Symbolism

Your symbolism paragraph needs to be completed by Thursday. You will need a draft ready for Wed. Use the google doc. DO NOT go inside other people's boxes. I am watching you!

This paragraph will be an official graded pieces of writing. Final draft will be due Thursday. There is no other H/W, so make this piece something special!

                                                                                                                            

                                                                          Fantasy Unit

Visualization

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.

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?

Learning Listening Skills

Learning to Focus Lesson

Congratulations on your Poetry Reflection Videos

Student of the Week: Daniel

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?

Nuanced Characters

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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!