James's First Blog

Agenda: Blog Corrections
               rj check
               Elements of a plot
               Step-Up to Writing
             
 HW: RJ 2.3 T.O. ch.5 p.68-84


  Today, we started by taking out our English Journals and reading our chapter 4 summaries of The Outsiders to our table partners. In chapter 4, Ponyboy and Johnny are at the park because Pony needed to cool off after Darry hit him. The blue Mustang comes around again, and a couple of Socs come and say that a greaser is dirty, and they suggest they need a wash after Pony spits on one of them. Then, David holds Pony under the water. That's when Johnny pulls out his switch blade and stabs Bob. Johnny and Pony both get scared, so they try to find Dally. Dally gives them a loaded gun and fifty dollars and tells them to get out of town. He directs them to catch a train to Windrixville and go up to Jay Mountain where there is an abandoned church where they can hide out.

After we go over our summaries, we get out our Writing Journals and add more to our plot lines. After we finished our plot lines, we opened our table of contents and add Step-Up To Writing. Ms. Nakada then explains that Step-Up To Writing is a color -coded writing system that helps with organization and structure. We talked about how to organize a paragraph. We talked about how green means go and how that would be our topic sentence/thesis statement. Yellow= provide reasons,details and facts. Red= explain, evidence, example. We went over how to start a paragraph. We started with a topic sentence then give a reason, detail or fact. Provide evidence, examples, or explanation. Ms. Nakada then explained that each highlighted mark means the start of a new sentence. Then, the bell rang and we went to lunch.