Today students will take Grammar Exam 1. Afterward we will review the templates for the midterm or Synthetica and the Initial Planning Sheet. I reviewed student homework re: block quotes and signal phrases. Some students pulled examples of block quotes and signal phrases from Half the Sky. The assignment was to compose signal phrases and block quotes using Half the Sky.

In class Tuesday, students took the Pronoun Case and Ellipsis quizzes.

We practiced filling out an initial planning sheet and reviewed the Half the Sky assignment which is posted here along with all the other writing assignments for Spring 2010: Book Report and Social Entrepreneur. The only assignment not posted are the portfolio essays.

Homework is to bring the templates typed and in an electronic form. You will not have time to type the essay in class. I will give you the introduction, a checklist and instructions for the conclusion and title. I will return the midterm to you at our next class meeting. If any student is absent, he or she needs to take the exam prior to our next meeting. Call me.

Homework, prepare for presentation and bring book to class you are reading to share. The first draft of your Half the Sky essay is due next week as well. Check the dates.