We are the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy. We believe in the
transformative ... We have the audacity to HOPE and SUCCEED. We are the
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Pledge of Allegiance I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.
Honor the Texas Flag Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
District Core: -Our main purpose is to improve student academic achievement. -Effective instruction makes the most difference in student academic performance. -There is no excuse for poor quality instruction. -With our help, at risk students will achieve at the same rate as non-at risk students. -Staff members must have a commitment to children and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence.
Campus Core: • Engagement • Encouragement • Exposure/ Experiences • Environment • Excellence
Student Core: Academia Brotherhood Character Perseverance Service
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
Mission: Develop young men into impactful leaders through the development of their intellectual, moral, physical, social and emotional skills for the global society of tomorrow. Vision: "The School of Today for Tomorrow’s Leaders” Campus Motto: Believe. Achieve. Succeed.
Creed We are the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy We believe in the transformative powers of knowledge and wisdom We believe that success is brought about by perseverance, not chance We know our actions are governed by strength of character, rather than whims of emotion We resist excuses, holding ourselves accountable for our actions We are successful through honesty, humility, and the pursuit of intellectual excellence We are loyal to our family We are our Brother’s Keeper We are committed to our community We are servants of mankind We have the audacity to hope We have the audacity to succeed!
School Song We are the brothers of BOMLA With the goal of becoming the best in U.S.A. We believe perseverance, not chance, is the way to achieve. Our activities are governed by character, honesty, humility. Excuses don’t exist! We are loyal to our family Committed to our community Servants of mankind and humanity We have the audacity to HOPE and SUCCEED We are the brothers of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy We have the audacity to HOPE and Succeed We have the audacity to Believe, Achieve, Succeed We are the brothers of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy Believe, Achieve, Succeed!
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WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE When writing , you become the Author. So what is your purpose? Are you writing to Persuade Inform
Entertain Explain
TYPES OF WRITING: EXPOSITORY/NARRATIVE
Mrs. Kimberly Dickerson
HERE’S A REMINDER ON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXicyBiVa_s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM Inform-(State the Facts, Teach, Explain)
Persuade-(Convince, Argue, Prove) Narrate-( Sequence , Events, Story)-Plot Describe-(Create a picture)
Entertain-( To amuse, tell a joke)
WRITING TO PERSUADE The persuasive task requires students to take a position and present a consistent, sustained argument that supports it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K-11Pz-VDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlQpt67L1es
REVIEW WRITING TO PERSUADE Take a stand and stay on the topic Given your reason in the introductory paragraph
Have paragraphs that support your reason Elaborate on your reason in each paragraph Begin each paragraph with a transition word
Include adjectives, adverbs, similes, and metaphors
WRITING TO INFORM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETu4Jr_1cEo
Informative essays
The purpose of an informative
Sometimes called expository essays,
essay, sometimes called an expository
can be used for many purposes. They can
essay, is to educate on a certain topic. It is not for giving an opinion or
convincing someone to do
compare viewpoints on a controversial subject as long as they don’t include the author’s opinions. They may
analyze data, like in a cause and effect
something or change his beliefs. In
situation, or educate the audience on
addition to being informative, it
ways to do something, like solving a
needs to be interesting
certain kind of problem.
TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXTS Biographies – accounts of the series of events of a person’s life
Textbooks Informational writing is factual while fiction writing is not.
Autobiographies – biographies
Newspapers - a daily or
of yourself
Magazines - periodic publications
containing pictures, stories, and articles of interest to those who purchase or subscribe to it (not all magazines are informational)
weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements Remember: Informational writing is written to inform or explain something while fictional writing often is a story conveying an authors point of view or is written simply to entertain.
WRITING TO INFORM
WRITING TO ENTERTAIN NARRATIVE ESSAY • • • • • • •
It is told from a particular point of view It makes and supports a point It is filled with precise detail It uses vivid verbs and modifiers It uses conflict and sequence as does any story It may use dialogue Narratives are generally written in the first person, using I. However, third person can also be used.
WRITING TO ENTERTAIN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=lzK3r9rqMSQ&feature=endscreen
The first important thing to remember about a narrative essay is that it tells a story.
The author may write about • an experience or event from his or her past • a recent or an ongoing experience or event • something that happened to somebody else, such as a parent or a grandparent
NARRATIVE ESSAY The second important thing about a narrative essay is that the story should have a point. In the final paragraph, the author should come to an important conclusion about the experience that has just been described.
