Very impressive work today on visualizing from our read aloud and then using visualization to craft your writing. No additional writing H/W tonight.
Study link 8.12 The Unit 8 test is tomorrow. Make sure you review all your study link errors this evening so that you are prepared for tomorrow.
Work on your BOOK CLUB novel. Your conversation will be recorded on Wednesday.
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Maya Angelou
Monday, February 25, 2013
Friday, February 22, 2013
Teaching Listening Skills
Week at a Glance
Can you be an ACTIVE listener and Handle your distractions going forward? - Remember the message in Friday's lesson?
Congratulations on your Poetry Reflection Videos
Student of the Week: Daniel
Can you be an ACTIVE listener and Handle your distractions going forward? - Remember the message in Friday's lesson?
Congratulations on your Poetry Reflection Videos
Student of the Week: Daniel
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Some great work today on your description of settings.
Book mark this site so you can use it often
http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.sg/2008/08/setting-description-entry-river.html
H/W
Study link 8.11
Finish your description of your character (make sure you include character traits - see the website link above for ideas) and indirect reference to fantasy elements.
Book Clubs - We made a start on these today. Going forward your conversations will be recorded for assessment and some placed on the blog for others. You will be assessed as a group and also individually. What will your group sound like?
Other groups did not finish in time. What will you do to ensure this doesn't happen in the future?
Book mark this site so you can use it often
http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.sg/2008/08/setting-description-entry-river.html
H/W
Study link 8.11
Finish your description of your character (make sure you include character traits - see the website link above for ideas) and indirect reference to fantasy elements.
Book Clubs - We made a start on these today. Going forward your conversations will be recorded for assessment and some placed on the blog for others. You will be assessed as a group and also individually. What will your group sound like?
Other groups did not finish in time. What will you do to ensure this doesn't happen in the future?
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Nuanced Characters
H/W
Study link 8.10
First draft of your character description must be written tonight. Make sure that you are not just stating opinions; make sure you are using evidence to support those opinions. Think about symbolic objects, unique settings, conflicts (both external and internal) to include indirectly in your description. Draft is due for Friday. You may type it on google docs, but I will need to see a hard copy version as well!
Study link 8.10
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Poetry Deadline
Well done on finishing your poetry today. A few of you have some finishing touches that we will be able to fix tomorrow morning. Watch this video as a taste of what is to come for our poetry party.
H/W
H/W
- Study link 8.9
- Make sure you are collected about ten facts about the protagonist in your fantasy story. We will need those facts for tomorrow's class.
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