shared your essays with me, I have in turn shared your essay with three classmates and shared three classmates' essays with you.
• Today, you will peer edit your classmates' essays. To do this, you will add comments.

Add a comment in one of the following ways:

1. Click the Comment button in the toolbar.
2. Go to the Insert menu > Comment.
3. Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + M (Cmd + Option + M on a Mac).

• In your comments, you should be focusing on the areas on Peer Editing Sheet 4 (scroll down).

Mission 2

• Complete "How Much for a Glass of Water?" on Achieve 3000.