Aug. 29

In Class

Writing Portfolio:

Bellwrite: What aspects of your writing changed between your formal and informal emails? Why? What kind of relationship are you trying to negotiate/build with these emails? (How do you want your reader to perceive you and your request in each email?)

Conventions are socially expected behaviors for specific situations. Dating has a number of conventions, including expectations about who invites who on a date, how the young man picks up the young woman, who pays for dinner, and how to end the date. When conventions are broken, it can create confusion, unpredictability, and role confusion. Likewise in writing we follow conventions for different writing purposes, audiences, and genres. Conventions in writing help us understand our roles as writer/reader, show appropriate respect for our readers, and make our writing easier to follow. Now that we have written two emails with different levels of formality, we will be writing in a different genre: the business letter.

Website with information on business letter conventions:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

On Tuesday next week, we will begin writing letters to the AHS school administration making a proposal (could be a proposal to change a policy, introduce or end a school activity/program, etc.).

History:

We discussed how studying 1 Nephi 13-14 had changed our understanding of Heavenly Father's purpose for world history.

We also studied Foundations Topic 2: John's Revelation on World History in our history readings packet.

Homework

Answers to the questions for Topic 2 are due on Aug. 30.
Memorization of Matthew 12: 33-35 is due next Thursday, Sept. 5.
Comfort kits and Honor Code statements due Aug. 30.
Bellwrite composition book and Commonplace journal must be with you in class on Aug. 30.