WR090 Skilled Writing through Inquiry: A Community of Scholars Examines Success, Grit, and Creative Intelligence WEEK 7 Thursday, November 12, 2013

Order of Business Thursday, Nov 7 th Attendance Recap: The Studio School & what we have learned so far Midterm Review Phrases and clauses Homework for next class session

Reflection & Homework Check 1.Place your homework on the table near where you are sitting so I can check attendance and homework completion. – Studio Schools websites and other resources – Annotation of the Planet Ivy article, “Workfare in the classroom: ‘Studio schools’ allow use of free child labour in curriculum” – Annotation of the Writing Summaries handout – Take-home midterm 2.Freewrite: Look through your reading & viewing notes on studio schools: – Look for the sentences or sentence that best express(es) what you think is the author's thesis (main idea). – Identify the major ways that the author (Alistair McCready) supports his main idea. – Then examine and note the way that McCready ends his essay.

A New Reading: Now that you are aware of the criticism of an idea that began in the U.S. and is now being adopted throughout England, it’s time to look at reasons why some American & Canadian educators want to bring the idea back to the U.S. Let’s skim and scan “It’s Time for a New Kind of High School” by Jerry Y. Diakiw, a professor of education at York University (Canada).

“It’s Time for a New Kind of High School ” Just from skimming and scanning this article, what do you think the main idea is. Work with another student and take notes. Please read, annotate, complete a vocabulary worksheet, and complete a summarizaiton worksheet for “It’s Time for a New Kind of High School.” Due Tuesday, Nov. 12 th.

Midterm Review 15 minutes only Let us review your midterm together. For those of you who did not complete the midterm, please do go to the AVID Center or the Library and work on it. For those of you who completed the midterm, please work with another student to compare answers and reach consensus where your answers differ. Then we will review the “sticky” questions together.

Phrases & Clauses Let’s try to remember what you know about phrases and clauses. What are they? How are they different from one another? Hint: Think to yourself what you do know they have in common--A phrase (or clause) is a group of related words… Jot down a few ideas about how you might complete this sentence.

What We Already Know As a community, we know: – Spelled differently – Nothing – Phrase is brief What we need to know: – Everything

Phrases A phrase is a group of related words without a subject – verb pair. We already know about two different phrases— the prepositional phrase and the noun phrase appositive, more simply and commonly known as an appositive. Phrases are not sentences, so in order for them to make sense to a reader, they must be embedded in a sentence. There are lots of different kinds of phrases, but luckily for you, it’s not necessary to differentiate one from another. You just have to know that a phrase is not a complete sentence. – Correct Construction: Driving to campus, James saw a gorgeous sunrise over Mt. Hood. – Incorrect construction: Driving to campus. James saw a gorgeous sunrise over Mt. Hood.

Clauses A clause is a related group words with a subject–verb pair. But not all clauses are sentences, so this is why you have to be able to find verbs and their subjects in sentences. We will need to learn a fair amount about the different types of clauses, mainly because errors of this type lead to grammatical errors and unclear writing.

Two Types of Clauses Independent clauses can stand alone and make sense. An independent clause is a true sentence because it can stand alone (be independent). Example: Jeremy washed the dishes. Dependent clauses depend upon an independent clause to make sense. They cannot stand alone, so they must be attached to a true sentence. Example: Because we told him to do so.

Distinguishing Phrases from Clauses Let’s practice on a worksheet.

Friday, Nov. 8th I will be at a conference in Salem, but Dan Hannon, a trusted and high respected colleague, will be here to conduct class for me. Your incentive to come to class: The class will be double loaded regarding points. This means that you can make up a day you missed, or just use the extra points to boost your grade, just by being here and participating. Dan is going to run a workshop so you can get some hands-on experience with summarization. Be there!

Homework Due Tuesday, Nov. 12 th Complete the Phrases and Clauses Worksheet. Due Tuesday, Nov. 12 th. Read, annotate, and complete a vocabulary worksheet for “A New Kind of High School.” Due Tuesday, Nov. 12 th.

Questions? Call me (Mary), or better yet, text me at Ask someone in the AVID Center or the Learning Success Center for help.