Mounds View High School

College Writing Lab - Morrissette

February Class Agenda and Assignments


Day / Date Daily Agenda Assignments
Monday 2/4 1.  Steps to writing the Rec. Essay
2.  Transitions - Transition Letter
3.  Nouns/pronouns acting like Adjectives
Recommendation Essay First Draft - DUE FRI. (Bring THREE copies)
Tuesday 2/5 1.  Transitions - paragraph hooks
2.  Verbs
 Recommendation Essay First Draft - DUE FRI. (Bring THREE copies)
Wednesday 2/6 1.  Word Root Review
2.  Writing paragraph hooks -
3.  Verbs - transitive/intransitive & linking verbs: subject/predicate
 Recommendation Essay First Draft - DUE FRI. (Bring THREE copies)
Vocab Test (1 & 2) - WEDS., 2/13
Visual Vocab sheets - DUE WEDS., 2/13
Thursday 2/7 1.  Vocab/Editing Pre-test Results
2.  Work time - Rec. Essay/Grammar Packet/Vocab
 Recommendation Essay First Draft - DUE FRI. (Bring THREE copies)
Vocab Test (1 & 2) - WEDS., 2/13
Visual Vocab sheets - DUE WEDS., 2/13
Friday 2/8 1.  Peer Conference Group Steps/Expectations
2.  Peer Conferencing
Have ALL VERB pages completed in your grammar packet - DUE MON.  
Vocab Test (1 & 2) - WEDS., 2/13
Visual Vocab sheets - DUE WEDS., 2/13


Day / Date Daily Agenda Assignments
Monday 2/11 1.  Finish Peer Conferences
2.  Work on vocab/adverbs in grammar packet (when finished conferencing)
Vocab Test (1 & 2) - WEDS.
Visual Vocab sheets - DUE WEDS.
Revised Draft - DUE FRI.  
Tuesday 2/12 1.  Adverbs
2.  Vocab Test Review Time
Vocab Test (1 & 2) - WEDS.
Visual Vocab sheets - DUE WEDS.
Revised Draft - DUE FRI.
Wednesday 2/13 1.  Vocab Test
2.  Adverbs Vs. Adjectives
Complete Adjective or Adverb Worksheet - DUE THURS.
Revised Draft - DUE FRI.
Thursday 2/14 1.  Madlibs
2.  Prepositions
3.  Conjunctions
Revised Draft - DUE FRI.
Parts of Speech Test - WEDS., 2/20
Parts of Speech Packet - DUE WEDS., 2/20
Friday 2/15 1.  Revised Draft Partners / Conferencing
2.  Parts of Speech Stories
Complete your Part of Speech packet for TUES.  
Parts of Speech Test - WEDS., 2/20
Parts of Speech Packet - DUE WEDS., 2/20


Day / Date Daily Agenda Assignments
Monday 2/18 No School - President's Day

Tuesday 2/19 1.  Review Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Test - WEDS., 2/20
Parts of Speech Packet - DUE WEDS., 2/20
C.T.P (3rd) Draft - DUE FRI.  
Wednesday 2/20 1.  Parts of Speech Test
2.  Work on Vocab 3 & 4
C.T.P (3rd) Draft - DUE FRI.  
Thursday 2/21 1.  Inttro to Word Usage unit - Irregular Verbs
2.  Irregular Verbs letters
C.T.P (3rd) Draft - DUE FRI.  
Friday 2/22 1.  C.T.P. Draft Peer Editing
2.  Finish Irreg. Verb Letters
3.  Go Over Parts of Speech Test
Vocab #3 (Ex. A, B, C) - DUE MON.
Irregular Verbs Exercise 2 Worksheet - DUE MON.
Rec. Essay Final Draft and ALL Process Materials - DUE WEDS.  


Day / Date Daily Agenda Assignments
Monday 2/25 1.  Correct Vocab 3 (work on vocab 4)
2.  Types of Pronouns
Rec. Essay Final Draft and ALL Process Materials - DUE WEDS.  
Tuesday 2/26 1.  Final Preparations - Rec. Essay /Process Materials
2.  Correct Pronoun usage - review
3.  Whose/Who's & Its/It's
4.  Correct Pronoun usage - practice
5.  Correct Word Usage: 1-4
Rec. Essay Final Draft and ALL Process Materials (BRING A FOLDER) - DUE WEDS.
Wednesday 2/27 1.  Final Drafts/Organize process materials
2.  Intro to Literary Analysis essay
3.  Review Literary Terms
4.  Start viewing Finding Forrester
Vocab 4 Exercises - DUE THURS.  
Thursday 2/28 1.  Correct Vocab 4
2.  Continue Finding Forrester
Friday 2/29  1.  Continue Finding Forrester