E. Quinson

Room D-201

8R, periods 2 and 3

 

Monday, November 17, 2008

SWBAT:  analyze the elements of a first paragraph for a literary essay and apply those elements as they begin writing their literary essays.

DO NOW:  1.  Log onto the computer!  2.  Take out your outline for a quick check. 3.  Independent reading.

DEVELOPMENT:

  1. Independent reading.
  2. Friday we spent quit a bit of time on body paragraphs, but we did not really address first paragraphs.  That may have seemed backwards, but we really needed to do that in order to plan our essay as a whole.  Now that we have the meat, we can begin really writing the essay.
  3. Mini-lesson on first paragraphs on power point.
  4. Students begin writing their essays.  Once they have finished their intro paragraphs, then they write their body paragraphs.
  5. Review/summarize.  Tomorrow we turn in our essays.  Make sure you put your draft in your web locker so you can work on it tonight.

H.W.:  1.  Finish three body paragraphs for your essay.  You should have 4 out of 5 paragraphs completed.  Post them to your web lockers.  Remember!  If you don’t put this important homework in your web locker, you will not have it for class tomorrow.  You will be unprepared!!!  2.  Independent reading.

 

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SWBAT:  analyze the elements of a concluding paragraph for a literary essay and apply those elements as they continue writing their literary essays.

DO NOW:  1.  Log onto the computer!  Get your draft off your web locker.  2.  Independent reading.

DEVELOPMENT:

  1. Independent reading.
  2. Yesterday we worked on first paragraphs and body paragraphs.  Now we will address concluding paragraphs. 
  3. Mini-lesson on concluding paragraphs on power point.
  4. Students continue writing their essays.
  5. Review/summarize.  Tomorrow we turn in our essays.  Make sure you put your draft in your web locker so you can work on it tonight.

H.W.:  1.  Finish writing your essay.  2.  Edit it carefully.  Run spell check, at the minimum.  Print it out.  Read it over OUT LOUD to someone if possible, to the cat or the mirror if not.  Be careful of homonyms!    3.  Print out an editing draft to bring to class.  Double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt.  4.  Also, post an electronic version of your next to last draft to your web locker.  Remember!  If you don’t put this important homework in your web locker, you will not have it for class tomorrow.  You will be unprepared!!!  4.  Independent reading.

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

SWBAT:  polish their essays, self-evaluate them, and turn them in.

DO NOW:  Log onto the computer!  Get your draft off your web locker.  2.  Independent reading.

DEVELOPMENT:

  1. Independent reading.
  2. Today we edit.  Yesterday we worked on concluding paragraphs.  Today we will address editing. 
  3. Distribute editing check lists.  Assign pairs. 
  4. Students edit each other’s essays.  NO NOISE! 
  5. With 15 minutes remaining, ask students to get their drafts back, make any last minute changes they desire and print out for me!  (Or perhaps turn in electronically to web lockers?  Or on the s:common drive?)
  6. Self-evaluate.
  7. Review/summarize.  Tomorrow we turn in our essays.  Make sure you put your draft in your web locker so you can work on it tonight.

H.W.  Independent reading.

 

Thursday, November 20, 2008

SWBAT:  read an important speech from the civil rights movement:  Martin Luther King, “I Have a Dream.”

DO NOW:   Independent Reading (10 minutes).  Please circulate with the clipboard provided that lists students name and write down what pages the students are on. They’re used to this drill.  Ask them how it is done, if you have any questions.  Be very firm, though, about silence during independent reading time. 

DEVELOPMENT:

  1. One last piece I want to read to finish up our Warriors Don’t Cry study: “I Have a Dream”
  2. Discuss the importance of voice (especially the great Martin Luther King—and now President Elect Obama!).
  3. Hand out speech and play from plasma.  Students can read along as we listen.
  4. Discussion Questions:
  1. What is over-arching message students “get?
  2. Review/summarize.

H.W.:  1.  Independent reading. 

 

Friday, November 21, 2008

SWBAT:  read independently.

DO NOW:  Independent reading.

DEVELOPMENT:

  1. Ask students to take out their independent reading books and READ!!!
  2. Please circulate with the clipboard provided that lists students name and write down what pages the students are on. They’re used to this drill.  Ask them how it is done, if you have any questions. 
  3. Be very firm, though, about silence during independent reading time. 

H.W.:  Independent reading for at the very, very least 2 hours!!!  Try to find at least 2 full one-hour blocks of time to read.  Otherwise ˝ hour at time will do.  But really get some time into the reading zone in your independent reading book.  2.  Go on Amazon.com and see if they can recommend new good books for you to ask for with the holidays coming up.  Value your reading life!

 

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