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