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9/25/17 - 9/29/179/29/2017 Students and Parents, This week, we covered the following: Tuesday: 1. We began class with a quickwrite activity. 2. Students turned in the rough drafts of their personal narrative writing assignment. 3. We took a break from narrative/descriptive writing with a news article activity. Students chose 1 of 2 articles and completed the attached response questions (attached below). Wednesday: 1. We watched the "7 Minutes of Terror" video referenced in the space exploration article handed out last class. Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU 2. Students finished working on the news article activity. 3. I handed out a "Cross-curricular Article Assignment" (attached below). Thursday: 1. Students researched and began writing their "Cross-curricular Article Assignment." It is due next class on 10/3.
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9/18/17 - 9/22/179/22/2017 Students and Parents, This week, we covered the following: Tuesday: 1. Narrative-based quickwrite activity 2. Brief review of narrative essentials 3. Review of a sample narrative example (attached in packet below) 4. Introduction of Personal Narrative assignment (attached in packet below) 5. Organizer handout given for Personal Narrative prewriting (attached in packet below) Wednesday: 1. Students began brainstorming and working on their Personal Narrative outline Thursday: 1. Quickwrite activity 2. In-class work time for the Personal Narrative assignment (rough draft due 9/26)
9/11/17 - 9/15/179/15/2017 Students and Parents, This week, we covered the following: Tuesday: 1. In-class peer-critique on the rough draft of the "Descriptive Writing Assignment" (place description) (critique form attached below) Wednesday: 1. In-class time to finish peer critique and/or work on edits and revisions for the final draft. Thursday: 1. We began with a quickwrite (prompt attached below) 2. Discussion of proper dialogue formatting in narrative writing (handout attached below) 3. Dialogue editing group assignment (included with previous handout - due 9/19) 4. For homework, complete the dialogue editing assignment and the final draft of your "Descriptive Writing Assignment." Both assignments will be collected next class.
9/4/17 - 9/8/179/8/2017 Students and Parents, This week, we covered the following: Tuesday: 1. Icebreaker activity 2. Class rules (attached below) 3. Types of writing: informative, argumentative, and narrative. We will be starting with narrative. 4. Discussion of the short story, "The All-American Slurp," by Lensey Namioka. 5. Plot chart assignment for "The All-American Slurp" (attached below). Wednesday: 1. Plot chart review 2. "Elements of a Narrative" Powerpoint presentation (attached below) 3. "Figurative Writing" Powerpoint presentation (attached below) 4. "Show, Don't Tell" info sheet (attached below) 5. "Showing vs. Telling - Practice Exercises" assignment (attached below) Thursday: 1. In-class time to finish "Showing vs. Telling - Practice Exercises" assignment 2. Share-outs of student responses to the practice exercises 3. "Descriptive Writing Assignment" handed out (attached below and due Tuesday 9/12)
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