Okay, first off - it's now or never. Utah 28, UCLA 21.
Freshmen: Today we finished covering basic lead techniques as a part of the fourth step of our essay process. The lead techniques we covered are using a quote, making a comparison, telling an anecdote, providing background, framing it as news, making an announcement, and using facts and statistics. Remember, from our conversations, the lead comprises about 20% of your essay, meaning it should be the first two to three paragraphs of your essay. Your homework is to choose the two lead techniques that best fit your audience, purpose, style, abilities, topic, and thesis, and write two different leads for your essay. Each should be a different technique and each should be typed onto a separate piece of paper for Monday's class. In your header, include your name, the date, and the lead technique you are using. You also need to read for 20 minutes this weekend. Bring Speak next week.
Sophomores: Today we focused on taking a vocab exam and reading. We will have a seminar on the first twelve chapters of The Power of One on Monday.
CNF: Today we did some things that involved Blink-style thinking and we will begin Freakonomics on Monday.
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