January 6 to January 10

Monday, January 6:
1.  BR/Calendar
2.  RR Passes
3.  Flowers for Algernon AG
HW: AG; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Tuesday, January 7:
1.  Every Day Edit
2.  FFA Debate
HW: The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Wednesday, January 8:
1.  Computer Lab!
HW: AR; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Thursday, January 9:
1.  Every Day Edit
2.  FFA Vocabulary
HW: Vocab; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Friday, January 10:
1.  EDE Quiz
2.  Checkouts Essays
3.  Start Reading Flowers for Algernon
HW: AR; The Outsiders Compare/Contrast Short Essay (DUE 11/13)

Computer Lab 11/5/13 and Plans for 11/4 to 11/8

First, write down this week's HW in your Binder Reminders or calendars.

Next, finish your rough draft.  If you finish your rough draft, make sure you have it in PERFECT MLA format.  If you need help with MLA format, you can use this website:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

If you are waiting for Mrs. Hislop or a peer to edit your paper, please do a good deed and earn some rice for hungry people by quizzing on www.freerice.com OR take a chance to take an AR quiz.

Please write down these important due dates:
Friday 11/8:  Final Draft DUE
Friday 11/15: Vocab Quiz

Monday 11/4:
1.  Base Words and Suffixes Vocab
2.  Work on Rough Drafts
HW: Rough Draft

Tuesday 11/5:
Computer Lab!
1.  Finish/Edit Rough Draft
2.  MLA Format
3.  Print and Peer Edit/Teacher Edit
4.  Start Final Draft
HW: Study your vocab; work on final draft

Wednesday 11/6:
1.  Peer Edit in Groups
2.  AR
HW: Study your vocab; work on final draft

Thursday 11/7:
Computer Lab!
1.  Finish Final Drafts
2.  Study Vocab
HW: Study vocab; AR

Friday 11/8:
1.  Start Group Projects
2.  5 Languages of Love Quiz
HW: Group Project

Do you need help? OK! Here you go!

Consider structuring your essay in the following way:

Introduction (Opening Paragraph)

1.       Engaging opener and lead-in sentence

2.       Introduce the author and title of book

3.       Briefly summarize the book

4.       Clear thesis statement

Body Paragraphs (at least 3):

1.       Begin with topic sentences that relate back to the thesis statement in some way

2.       Contain at least one piece of textual evidence that is smoothly integrated into the paragraph

3.       Explain the context of the textual evidence

4.       Contain at least two sentences of insightful commentary that shares a thought-provoking perspective and

supports/proves the thesis statement.  If you have personal examples that relate to the textual evidence, this

would be the place to include them.

Conclusion should:

1.       Summarize the content of the essay

2.       Restate the thesis statement in a new/different way

Computer Lab!

1.  FINISH your rough draft. 

2.  If you FINISH your rough draft, print it out and give it to me to edit.

3.  After you do those things, you can read this awesome article, which fits with today's holiday: Dia de los Muertos.  http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/10/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs/

4.  All done? www.freerice.com!

10/21 to 10/25

Monday 10/21:
1. Binder Reminders/Calendars
2.  Review Vocab
3.  The Outsiders
HW: Vocab

Tuesday 10/22:
1. Quick Write
2.  The Outsiders
HW: Set up a Google Drive account if you don't already have one (as long as it's ok with your parents).  Read to page 166 in The Outsiders.

Wednesday 10/23:
Computer Lab!
1.  Google Docs
HW: Study Vocab

Thursday 10/24:
1. QW
2.  Continue The Outsiders
HW: FD; Vocab

Friday 10/25:
1. Vocab Review Game

1. Get out your Signposts handout.
2. Get out your Context and Commentary work.
3. Get out your BR/Calendar from August/September so that I can give you EC.
4. Get out your parent letter home about Scholastic so that I can give you EC (if you have it signed).
5. Get out your copy of The Outsiders.

In about half an hour, in your groups, I should see that:
1. Every student has both sides of his/her Context and Commentary work COMPLETED.
2. Groups are ready to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their writing.

No, we aren't going to the computer lab today. We need more practice before we start typing.

10/7 to 10/11

Monday 10/7:
1. Binder Reminder/Calendars
2. Prefixes and Base Words 2
3. The Outsiders
HW: AR

Tuesday 10/8:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders
3. Writing Commentary
HW: AR

Wednesday 10/9:
Computer Lab!
1. Correct Grolier Assignment
2. Signposts/Commentary
HW: Finish your signposts/commentary

Thursday 10/10:
1. QW
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR; Vocab DUE TOMORROW

Friday 10/11:
1. Vocab Quiz
2. The Outsiders
HW: AR