Take out:

• AVT Book
• agenda, open to last week’s reading
• Tools for writing/revising

Vocabulary

• AVT quiz: influence and reason, p. 56-57

How can I use available tools and techniques to revise my persuasive essay and strengthen my argument?

• Use revision checklist, notes in spiral, sample essay, learning progression chart, and 6th Grade Checklist
• Re-read entire essay once to get a sense of overall flow and organization. Do you need to move things around? Strengthen one or more parts of the essay?
• Re-read one paragraph at a time. Does each sentence have a purpose? Does each build on the last (in ACE structure)? Do you have a clear topic sentence followed by details and explanations?
• Re-read one word at a time. Is each word the best you could have chosen for that sentence? Does it sound grammatically correct? Did you spell every word correctly?
• Re-read the entire essay again, this time imagining you are the reader. Do many of the sentences paint a clear picture in your mind? Where would you argue back? Does the writer acknowledge your opposing thoughts and feelings? Does the writer convince you?

Once you are convinced you are finished with your final draft and have turned it in on Classroom:

• Finish taking Thrively strengths survey
• Sign up for Lumosity brain-training games (use regular Chromebook login information)
• IXL: Language Arts, 6th Grade, Do Pronouns and Antecedents activities

Homework: 

1. Read 30 minutes (25+ pages) and log in agenda: Title, pages read, 2-sentence summary, parent signature. (3 days)

9:20 – Team Huddle in Auditorium

Per. 3 – (9:47-10:31)

• iStudy: Summarizing/Getting the GIST