Class today: September 19th

1. We will practice writing a claim/thesis over the following four topics:

• Spirit Week
• Pro-athlete salaries
• Kardashians
• National Anthem 

Check:
       1. Your formula
       2. Use of an active verb
       3. Your argument is debatable in an academic setting.
       4. Topic has been adjusted in size where necessary (up or down)
       5. You are answering "how" or "why"?

2. We will then go over Step Five of Writing: Basic "paragraph" Structure

3. We will be continuing work on identifying parts of a sentence with sentence diagramming.
Sentence Diagramming Review- Simple Sent. Questions (POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY)

- Read through the instructions and then on your own paper do the practice sentences with each.
- The answers are at the bottom of the page to check your work *when you are done!
- Put a + beside the ones you did correctly on first run. Put a X beside the errors.  (POSTPONED

Homework: Go through the four Boot Camp Topics with Step 5 of Writing.