Barnes & Noble: Our mission is to operate the best specialty retail business in America, regardless of the product we sell. Because the product we sell is books, our aspirations must be consistent with the promise and the ideals of the volumes which line our shelves. To say that our mission exists independent of the product we sell is to demean the importance and the distinction of being a bookseller.
Enron: Respect, Integrity, Communication, and Excellence
McDonald's: To be our customers' favorite place and way to eat and drink. Our worldwide operations are aligned around a global strategy called the Plan to Win, which center on an exceptional customer experience – People, Products, Place, Price and Promotion. We are committed to continuously improving our operations and enhancing our customers' experience..
Hershey: Undisputed Marketplace Leadership
Read the title
Look for information about the author
Figure out how the text is organized
Write down all of the vocabulary terms
7 years
70 years
7 years after the author dies
70 years after the author dies
Photocopying a book that you bought to give a copy to a friend
Using a sound recorder to record a song playing on Pandora Internet Radio
Listening to the new Miley Cirus album at your friend's Birthday Party
Posting a video to YouTube that has a Justin Timberlake song playing in the background
Fragment
Run-On
Complete Sentence
Needy clause
True
False
An essay written to depict a historical moment.
An essay written in the first person, about the author's life.
An essay written to convince the reader to take a stand for or against a topic.
An essay written to explain the steps of a process
The character is in the story
Only reveals their personal thoughts/ feelings(cannot tell another characters thoughts/feelings
Very descriptive and paints a picture in the readers mind
Uses "me," "us," "I,", and "we" and participates in the action in the story
All of the Above
True
False
Historical Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fable
Titles
Subheadings
Captions
Look at all pictures, diagrams, and charts and read their captions
Read the title, subheadings, and familiarize myself with the bold-faced words
All of the above
True
False
True
False
Determine a research question, choose a topic, write a thesis statement, conduct research
Choose a topic, determine a research question, conduct preliminary research, write a thesis statement
Write a thesis statement, conduct research, answer your research question
Begin Research, answer your research question, choose a topic, write a thesis statement
It was the first time an African American ran for president
It was the first time the candidates were shown on television
It was the first time the candidates tied
It was the first time a woman ran for president
The Earth rotates on an axis
Math is hard
Soccer is the most popular sport at Plato Academy
Glee is a great television show
Johnny loved to play the trumpet so much that he quit the baesball team so he'd have more time to practise.
Johnny loved to play the trumpet so much that he quit the baseball team so that he'd have more time to practice.
Johnny loved to play The Trumpet so much that he quite the baseball team so that he would have more time to practice.
Johnny was even willing to quit the baseball team so that he would have more time to practice his true passion: playing the trumpet.
1st Person Point of View
2nd Person Point of View
3rd Person Point of View
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