February+16,+2012

7th Grade:

Objective: Finish "Three Branches of Government" paper.

Agenda:

1. Type Paper

2. Email it to mathieuroschke@gmail.com

3. Take a typing test and record your WPM. Typing Test

4. Make sure you scored over an 80% on the Sentence Structure Test

8th Grade:

Objective: Type Holocaust paper in MLA formatting with a Work Cited page.

Agenda: 1. Type paper 2. Check Introduction: -Do I have all 3 parts (attention getter, transitional statement, thesis)? 3. Check Body Paragraphs: -Are they 5-7 sentences? -Did I cite my sources using MLA: "blah blah" (Lastname, "title of website"). -Did I use transitions (see  4. Check Conclusion:  -Did I restate my thesis?  -Did I summarize each body paragraph in one sentence and tie it to why we should remember the Holocaust?  -Did I leave the reader with a final thought?  5. Work Cited Page  -Did I go to Easy Bib for each website I used?  -Is my Work Cited correctly titled and on a separate page?  -Are my sources in alphabetical order?

6. Email your paper to ** holocaustmathieu@gmail.com **. 7. When you are finished, you may take a typing test and record your WPM.[|Typing Test] 8. If you complete that, you may do this extra credit: