Rules & Procedures
How many class rules do we have?
5
How many sentences should a paragraph in your journal have?
TRUE or FALSE: Personal narratives are a story about a MADE UP event in your life.
FALSE
Personal narratives are about a REAL event that happened in your life.
How many sides of an argument does an editorial show?
1
Which punctuation mark do you need to use when citing text evidence?
quotation marks (" ")
How many times per class are you able to leave for the bathroom?
1 time OR once
The first sentence in your paragraph is called the...
topic sentence
Personal narratives are told in what point of view?
first person
The type of text that shows two sides of an argument is called a...
news article
What is once possible citation starter you can use to cite your evidence?
Possible answers include: for example, as stated on page 2, according to the text, the author wrote, the article said, based on what I read, etc.
TRUE or False: Respect is the most important thing in our classroom.
TRUE
The last sentence of your paragraph is called the...
conclusion sentence
TRUE
A writer's opinion about a topic is called a...
claim
plagiarism
Give 2 examples of things that we should NOT see during class.
Possible examples: food, phone, inappropriate gestures, games during computer work, etc.
How many detail sentences should your paragraph have (at least)?
3
What is this an example of?
Her hair flowed like a waterfall.
simile
What 2 things do you need to support your argument and claim?
reasons and evidence
What is wrong with this citation?
Hint: There are 2 problems
"According to the text, 3 million young people cheer"
1. The quotations are not around only what is in the text
2. There is no period at the end of the sentence
What word means to be "on time"?
punctual
What do you need at the start of your paragraph?
an indent
What order of events should a short story follow? Hint: The diagram looks like a mountain.
plot
Provide 2 examples of controversial topics we have discussed in class.
Possible answers include: contact sports for kids, peanuts at school, violent video games, school uniforms, pitfalls as pets, cell phones in school, trick-or-treating for adults
In what types of writing do you need to use text evidence?
expository writing OR argument writing