Writing Better Sentences

Today's Goal: Produce clear and coherent writing by investigating how writers use meaningful chunks to create sentences, ways to to appropriately email a teacher or supervisor in a way that maintains the relationship, and what words should be capitalized (or not).

The Plan:

1. Understanding Sentence Parts Practice
2. Emailing a teacher lesson
3. Capitalization Practice on No Red Ink (because you need it)
4. Read a book.

Understanding Sentence Parts

When you're a writer (which you are), you choose words and arrange them into sentences. We're going to embark on a quest to emulate (imitate) professional writers to make our sentences better! 

Some of the sentences are not easy, but when we break them down and look at them part by part, they become more clear. You can do the same when you are writing!

I am going to give you a piece of paper to do our first activity on our quest to become better writers.

Email Etiquette

Your assignment is on Slide 7. Send Ms. Black a professional email that is better than the example. To do this go to your Gmail (mail.google.com) and send it to her email (ablack@carlsbadusd.net). Then, next time you send ANY teacher an email, make sure you use this powerpoint to make sure you do it right. (Usually you can do this on School Loop, but for this assignment I need you to do it on gmail. You should be checking your Gmail anyway)

No Red Ink

• There is a new assignment for you on No Red Ink. 
• It's about Capitalizations and the words "they're," "their," and "there." 

Reminders/Homework:

• Send Ms. Black the email that is required above. 
• Finish No Red Ink Activity.
• End of grading period is today.
• Book Projects Due November 30! (If you want it counted for the progress report, they MUST be turned in IMMEDIATELY)
• Make revisions to your articles if needed. Resubmit on Google Classroom.
• Two Achieve Articles due by midnight FRIDAY.
• one article of your choice.
• One article of Ms. Black's choice. 
• Title: "Seeing Things in a New Way"
• Independent Reading: at least two books completed by January 15 (more if you are doing Ms. Black's Winter Reading Challenge)