Friday, September 18, 2015

Friday, Sept. 18 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Collect AoW Reflection
•Choice book reading time
•Writer’s Workshop time: final draft, as perfect as you can make it (grammar/spelling/punctuation/sentence structure) due by Wednesday
•On Wednesday I want a color coded copy (just body paragraphs color coded) shared with me on Google and a plain, non-colored printed out copy.  Please 1.5 or double space the printed off document so I have room to comment when I grade.

•Handout of what a paper should look like (format for MLA)

IF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS AREN'T DONE, YOU NEED TO FINISH THEM BY TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will have one more day of in class workshop time to write, but you want to be working on fixing a rough draft then, so make sure you are coming to class with a rough draft.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Thursday, Sept. 17 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Turn on computer, go to the Intro and Conclusion Document that I shared with you
•Intro and Conclusion Notes
•Work on Introduction and Conclusion for paper: If all of your body paragraphs are done…
•Read Chapter 10
•Questions, quote tracing
•Writer’s Workshop time
•Must meet with me today if you didn’t yesterday
•If you want to meet again, please do
•Color Coding your draft:
•Yellow=information from Catcher
•Green= information from web showing today
•Orange= information from web showing past
•Pink= credit to where information comes from
•Blue= your analysis, opinions, ideas

•AoW Discussion -reflection (3 paragraphs) due tomorrow!!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: Holden’s loneliness
•Writer’s Workshop Time
•Conference time: List on the board, make sure you have at least one of your body paragraphs done when you talk to me
•Any fact from the internet or the book needs either a mention of where it is from IN THE SENTENCE or an in-text citation at the END OF THE SENTENCE
•Work on Paper or Read your book: Full rough draft of body paragraphs due by end of hour, color coded
•Color Coding your draft:
•Yellow=information from Catcher
•Green= information from web showing today
•Orange= information from web showing past
•Pink= credit to where information comes from
•Blue= your analysis, opinions, ideas

•When I call you back, bring your two paragraphs from the bell ringer as well as your computer with what you have completed for body paragraphs, and your close read of the AoW

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Tuesday, Sept. 15 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: ACT Prep
•Catcher: Finish 8 and start reading 9
•Writer’s Workshop
•Comparison Essay format reminders
•If I am worried that you are missing portions of your notes, I have commented on them, make sure to finish the notes if they are not done yet.
•You should have at least one paragraph done by now, but if you don’t, make sure you have one done by tomorrow

•Make sure your body paragraphs are shared with me!!

Monday, September 14, 2015

Monday, Sept. 14 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: AoW 2: Remember, close read needs to be COMMENTS/WORDS WRITTEN IN MARGIN more than just highlighting –due Wednesday
•Body Paragraph Format
•Put this handout in your craft lesson section
•Writer’s Workshop
•You need your notes done by: 12:50
•If you finish your notes before that, you need to start your body paragraphs. Use the sheet I gave you at the beginning of the hour to plan.
•Body Paragraph Example (TIQA handout if you don’t have from last year), shared with you in google drive
•Rough draft of JUST BODY PARAGRAPHS due 30-45 minutes into work time tomorrow
•Read Chapter 8 to pg. 58



Friday, September 11, 2015

Friday, Sept. 11 Agenda

•Bell Ringer: 15-20 minutes reading own book
•Writer’s Workshop
•Examples from the book
•Finish research notes (have enough done so that you can be done with notes after 20 minutes of work time on Monday)
•Comparison essay organization
•Research completed by middle of the block Monday at the ABSOLUTE LATEST (beginning of the block would be better)
•Rough draft of body due Tuesday, end of work time (+/-45 min)
•Read ch 7, study guide questions

•Article of the Week Reflection due