11/29

Today we are peer editing RD # 2 using the peer editing sheet here.
Friday we will spend the day typing and revising as we type.
Monday we will check for grammatical errors.  The final typewritten draft and all work leading up to that draft will be due on Tuesday.  Tuesday will be the last day of Writer's workshop for a few weeks as we will switch back to reader's workshop on Wednesday--our foci will be on non-fiction.

HW: Read/log/post it  Longwrite explain your post it.

11/28

Sorry I had to be out today.  I hope you found the conclusions handout helpful and that the whole period to write your rough draft #2 was a productive one. We will look at conclusions tomorrow and then move into the final draft!
HW:Read/log/post it

11/27

Tuesday 11/27

Please take out your rough draft and take the next 5-7 minutes reviewing the suggestions made by your peer.  Also use this time to be sure you are able to find all those items from the checklist you searched for in your peer’s paper in your own paper.

Complete the following prompt in your writer’s notebook in the “My Work” section.

Reflections on suggestions:

After yesterday’s class filled with suggestions I think I have to work on making the following revisions to my essay in order to make it meet the qualifications more successfully.

Mini lesson quotes

HW: Read/log/post-it

11/26

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving vacation. We are going to finish up this essay this week. Here is today's agenda:

Monday 11/26

• Please be sure your log has the correct dates on it  11/19—11/26—I will collect

• Please take out your rough draft

We will work with partners to make sure you have organized and included the right information in your body paragraphs. If you are only partially done, you will need to work with what you have and then stay with me period ten to finish the rest of your rough draft—I will keep a list

• partner work

HW: Read/log/post it—new longwrite where you explain how the author created a reaction you had or how s/he led you to predict what you are predicting.

11/19

Happy Thanksgiving. Your homework for over break is to be sure you have completed 150 minutes of reading over the week.  If you were not in class on Monday for any reason including not having class, you will need to turn in a log that indicates 300 minutes of reading on Monday, Nov 26.
Enjoy the break.

11/16

Friday 11/16

ROUGH DRAFT WORKDAY

USE YOUR WORKSHEET TO WRITE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT—IT IS DUE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD SO GET TO WORK!

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

HW: Logs collected Monday for per 3 (150 min) another 150 due on Monday when we get back.
Periods 8 and 9 300 minutes collected on Monday after break.

11/15

Thursday 11/15

Welcome.  Pease take out the worksheet “Prewriting Character Analysis”.  I will show you one example then you will complete this on your own.  Once this is done and I have looked at it, you should begin your first rough draft of the essay where you bring everything together.  Use the essay I gave you yesterday as an example.

Rough draft work

USE TRANSITIONS!!! 

HW: Read/log/post it

150 minutes due Monday (period 3)

300 minutes due Monday after Thanksgiving (periods 8.9)

Example:

Adjective: Trusting  (how I describe my character)

Example—she turns back on him when purse is there

Brings him home with her  (an example of when this is shown)

Quote: “She did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch the purse she left behind on the daybed”  p 79  (a quote from the book that shows the character trait)

Explanation: This act of leaving her purse there was pretty risky but she needs to convey to Roger that she trusts he will make the right choice.  It works because he doesn’t take it and run, instead we get the real sense that he respects her more for it, which goes to show if we treat others well, they will often treat us better…(this is where you explain the quote and how it shows your lesson)

11/14

Wednesday 11/14

Turn in PS GRADE—IN LARGE LETTERS WRITE YOU NAME ON TOP

Welcome.  Please take out worksheet “Character Analysis Prewriting” and begin filling it out based on Nightjohn and all of the work you have done thinking about character in your writer’s notebooks.

Sample Essay—ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

HW: Read/log/post it—long write based on post it (READERS NOTEBOOK)