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Whose team should win?

"Mine!"

I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?

A cloud ☁️

Whose birthday did we celebrate?

Kallista's!

Name a fun fact about a classmate.

?

What goes at the top of a paper?

The title

True or False: Personal Examples (using 'I') are acceptable in formal papers.

False

Who's always on our last class slide?

"You're a wizard, Harry."

What are two rules of formal writing? ("Don't use...")

Don't use first person (I, you, we, us); don't use exclamation points (!); don't use question marks (?); don't use slang ("Hey").

What is the job of a semicolon (;) ?

To join related, independent sentences.

You go at red, but stop at green. What am I?

A watermelon

What comes after facts/reasons in a body paragraph?

Examples/evidence

What is necessary in formal writing? (HINT: "Who says?")

Using outside resources; doing research; relying on experts.

What is persuasion?

Convincing someone of an opinion/view through facts and evidence.

Name a fun fact about a classmate.

:)

What's the difference between a fact and an opinion?

Facts are proven statements; opinions are based on assumption or personal bias.

Fact or Opinion: Teaching is a satisfying profession.

Opinion

Where do we put examples in our persuasive pieces?

After our main points.

What does every paragraph (especially body paragraphs and the conclusion) end with?

A concluding sentence

If we had a class pet, what would it be?

:)

What are the 4 types of sentences we have in a body paragraph?

Topic/introduction sentence, points, examples/evidence, and a conclusion sentence.

What does Ms. Anna love?

Earrings, traveling, and teaching :)

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