Day 12

1. Grammar
Today you'll learn the structures 'such .... that' and 'so .... that' for expressing cause and effect. You'll do Ex 9-11 pp. 391-392 Chapter 19 as practice.
2. Writing
You'll continue working in your groups on brainstorming your expository essay topics until you narrow your choices down to one topic that can easily be broken down into three or four categories. You'll then decide on the categories. Although you'll work together in groups on this, I want you to allocate paragraphs of your essay to different group member (e.g. Ayaka - Introduction & Body 1, Bank - Body 2, Yuuka - Body 3 & Conclusion). You can spend the class planning your essay together, but don't start the actual writing yet).
3. Publishing
You'll check out another Google Product today - Google Documents, or just 'Docs' for short. Docs lets groups of people work collaboratively on an online document rather than having many copies on individual computers. Today, you'll create a Google Document for your essay, give all groups members (and teacher/assistant) access to collaborate on this document, and start to plan your essay. Here's your instructions for your group leader:Open Firefox browser by clicking the icon on your Desktop.
1. Sign in to Google Accounts by clicking on 'My Account' in the Firefox Toolbar. You should now be in the 'Google Accounts' page.
2. Click on 'Docs'. If you don't see this, then just click 'More' at the bottom of the page.
3. Click on New > Document
4. You should now be in a blank document. Type in the names of your group members with no spaces (e.g. AyakaBankYuuka) then click on the save file icon in the top left corner. You should now see the file name at the top of the screen.
5. Now type in a blank structure for your outline similar to the outline you did for the persuasive essay (see image above) then click on 'Save & Close'
6. Now check your file in the main Docs page then click on 'Share'. In the 'Share This File' window type in the email addresses of all other groups members, me (porlieworlie@gmail.com), and Joy (joy1989muhaha@gmail.com) then click on 'Invite Collaborators'
7. In the next screen type in any message such as 'You can now help me to plan this essay. Here is the link to the Google Document' then click on 'Send'
8. All group members should now check their email and click on the link to edit the document. If you want to see what changes the other person is making, click on refresh. If you want the other person to see your changes you’ll need to click on your save button. If the other person then clicks on refresh, he/she will see your changes.

Day 11

1. Grammar
We'll move on to Chapter 19: Connectives That Express Cause and Effect, Contrast and Condition. In class today we'll focus on using 'because', 'because of', 'so', 'therefore', and 'consequently'.
2. In writing, we read an expository paragraph on 'Types of Planets'. Then we'll analyze the organization of the paragraph.
3. Publishing
I thougt we'd spend this week looking at some other Google products and trying to use them in blogger. Today, we'll check out Google Calendar. Follow the steps below to create your Google Calendar:

1. Open Firefox browser by clicking the icon on your Desktop.
2. Sign in to Google Accounts by clicking on 'My Account' in the Firefox Toolbar. You should now be in the 'Google Accounts' page.
   
3. Click on 'Calendar'. If you don't see this, then just click 'More' at the bottom of the page.
   
4. You should see a blank calendar on the page. Check that the 'Week' tab is checked on your calendar.
5. To create a new calendar clock on Add > Create a New Calendar. Now enter 'Personal' as your calendar name, check 'Make this calendar public', and Click 'Create Calendar'. Click 'Yes' at the warning that appears.
6. Now just click on the place in your calendar where you want to make an entry. Type in a name in the 'What' text field then clcik on 'edit event details'. Fill in the event details making sure to fill the 'Repeat' details correctly for repeat events (Ask me for help with this if you get stuck). When you're finished, click on 'Save'.
7. Add all the events that you have planned for this week!

Now you want to put a link to your calendar on your Blogger Blog like this:

1. In Google Calendar click on 'Manage Calendars' then click on your 'Personal' calendar.
2. Click on 'HTML' next to 'Calendar Address' then copy the URL for your calendar that appears in the po-up window.
3. Nowgo to Blooger > Layout > Add Page Element > Link List. Now type in 'My Links' at the Title field , copy paste in the URL for your calendar address at the New Site URL field, then type in 'My Calendar' for New Site Name.
   
4. Click on 'Save' then view your blog. Whenever you update your calendar in Google Calendar, your blog calendar will be automtically updated.
   

That's all for today folks!

Day 10

1. Grammar
You will take a quiz on Chapter 18: Reduction of Adverb Clauses to Modifying Phrases. That's be al for today!
2. Writing
We will write a conclusion for our persuasive essay that does the following:

• restates your position
• summarizes your reasons
• states your response to the objection
• finishes with a strong thought

3. Publishing
Nothing new today! Just spend your time editing the post containing your first draft. Try to finishe this today. Next week we'll be starting another essay.

Day 9

1. Grammar
Nothing new today, just some review for your Chapter 18 Quiz tomorrow on reducing adverbial clauses to phrases. To review, you'll look at paragraphs and decide where you can reduce clauses to phrases. Your homework today will be to do some further review for the quiz.
2. Writing
Yesterday, most of you finished writing the first draft of your four body paragraphs. Your ideas, hopefully, should be strong since we spent a lot of time on outlining. Today, you'll revise for organization and sentence fluency.
3. Publishing
Use the time in class today to edit the post that contains your essay introduction. Now add your body paragraphs to this post.

Day 8

1. Grammar
Today we reviewed changing adverb clauses into phrases. We also learned how to use 'upon ...ing' to make adverbial phrases to express the idea of 'during the same time' . For homework, try exercise 5, 7, & 8 pp. 375-377. Note that you will have a quiz on Chapter 18 on Friday!
2. Writing
After completing the introduction, we will start to write the body paragraphs. We will try to use transitions to show order and also, if possible, include some examples of the grammar we have studies on adverb clauses and phrases.
3. Publishing
You will stay in my classroom today to write up the first draft of your four body paragraphs to your persuasive essay.

Day 7

1. Grammar
You'll start to learn how and when adverb clauses can be changed into phrases. Today, you'll focus on adverb clauses expressing the idea of 'during the same time' and 'cause and effect'. For homework, try exercise 1, 3, 4 pp. 375-377.
2. Writing
Your introduction is the first paragraph of your essay. The first sentence of your introduction, your 'hook' must be interesting enough to convince the reader to continue reading. Then, you will have one or two sentences that smoothly guide the reader to your thesis statement (i.e. your position or opinion). Finally, you will write the thesis statement itself. Before writing your own introduction, you will look at some different techniques for writing hooks (e.g. surprising information, question, connect with reader)
3. Publishing
I won't teach anything new today, which will give you time to work on your essay. Start a new post in your blog and start to write the introduction for your essay. Also, if you didn't add your poll to your blog yesterday then do that. If you still have time left over, check out your friends' blogs to complete their polls.

Day 6

1. Grammar
We didn't start any new grammar today as the seminarians and sisters were absent.
2. Writing
Before you start writing your persuasive essay, you need to review your outline for ideas to make sure your all your details support your reasons. Together in class, we'll model this activity on an OHT then you can work in your groups to finish this off.
3. Publishing
You learned how to add a poll to your blog today. When you've added a poll that relates to your essay topic, you go the your friends' blogs to complete their polls.

1. Log into 'Blogger' in another window
2. Click on 'Edit Post' > 'Layout' > 'Add a Page Element' then under 'Poll' then type in your question and answer choices then click on 'Save'
3. When you have finished, your blog list should have a poll like mine. If it doesn't, just ask me for help.
4. Note that you won't be able to edit your poll after someone has completed it.