Good Morning, Class!

Please take out:

• Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:09)

Learning Target: Students will be able to evaluate student work and offer helpful feedback in order to assist the revising process.

• If your draft is finished: Do Grammar sheet “Writing Effective Sentences”
• Using your essay organizer as a reference, look at each sentence in your draft and ask:
  • Is the meaning as clear as it could be?
  • Does every sentence express a complete thought?
  • Does every sentence do what it is supposed to do? (A, C, E)
  • Are your sentences in the best order?
  • Did you try out various types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex?

 Per. 2 (9:12-10:00)

• You will use the “Curious Questions” strategy, along with the essay organizer and argumentative rubric to provide helpful feedback.
  • Share your draft document: “___ can comment”
  • Read one sentence at a time on your partner’s draft.
  • When you have a question, highlight that part and make a comment that asks a question.

Homework:

1. Read 30+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
   1. Book title
   2. Page #s you read (p. ____ to p. ____)
   3. Big Thing that Happened (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 question, prediction, inference, connection, visualization, or new word and how you guessed its meaning

Read-a-Thon continues!

Play-Doh Drive for RAP

Coins for Goats

Per. 3 (10:03-10:51) – Creative Writing

Please take out:

• Chromebook

Learning Target: Students will be able to use qualities of good writing in their stories about significant moments.

• Finish Lesson 5: Building Stories Step-by-Step
• Your Turn: Open PN #5 doc on Classroom
• Personal Narrative Lesson 6: Writing from Inside a Memory