July 21

Today, we are going to do two grammar exercises: "Exercises on Case & Practice with Explanation" and "Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise & Practice with Explanation". When you finish, I have a word search for you.

July 17 and July 18

Lesson on Ethos, Logos and Pathos. Review MLK Letter. Perform grammar exercises on blog. Homework: Use ethos, logos and pathos to write Mr. Lester a letter using ethos, logos and pathos to attempt to persuade him to let you bring your pet kangaroo on the trip this year. In addition, today, we are going to do two grammar exercises where you will show me your scores afterward. These will be quiz scores. You can do them more than once, but you can't help each other as the object is for this to be an opportunity to learn. You will find them on the left under, Grammar Exercises/Grammar Practices. You must show me your score to get the points. You will do this punctuation exercise: https://www.learngrammar.net/practice/37/punctuation-exercise-and-practice-with-explanation and usng the right forms of verbs: https://www.learngrammar.net/practice/14/exercises-on-right-form-of-verbs-advance

July 14 and 15

Today, we are going to read an article and discuss writing our conclusions to our essays. Then, you will have the rest of the class to finish your essays. This will be your final day to work on essays. For homework tonight, you will write a reflection essay. Your reflection essay should be at least 1/2 page long. You should discuss your experience in researching possible careers and writing your roadmap essay about your plans for the future. You can talk about anything that you found that was interesting, any discoveries that you made about yourself and what you want you want for your future. You should discuss your experience in writing your essay. If you finish early in class, please go to the grammar exercises on the blog. It is on the left hand side. Start with "Sentence Exercise with Explanation."

July 11

Today, everyone will work on their essays in class; I will be going around and providing assistance to those who want it.

July 9 and July 10

Get out the outlines and the grammar worksheets that you did for homework. First, we are going to do a peer review. Next, we are going to consider the peer review that we received from another student and begin typing our paper on your personal class link. Remember to start with MLA. You can use today's date. I will be moving around the class helping each person to make sure they have a strong thesis statements to write their body paragraphs for homework tonight. Tonight's homework for persons writing the research essay will include the introduction and three body paragraphs that should be completed on your personal link. For those writing the financial scholarship essay, your goal is to write one and one-half pages.

July 7 and July 8

First, we are going to do a grammar lesson. We will talk about common mistakes that I am seeing in writing, including comma splices, sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Next, we will do a quiz. After this, we are going to review what it takes to write a good introductory paragraph and talk about writing topic sentences for your three paragraphs in your essay. You will work on writing your introductory paragraph in class. For homework, you will have a grammar worksheet and an outline which will require you to work on your introductory paragraph, topic sentences and details for your essays.

July 2 and July 3

First, write the answer to the question: "What do I want and where do I want to be when I am 30 years old?" Next, we are going to learn how to do citations online. Next, we are going to research and write the answers to specific questions about your potential college career. Then, we are going to follow up with a Kahoot game on Grammar Kahoot: Grammar Puncuation Can Save Lifes: https://play.kahoot.it/v2/lobby?quizId=e9002e90-dcf0-4c7b-9137-81ecb0c64a94 Questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QVVPOCeWtR0IAi55nr8NOoqKd0QfjklRh8mWFoThgVY/edit?usp=sharing

June 30/July 1 - Beginning the Essay Writing Process

First, I want you to write down your homework assignment for Wednesday. Then, in class today, we are going to read the article in your readings aboout how to write an essay. We are going to focus on the process of writing introductions and practice writing an introduction in class. Next, I will do a presentation on commas, colons, and semicolons. Then we will play a game about commas, semicolons and colons in Kahoot: https://embed.kahoot.it/6c57cfee-fcde-46b8-bcfb-ad464f130a60

27 July 2025 - Am I Getting What I Want?

In MLA Style, in a Microsoft Word document, we are going to write about our first week at Upward Bound in class today.Think about your first assignment in this class where you stated what wanted to get from from attending Upward Bound this summer. Next, I want you to think about your first week at Upward Bound. Then, write five paragraphs for the five items listed below: 1. Describe your first week of Upward Bound. 2 Tell how your first week of Upward Bound was or was not like how you expected it to be. Explain anything that you found “particularly surprising, meaningful or challenging.” 3. Explain what you you learned from the experiences you had your first week. 4. Finally, explain how you think you will use what you learned during this week in the future. The future could be next week, next year or some other time in the future. 5. Finally, answer the question, "Am I getting out of Upward Bound what I want?" If not, tell me what YOU can do to get more out of your Upward Bound summer.

June 25 and 26, 2025

1. Take out a piece of paper. Write a paragraph telling your instructor what college major and career(s) you are considering and why you are considering them. Use MLA Format. 2. Go to the section on the blog for Composition II on the right-hand side. Click on the link to "Career Interests Test" and complete the test. 3. Go back to the paper that you wrote about your potential career(s) and college major, and write about three things that you found interesting in your results for the career aptitude test. 2. Please do the grammar exercise, "Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise & Practice with Explanation". If you enter an incorrect answer, make sure to read the explanation as to why the answer is wrong. To get to the exercise, post the following URL in your navigation bar: https://www.learngrammar.net/practice/23/subject-verb-agreement-exercise-practice-with-explanation When you are done, browse through "32 Best College Majors" in the Reading List (located at the top right corner of the class blog). Homework: For your homework, I want you to take the two paragraphs you wrote today and rewrite them, trying to write them in a voice that you would use for Mr. Lester. Then tell Mr. Lester how what you learned in class today may or may not have surprised you. You will turn in both sets of paragraphs on Friday.