Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Writer's Workshop Day
Mini Lesson 6: Organization

Organization: The internal structure of ideas. Effective organization begins with a purposeful lead and moves toward a logical, thoughtful ending. 

Order compels, enhances, and moves ideas

•    INTRODUCTION Intrigues, invites; conclusion resolves
•    Thoughtful TRANSITIONS show how ideas connect
•    SEQUENCING is logical and effective
•    PACING is well controlled and purposeful
•    Organization flows smoothly; matches purpose

STANDARD ORGANIZATION

•   Introduction (Focus) 
•   Body (Organization and Development)
•  Conclusion (Purpose)

Wednesday, November 3

Writer's Workshop

Mini-Lesson 5 Purpose
Be sure you have your FODP handout from Mini-Lesson 3

Look at the purpose column of your handout for specific questions to guide thinking for writing

Autobiography: Narration,  Description, Illustration

Persuasive Essay/ Editorial: Persuasion

Tuesday, November 2

Writer's Workshop Day
Mini-Lesson 4 Focus

Topic Selection: Student's have one chance to change their topic now. After today they need to settle and stay with one topic for their Second quarter paper.

Student's also have time to work on revising their Editorials.
The FINAL copies of their Editorials are due on Friday, November 5.

Week of September 20 Assignments

Wednesday, September 22
English III
Objectives:
• Students will choose an issue to write an editorial piece about
• Students will write a letter to the editor or an editorial piece for publication in the school’s newspaper or website.
Freewrite: This I believe. . .
Make a list of what you believe to be true.
Lesson:
MINI-Lesson 1.
Editorials

• o Choose a topic of controversy
• If you need a topic I have a list
• Needs to be a topic that you know something about.
• The subject must be supportable by facts
• o Recognize the opposite side
• Address the opinion of the other side by stating why their opinions are wrong
• o Support with Facts & Examples
• Research if Possible
• o Strong introduction, Organized, Spell Check, Proper Conventions
• o Beware of being overly controversial in your topic choice
• Avoid overused topics
• Avoid being too personal or emotional
• Don’t overly Aggressive!
• Conclusion:
• Final Punchline or clincher about your opinion.

Tuesday, September 21
English III
Objectives:
students will think with literature
Students will develop inductive and analytical questions which they will use to guide their independent/SSR reading.

Lessons: IR/SSR Work Day
Proposal’s are due tomorrow!


Monday September 20, 2010
English III

Sustained Silent Reading:
Timer is set for 30 minutes.
Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.
BUT it is suggested that they read their Independent reading books for their assignment.
Last 10-18 minutes of class
Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal.

Assignments for the last several days.

Friday, September 10

English III

Objectives:  

• students will think with literature
• Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on the literature they are reading. 

Freewrite:  NONE

Lessons:  ***Finish questions from yesterday and turn in.

***Do Reflection

***Be sure that you have submitted your 6-Word Memoir on flowr or through Google Docs.

***Google Reader.

1. Go to Google blog search and search 1 topic that interests you. For example.

                Bmx. Choose two or three blogs to follow. Click on the RSS subscriptions box.

                Play with the settings in Google Reader.   **demonstrate with own blog.

                Like

                Star

                Tagging.

                Recommendations

****Have students post first freewrite/reader response/chunk of writing from this week either on Flowr or on Google Docs and share.  With me.

                 

Talk about titling files in Google docs.

                                Hour_assignment_title

                                                1^st_essay_

                                                3^rd_dollfaceparagraph_

Monday, September 13, 2010

English III

Objectives: TO improve reading comprehension, fluency, and writing about reading.

Lessons:

Sustained Silent Reading:

Timer is set for 30 minutes.

Students read silently for the full time. They may read any BOOK of their choosing.

Last 10-18 minutes of class

Continue to read and/or do Reader Response Journal. 

***I am collecting this Reader Response for  a score!***

Tuesday, September 14

English III

Objectives: 

• students will think with literature
• Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on an image they will view. 

Freewrite:  NONE

Lessons: 

Retry Types of Questions focusing on Analytical and Inductive questions.

Students view the painting Pilgrims go to Church by Buroughs and write questions about the painting.
Discuss why the questions might be important to the overall meaning of the painting.

Students view the video called Doll Face.

Each student completes a second worksheet about the video.***Links to worksheet and video coming.

 

Wednesday, September 15

English III

Objectives:  

Students will think with literature

Students will develop factual, inductive, and analytical questions based on an image they will view. 

Freewrite:  real freewrite in Google Docs.

                Title the document Freewrite 9/15

Lessons: 

View the DollFace video again.

Have students write two questions on sticky notes and stick on the board.

Then have each student go and pick one question.

Write a paragraph answering the question. Share with me on Google Docs.

A equals stunning insight. B equals good insight. C equals somewhat insightful. D/F equals student would like to have 2nd chance

Remind students of Good paragraph Structure

                Topic sentence

                Support for topic sentence

                Closer sentence

Thursday, September 16

English III

Objectives:  

Freewrite:   NONE

Lessons:  Counselor Lesson with Mrs. Rose

Friday, September 17

English III

Objectives:  students will think with literature

Students will develop inductive and analytical questions which they will use to guide their independent/SSR reading. 

Freewrite:  None

Lessons: 

Give the Independent reading Assignment.

Proposals due on Wednesday, September 22

**Links Coming**

Tuesday, September 7

Objectives: To mine for ideas for writing.
Freewrite: NONe

Lessons:  Writing Territories
To begin Writer’s workshop we need to discover a list of topics that we can write about. You will be asked to write about things that interest you this year. You will be asked to write four major essays and complete one Multi-genre project that will be a culmination of the whole of your independent reading.
We’ll work together to come up with personal lists of writing territories today. We’re going to do a couple of brain drain ideas to mine for ideas.

First in your notebook list.

• a. Five people important to you (living, dead, famous or not, real or imaginary, etc.)
• b. Five places you would like to visit (real or imaginary)
• c. Five movies you like
• d. Five activities you love.
• e. Five important issues facing people in our society

Give yourself permission to get off of the lines, to draw pictures and to write down anything that comes to mind. If a thought happens, no matter how silly. . . Write it down.

Now from these 25 things we’ve listed, there have to be stories attached. What are some of the stories.
From the stories look for things that could add to the territories.

I do (my own territories on the board)
We do (discuss together)
They do (get ideas from each other)