Wednesday, September 20, 2017

9-19 and Block Days 9-20 and 9-21

Sorry for the delay ... 9-19 I left school early to get a flu shot and did not get a chance to post ...

Tuesday 9-19 we had a peer editing workshop for our rough drafts. Additional peer editing can take place during PEER TUTORING TIMES before school Mon-Thurs 7-7:30 in room 322

Block Day:
Complete and Correct Vocabulary Lesson 2 Choosing the Right Word and Completing the Sentences ... even blocks will do ODDS ... Odd Blocks will do EVENS

Discuss GRAPHIC NOVELS and How to Read A Graphic Novel
gutter
speech bubbles
text
panels
frames

Discuss Use of Predator/Prey relationship in MAUS to convey ... CONFLICT among people.

Discuss Literature ... develop Critical Thinking Skills and Incorporating Textual Evidence ... Upfront and LFBJ
Topics: Characterization, Tone/Mood, Setting, Finding author's purpose, recognizing bias/lack of bias

BLOCK 3 will start Cross Country Connections...post due by Sunday at 8 PM  https://crosscountryconnections.blogspot.com/


 I announced in BLOCK 3 and 5 a change...
Monday next week you will upload a REVISED PAPER DRAFT and bring a printed copy for ROUND 2 of PEER EDITING

Monday OCTOBER 9th you will upload your final draft ... Tuesday Oct 10th you will turn in the rubric with all drafts and peer editing documents/writers workshop papers.

You can utilize Peer Tutors Mon-Thurs from 7:00-7:30 to look at continual revisions of drafts

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