POV

IMPORTANT
Sentence Fluency RETAKE - You may retake this test tomorrow in RLA class time. However, you must bring proof that you have done some new studying/practice before I allow you to retake this test. This is the only day that you will be allowed to retake.

Root of the Week - GRAD

POV or Voice or Perspective - Note Taking Sheet

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H/W
Four scenes written by  end of class Wed.
This is a mentor example of a finished piece - Notice that it isn't too long, but the writer made a lot of purposeful moves. Mentor Text

Due date for finished RF paper = next THUR 16th. Three more writing classes left on this.

Next RR due Fri 17th - This reading response grade will replace your previous reading response grade.

Starting Scenes

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H/W

• You should have '4' of your RF scenes written by end of class WED
• 45mins of Membean

The Crossover

This is the first book that you will need to read for 8th Grade. This author will visit SAS in the second week of school next year. Who wants to read this book NOW... I have 30copies!!!

Membean - March Totals

Root of the Week - GRAD

See the data for March Membean minutes. The expectation to meet  expectations is 120 minutes. If your name is not on the list, you did not meet expectations. Some people are showing dubious minutes. That means you have the system open, but you will not actually clicking on anything as you are in other tabs.

Mentor Text - A RF Scene hinting at a social issue

What are all the different craft moves that this writer has made?
Did you spot my relative clause in the question above?

Short Scene:

The water drips from the faucet and makes it’s way down the drain. One drop, two drop, three. I watch them disappear along the journey, but I’m not really paying any attention. I like the sink in the upstairs bathroom. I can sit on the scale and wait for the water to cover up shame. I listen to the water drops. Count them until I forget about my weight and the reason I despise myself. 104. Three digits. But when I see them scrawled across the rolls of fat that cover my body, they become something else altogether.

In front of me sits an empty gum wrapper covered with words that I had scribbled in bold letters, as if to make them seem more real. Big, fat, thick skin, pathetic, thunder thighs, unwanted. And in the middle of it all, a stick figure girl with a big stomach and round legs. A self portrait. I remembering drawing it in my room, my hand with no control over my pen, hopeless. When I looked down to see the layers of fat covering my stomach, I knew that every word I had written was accurate. 

104. Such a shameful weight. It wasn’t heavy, but it wasn’t anywhere near to thin either. And that’s all I wanted: thin. I wanted people to notice me when I walked down the hallways in school. I wanted to be the 5’8, size 0 runway model that I ever so admired, but would still fight to be as thin as a 5’3 girl can be. And, sure, the weight had started to shed off when I set myself on a strict no-more-than-500-calories-per-day diet, but there’s always that voice in the back of my mind telling me that I could do more.

It’s not a simple feeling that can describe what happens when you look in the mirror and realize that you’re fat. It kind of creeps up on you and doesn’t have much presence until you look down at the scale below your feet. I can still clearly remember the time I uncovered the ugly truth. I saw the layers of fat clinging onto my stomach. I saw the way the arm jiggles whenever I move. I saw the three digit number; 104. And I knew I had to change. I wanted to have the flat stomach and arms that don’t jiggle. I wanted to have Jennifer Lawrence's perfect figure. I wanted to be thin.

It’s easy to hide it. I’ve learnt that throughout the past few years. You act like you’ve eaten it, tuck it away in a napkin, and then toss in the trash when no one is looking. It’s so simple that I often find myself wondering why more people wouldn't do it. It didn’t seem like a problem. When was building self-esteem made a problem?