Elocution week - Time to write your essays!
- Prepare to use precise, interesting, and active verbs in this week's essay by completing pages 29-31 in your workbook.
- Be diligent to use correct mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, spelling, etc.) on your worksheet. This is a writing class, after all ;)
- Refer to pages 120 & 121 for samples of essay 3. Note the exordia in bold print. Then write a double spaced essay from your outline. You will add an exordium to the beginning of your essay.
- Once you finish writing, scan your essay for being verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been). This is a search and destroy mission! You want to have as few of these life sucking verbs in your essay as possible! You will need a few (example: The reason....IS that...), but be sure they are necessary and appropriate to the sentence. If you can use a more precise and interesting verb, change it.
- Make a copy of the checklist on page 110 to attach to the front of your essay. If you don't have a copier, you can tear out the checklist since we've already completed the one on the back side. If you tear it out, cut those ugly straggles off the edge of the paper before you attach it.
- Even though the checklist doesn't mention contractions, do not use them in your essay. They are not appropriate for formal essay writing.
- Have a parent or another adult read your essay to help you find your mechanics errors. Ask them to sign the bottom of your checklist.
Reading Assignment - The Odyssey Books 17-18
*Find at least one blue per book, and more if possible.
Narration sections
Book 17
- 1-83
- 84-166
- 167-232
- 233-323
- 324-408
- 409-494
- 495-end
Book 18
- 1-87
- 88-187
- 188-289
- 290-364
- 365-end
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