Additional On-Level Grammar Review

Grammar-got-run-over-by-a-reindeer activity!

1. Write 3 sentences using “Christmas” as a noun and an adjective. (Bonus points for a fourth sentence using Christmas as an adverb)
2. Write 10 Christmas words that should be capitalized and 10 that should not.
3. Write 3 compound sentences about your favorite holiday traditions.
4. Write 3 sentences, about holiday traditions you dislike, using a semicolon

Final Exam Review Material for Everyone

For on-level, these are the terms you need to study for your exam:
Click here for ACA Vocab Review terms
Your final has 67 multiple choice questions on it. No essay, no short answers.
Please make sure to turn in your vocab review crossword - that's a daily grade.
Additional vocabulary: tone, diction, imagery, details, inference, author's purpose, controlling idea, thesis, support, elaboration, organizational structures
Grammar concepts: capitalization, parts of speech (verb, noun, adverb, verb, adjective, pronoun, proper noun), FANBOYS, independent clause, dependent clause, compound sentence, semicolon, apostrophes (showing possession)

For K/H, these are the things you need to study:
Vocab Units 1 & 2
Vocab Units 3 & 4
Vocab Units 5 & 6
Vocab Units 7 & 8
Vocab lists for units 9/10 and 11/12 are still linked on the Vocabulary Notes page (in the usual place to the right).
Your final has 40 multiple choice questions and 1 persuasive essay.
Grammar concepts: Simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, dependent and independent clauses, subject-verb agreement
Many of these grammar concepts were the subject of previous posts. Feel free to look back at those for an easy review. 
Persuasive Writing: Please take a few moments and review any pertinent writing notes before you take your final exam. Remember to look at the notes on introductions, call to action, and counter argument.

K/H: Things Fall Apart Project materials

Option A: Right here
Option B: Right here
The project: Here be the project

Please read the project page carefully.
A few things I'd like to remind you of:

• Outline is due on TurnItIn.com on Sunday night. If it's not there, you're late. If you're having significant issues, I expect an email as soon as those issues arise. If you need to sign up for my TurnItIn class, go to the top of this blog and see the search bar up there? Type in "turnitin" and it will pull up the blog entry with the class codes on it. (Isn't technology great?)
• The project paper also says to bring a paper copy of your outline for me on Monday when you present. I can use the paper copy of your outline to take notes, etc.
• If you're using borrowed images, please cite the source.

Everyone: Imagery in Persuasive Writing

Today, on-level classes looked at several commercials that use imagery for persuasive purposes. This lesson is a viable one for all classes.

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/top-tv-commercials-12121024

We specifically looked at commercials #4, 9, 19, and 28.

28 is probably my favorite.

24 is also exceptional.

More commercials:

"Epic Split" / Volvo Commercial

Seat Belt Commercial

John Lewis (2011) Commercial 

(It's a store in the UK.)

Volkswagen Beetle (2011)

Practice: Look at these commercials one by one. Watch them a few times. Watch them with sound, then without. Make a list of images that you see. Write a paragraph full of writing to show about what imagery the commercial contains. Do this with more than 1 commercial, and you'll start to see what I mean.

Notice that many of the commercials start with a hook - for example, the Honda commercial: "For those who love the inside as much as the outside..."

Notice that many of the commercials end with a Call to Action - for example, the seat belt commercial.

Please keep in mind that these commercials were not made by me, but are being used for illustrative purposes for persuasive writing. As persuasive pieces, they may include subject matter that you may not agree with - and that's okay. I'm not trying to change your mind. I'm using them only to illustrate the imagery and writing to show aspects of persuasive writing.