[week 6: may 2-5]

Monday: Welcome new students! Corrections to midterm exams; making inferences; computer lab activity.
Video: Making Inferences
Tuesday: Drawing conclusions. Cornell notetaking method.
Video: How To Take Cornell Notes
Cornell Notes Template
Wednesday: Making inferences from graphs.
Activity: Inferring from graphs, Part 1
Activity: Inferring from graphs, Part 2
Thursday: Week 6 Quiz. Punctuation practice.
Exercise: Punctuation Practice 
Study Guide: Basic Punctuation Rules
Study Guide: Bacon Punctuation Rules
Infographic: Punctuation

[week 7: may 9-12]

Monday: Purpose and tone. Computer lab practice testing.
Exercise: Determining Tone
Tuesday: Describing tone.
(Continue exercise from Monday.)
Wednesday: Purpose and tone practice.
Thursday: Week 7 Quiz; cause & effect pattern.
Study guide and exercises: Cause and effect patterns

[week 8: may 16-19]

Monday: Compare/contrast pattern of organization. Research for essay.
Assignment: Compare/contrast essay.
Tuesday: More with tone - irony.
Exercise: Identifying Irony 3
Video Lesson: Is It Actually Irony?
Wednesday: Accuplacer Sentence Skill "sentence rewrite" question type. Writing balanced comparisons/contrasts.
Practice: Sentence Skills section from Official Accuplacer Practice Questions
Exercise: Writing balanced comparisons and contrasts
Thursday: Week 8 Quiz. Mixed sentence relationship practice. Figures of speech.
Exercise: Figures of speech quiz

[week 9: may 23-26]

Tuesday: Sentence Skills practice. Writing thesis statements. Citing sources.
Exercise: Sentence Skills Practice
Essay Guide: Tips for writing your compare/contrast essay
Wednesday: Practice with fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment.
An explanation of fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment
Thursday: Week 9 Quiz. Logical Fallacies.
YouTube playlist: Logical Fallacies (PBS Idea Channel)

[week 10: may 30-june 2]

Monday: Memorial Day holiday, no class.
Tuesday: Logical fallacies, cont. Time to work on essays.
Wednesday: Review for final. Time to work on essays.
Thursday: Compare/Contrast essays due. Review for final exam.

[finals week: june 6-7]

MONDAY: FINAL EXAM. Our final exam is scheduled for our regular class time.
Monday or Tuesday: Conferences. If you do not know your scheduled conference time, check with Julie.