This week's agenda:
Monday 12/9
Grammar in Context/Editing Practice - Immigration and Ellis Island
Tuesday 12/10
Grammar in Context/Editing Practice - Immigration and Ellis Island
Hard copy Criterion print out due Wednesday
Wednesday 12/11
Grammar / Sentence Structure Packet
pages 3,15,16,17,18,19 due Thursday
Thursday 12/12
Grammar / Sentence Structure Packet
pages 20.21.22.23.24 due Friday
Friday 12/13
Grammar / Sentence Structure Packet
pages 9.10,11,12,7,8 due Monday
Monday, December 9, 2013
Use this link: Criterion (old version)
Immigration and Ellis Island
The greatest mass movement of people in History ocurred between 1870 and 1910. During that time, more than twenty million people emmigrated from europe to the united states. People left their homelands for many reasons Historians call these reasons "pushes". Pushes include natural dissasters crop failures war persecution and poverty. A push might also be the urge for adventure or the desire for change. People who emigrate go to places where they think they will have a better happier future for themselves and they're families. Historians call these reasons pulls.
Between 1870 and 1900 about twelve million people arrived in the United States from other countries. Most came from europe. Another nine million arrived over the next decade (three fourths as many as during the prevous three decades). Most immigrants entered the country through new York. Before they were aloud into the city they had to go threw the immigration center located on ellis island which is in Upper New York Bay. The statue of liberty in the bay seemed to welcome the passengers. Not everyone however were truly welcome. The inspecters at Ellis Island would decide whom could enter the country
Ellis island was named for its original owner a man by the name of samuel ellis he operated a tavvern for local fisherman on the island. Before that, the sandy peace of land was known to new yorkers as gibbet island a gibbet was a gallows-like structure from which criminals, such as pirates were hanged. Occasionally in the 1700s, pirates were hanged from trees on the islands shor. Earlier the island was known by other names. The dutch collonists who settled in new york around 1630 called the island oyster island because of the nearby oister beds which had been a souce of food for people in the area for many decades.
the federal goverment took over the island in 1892. From that time until 1954, when the immigration center clozed, twelve million immigrants past through ellis island: four fifths of all immigrants enter the country. Thats astonishing. So, what was the immigrant expereince like. First, immigrants entered a huge hall and left they're bags. Then they lined up and filed passed inspectors. If rejected, they could be sent back to their home countries. Most however passed through the center within hours. Ferries ran back and fourth acround the clock, taking the immigrants to manhattan to start their new lives in america.
Immigration and Ellis Island
The greatest mass movement of people in History ocurred between 1870 and 1910. During that time, more than twenty million people emmigrated from europe to the united states. People left their homelands for many reasons Historians call these reasons "pushes". Pushes include natural dissasters crop failures war persecution and poverty. A push might also be the urge for adventure or the desire for change. People who emigrate go to places where they think they will have a better happier future for themselves and they're families. Historians call these reasons pulls.
Between 1870 and 1900 about twelve million people arrived in the United States from other countries. Most came from europe. Another nine million arrived over the next decade (three fourths as many as during the prevous three decades). Most immigrants entered the country through new York. Before they were aloud into the city they had to go threw the immigration center located on ellis island which is in Upper New York Bay. The statue of liberty in the bay seemed to welcome the passengers. Not everyone however were truly welcome. The inspecters at Ellis Island would decide whom could enter the country
Ellis island was named for its original owner a man by the name of samuel ellis he operated a tavvern for local fisherman on the island. Before that, the sandy peace of land was known to new yorkers as gibbet island a gibbet was a gallows-like structure from which criminals, such as pirates were hanged. Occasionally in the 1700s, pirates were hanged from trees on the islands shor. Earlier the island was known by other names. The dutch collonists who settled in new york around 1630 called the island oyster island because of the nearby oister beds which had been a souce of food for people in the area for many decades.
the federal goverment took over the island in 1892. From that time until 1954, when the immigration center clozed, twelve million immigrants past through ellis island: four fifths of all immigrants enter the country. Thats astonishing. So, what was the immigrant expereince like. First, immigrants entered a huge hall and left they're bags. Then they lined up and filed passed inspectors. If rejected, they could be sent back to their home countries. Most however passed through the center within hours. Ferries ran back and fourth acround the clock, taking the immigrants to manhattan to start their new lives in america.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
This Week's Agenda
Monday, 12/2
Artful Defense Revising / Editing
How to Use Kurzweil Reader
Mini-Lesson on Editing - The Difference between Revising & Editing
Tuesday, 12/3
Editing Lab
Wednesday, 12/4
Editing Review - Quick Check Teacher
Thursday 12/5
Editing Review - Fine Tooth Comb - Whole Class
Review Structure: Reverse Engineering Compare/Contrast Essay
Friday 12/6
Application: Writing Comparison / Contrast Essay
New Topic
Monday, 12/2
Artful Defense Revising / Editing
How to Use Kurzweil Reader
Mini-Lesson on Editing - The Difference between Revising & Editing
Tuesday, 12/3
Editing Lab
Wednesday, 12/4
Editing Review - Quick Check Teacher
Thursday 12/5
Editing Review - Fine Tooth Comb - Whole Class
Review Structure: Reverse Engineering Compare/Contrast Essay
Friday 12/6
Application: Writing Comparison / Contrast Essay
New Topic
Monday, December 2, 2013
ON
REVISION:
“Revision
is about being able noticing the
glaring errors that are right in front of your own eyes, listening with your story ears to hear
how it would sound best, and seeing with fresh eyes the mistakes you are otherwise inclined to cover
up unconsciously. Be focused, be precise,
and be ruthless and tireless in your scrutiny… and you will win the day.”
Revising
is…
…
like a football coach watching tapes.
Imagine if you could go back to your most important game and, like
watching a video after the fact, change all of your team’s errors, fixing the
mistakes one at a time. That’s what revising
is like!
…
like water breaking on sand repeatedly.
Revising is not a do-it-once and be done sort of thing. Good writing and revising takes multiple efforts,
multiple shapings in order to get it right.
Think of waves breaking upon a beach.
TASK
*Always revise off of your best, most recent version. (Don’t work backwards)
First Pass, Red Ink Revision on hard copy
Second Pass, Digital Revision using Criterion
Document Comments
Use multiple submissions for Feedback Loop
Third Pass, Backwards Reading. Read one sentence at a time out loud, starting at the end of the document and moving backwards
Fourth Pass, Digital Listening – Kurzweil 3000
Use the first part of your own account name
example: “jc14bps"
Create New Account if neccessary
Fifth Pass Natural Listening - Partner Read
Listen as someone else reads it out loud to you while you follow along with hard copy text
*Always revise off of your best, most recent version. (Don’t work backwards)
First Pass, Red Ink Revision on hard copy
Second Pass, Digital Revision using Criterion
Document Comments
Use multiple submissions for Feedback Loop
Third Pass, Backwards Reading. Read one sentence at a time out loud, starting at the end of the document and moving backwards
Fourth Pass, Digital Listening – Kurzweil 3000
Use the first part of your own account name
example: “jc14bps"
Create New Account if neccessary
Fifth Pass Natural Listening - Partner Read
Listen as someone else reads it out loud to you while you follow along with hard copy text
HARD
COPY DUE ON WEDNESDAY @ Beginning of Class – CRITERION PRINT OUT
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