Tuesday, November 12th

Snow Day

Monday, November 10th

*Read: 10m
*Mentor Text Roundup

---"Let Grow"

---"Farmworker Family"

---"Smiles for Sale"

*Finish Prewriting questions & Journal #11 (Here's a model).

*TO BEGIN . . . 

---Establish character and setting

---Use imagery and figurative language

*Don't tell the story of the interview; tell the actual story!
*Avoid first person as much as possible.
---Tell THEIR story, not yours.
*Begin Drafting Feature Story

---First Draft Due THURSDAY, 11/14 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Friday, November 8th

*Read: 10m
*Add Personal Interview to Source List
*Mentor Text Roundup

---"Let Grow"

---"Farmworker Family"

---"Smiles for Sale"

*Finish Prewriting questions & Journal #11 (Here's a model).

---Confer with Becker over Topic Outline (10pts).

*TO BEGIN . . . 

---Establish character and setting

---Use imagery and figurative language

*Don't tell the story of the interview; tell the actual story!
*Avoid first person as much as possible.
---Tell THEIR story, not yours.
*Begin Drafting Feature Story

---First Draft Due THURSDAY, 11/14 before 11:59pm

*OBJECTIVE: Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Thursday, November 7th

*Read:  10m
*Check that you have citation info for all sources . . . 
*Parenthetical Documentation:  When quoting AND PARAPHRASING/SUMMARIZING!
*Demo:  Using Scrible Writer
*Finish Prewriting questions & Journal #11 (Here's a model).
---Due TOMORROW
*Begin Drafting Feature Story!

*OBJECTIVE: Integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over-reliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

Wednesday, November 6th

*Read:  10m
---Check 12 Marked-up Sources
*Feature Story Prewriting (Becker's Cards)
---Outline Essay as Journal #11.  Here's a model.
*Finished prewriting/outlining?  Show off Outline (10pts) and begin drafting . . .

*OBJECTIVE:  Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose and audience.

Monday, November 4th

*Read: 10m
---Check 8 marked-up sources.
*HW:  12 (total) marked-up sources by Wednesday
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.

Friday, November 1st

*Read: 10m

*Research Process: Reminders
---Highlighter: 3 lines or fewer
---Comment tool: Paraphrase longer sections
*HW: 8 marked-up sources by TOMORROW
---Show today for +3pts
---12 by Wednesday (this is a change)
---50%+ from databases.

*OBJECTIVE: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative digital sources.