This video is outdated since Edgenuity has updated their program in 2019. Mrs. Scott plans to make a new recording in 2021. Thank you.
Edgenuity CA English Common Core Program- provides an online learning environment to support daily instruction in the classroom and continued learning at home. Watch the following video to get a brief introduction of the program. Once you are able to log into Edgenuity, watch the orientation video provided to begin your English course.
* taking enotes, either typed or hand-written, is the key to passing the unit quizzes and tests. Transcripts can also provide any missed information watched during a video.
How to copy: key point/terms to enotes or an essay: How to Save a Document as Microsoft Word:
* taking enotes, either typed or hand-written, is the key to passing the unit quizzes and tests. Transcripts can also provide any missed information watched during a video.
How to copy: key point/terms to enotes or an essay: How to Save a Document as Microsoft Word:
- Go to transcripts button and click (enotes); or open essay 1. Click on "file"
- Hi-lite text needed 2. Then find "Download As" and click
- Put cursor on text, hold down mouse (text will turn blue) 3. Click on "Microsoft Word (.docx)"
- Press "Ctrl C" for copy 4. Return to Edgenuity assignment, click on "Add Files"
- Go to enotes; essay is hi-lighted blue 5. Click on downloads, then find your assignment and click on it
- Click add new notes; click on next essay site 6. Click Save and Submit work
- Press "Ctrl V" for paste Pending means the assignment has been sent to the teacher
- Click SAVE button in bottom right; submit essay if final draft and is ready to be graded. Be sure to watch for the "pencil icon"
- Enote text will move to the top box when saving is completed in feedback to see Mrs. Scott's comments.
A video exercise to see a well written hook, thesis, topic sentences, transition words, counter-argument & conclusion.
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Take time to watch this video on how to hi-light essays written in all English classes. Although this video was recorded when we were using APEX, it is still applicable for how to hi-light an essay in Edgenuity or from the Textbook. This is also used for the final project essay. The hi-lighters are located in the double-door cabinet next to the classroom door for handwritten essays.
Pink = hook (to grab the reader's attention with the first sentence) Yellow = thesis (states the main idea; what the essay is about. The last sentence of the first paragraph) Orange = counter-argument (opposite of thesis in a Persuasive essay) "quotations" (words spoken by someone else) Green = transition words (first, next, although, therefore, as a result) topic sentence (first sentence in the paragraph; main idea) sensory words (sound, touch, taste, smell, and sight words) figurative language (metaphor, simile, hyperbole, symbol, personification, analogy, etc. Blue = conclusion or clincher sentence (give advise, feelings, dialogue, questions and/or restate the thesis |
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1. In the gray basket hanging by the door, locate the Persuasive Essay worksheet titled "TV- The Downfall of the Family." (or download below)
2. Get one hi-lighter of each color from the double-door cabinet on the opposite side of the door.
3. Make sure to have your headphones plugged in and be ready to hi-light on the essay worksheet.
4. After the video, keep the worksheet as a reference guide when completing any essay assignments.
2. Get one hi-lighter of each color from the double-door cabinet on the opposite side of the door.
3. Make sure to have your headphones plugged in and be ready to hi-light on the essay worksheet.
4. After the video, keep the worksheet as a reference guide when completing any essay assignments.
Persuasive Essay Document - T.V. - The Downfall of the Family
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