Daily Agenda
 

Monday October 6, 2008

  • Journal
  • Setting Questions
  • Review Setting Questions
  • Label the Map (setting of the book The Cay)

 

Friday October 3, 2008

  • Journal (cancelled)
  • Peer Edit with a partner

Thursday October 2, 2008

  • Journal (cancelled due to no smartboard for the day)
  • Review how to peer edit
  • Peer editing symbols

Wednesday October 1, 2008

  • Type Long Comp in the library

Tuesday September 30, 2008

  • Journal
  • Hand write the Long Comp.
  • Proofread and edit one more time

Monday September 29, 2008

  • Journal
  • Get back the summer reading open response re-write
  • Standard English Conventions Rubric
  • Edit Long Comp. one more time

Friday September 26, 2008

  • Editing Posters (pick something from the editing reference sheet and make a poster on it)

Thursday September 25, 2008

  • Journal
  • Edit Long Comp.

Wednesday September 24, 2008

  • Journal
  • Editing Reference Sheets
  • Sentence Variety Sheets Part I and Part II

Tuesday September 23, 2008

  • No Journal
  • Review Sentence Variety Sheet Part I
  • Start Sentence Variety Sheet Part I

Monday September 22, 2008

  • Journal
  • Review the Long Composition Rubric and Vocabulary words for Topic/Idea Development

Friday September 19, 2008

  • Journal
  • Write the rough draft of the long composition

Thursday September 18, 2008

  • Journal
  • Complete the graphic organizers introductions and conclusions

Wednesday September 17, 2008

  • No Journal (finished the first sentence activity)
  • Whole class voting on the best first sentence for each prompt
  • Explain the graphic organizer
  • Begin filling out the three body paragraphs on the graphic organizer

Tuesday September 16, 2008

  • Journal
  • First Sentence Activity (handout)

Monday September 15, 2008

  • Journal
  • Record both open response grades in your writing log
  • Edit your open responses

Friday September 12, 2008

  • Journal
  • In groups share the five themes you came up with last night
  • Theme Posters (see assignment handout)

Thursday September 11, 2008

  • Journal
  • Explain our Themes for the year: Identity and Tolerance/acceptance
  • Theme Notes

Wednesday September 10, 2008

  • Journal
  • Review the Independent Reading
  • Review the Independent Reading Log
  • Review the Writing Log

Tuesday September 9, 2008

  • Journal
  • Finish Summer Reading Open Response Quiz

Monday September 8, 2008

  • Journal
  • Summer Reading Open Response Quiz

Friday September 5, 2008

  • Journal
  • Finish the collage

Thursday September 4, 2008

  • Journal
  • Make the Who I Am collage

Wednesday September 3, 2008

  • Review the expectations and policies of my classroom (see sheet in notes and handouts)