English 9

Nonfiction slideshow presentations will be given on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Below is the order in which they will be given.
1.  Sage
2.  Heather
3.  Spencer
4.  Hope
5.  Zach
6.  Trystin
7.  Austen
8.  Connor
9.  Skylar
10. Anthony
11. Dylan
12.  Nicki
13. Jenna
Be ready!

English 7

Students received their graded writer's notebooks and rough drafts with suggestions for improvement this morning. Then we worked on revision of Peak essays. 

Students may have been helped by review comments left by their classmates.  They are strongly encouraged to take the suggestions offered by their teacher! These suggestions will help them to maximize the points they earn as defined by the rubric.  Revision is the hardest part of writing!

Homework - read 30 minutes plus continue revising

Rubric for Peak essay

Writer’s name:_____________________

_____1.  Character is totally conistent with author’s intent.

_____2.  Perspective is totally first person.

_____3.  Mixture of dialogue, narration and internal monologue.

_____4.  Consideration of revision suggestions from classmates and your teacher.

_____5.  Original component shown – details we didn’t “know” while reading Peak.

_____ Total pts.

Book Orders! 

I will be sending out book orders on Friday, 31 January 2014 if you are interested.  Bring either cash or check made out to Scholastic. There is an online ordering option which I haven't investigated yet. Let me know in a comment if you are interested in ordering that way!

English 7
We continued work on Peak journals today.  Most finished peer review.  I reviewed and commented on many papers.  The rest I will return tomorrow in class when we will complete final drafts.  Bring a pen and plan to write final drafts in your own "Moleskine."

No reading logs tomorrow; just revising, editing and final draft writing on this last day of the quarter.

Read for 30 minutes tonight.

English 8
Confused completion of our group peer review activity.  Several groups will be broken up so individual work can continue on Jason's Gold scripts.  I am reviewing a copy of everyone's rough draft tonight, will return them for final draft completion tomorrow in class.

Read for 30 minutes tonight.

30 January 2014

English 9 Slideshow preparation. 

Here is one last writer’s notebook topic to write about:

Among the topics you have selected to research, we see representation from the following areas:

Academia - 1

Financial world – 1

Historical – 2

Entertainment – 2

Sports – 4

Would you say that your class’s selections are a fair representation of the kinds of heroes Americans respect?

Homework - read for 30 minutes.  Slideshow presentations will be made Monday and Tuesday, Feb 3-4.  Writer's notebooks are really due tomorrow with this 4th assignment and we will have more slideshow time in the computer lab.

For a few extra credit points at this crucial period of time, comment on this blog post.  Be sure I can identify you either from the email you leave or put your name in the post.

29 January 2014

Update Writer's notebooks which are due Jan 30

1/21 - Things that make me smile
1/16 - Plan for slideshow
1/7 - Poem

In class today we worked on laptops creating electronic slideshow presentations.  Some are using Powerpoint, while others are using prezi.com.

To access our class prezi account, the following information is necessary:
Go to prezi.com.
username:  hscott@mail.fehb.org
password: roomb105

Slideshow presentations will be made Mon and Tues Feb 3-4.

English 8

29 January 2014

Today:

Writing - Writer's notebook:  what helps you most when you are revising a piece of writing?  5 minutes.

Writer’s notebook @ 20 weeks – English 8

Due 30 January 2014

Jan 29 – What helps you to improve your writing?

Jan 21 – Things that make me smile

Jan 22 - Snow 2 hr delay day – Home is where the heart is list, less than a page!

Jan 16 – Obsessions

Jan 13 – Dreams or your own choice

Jan 9 – What do you know about core standards?

Jan 7 – field trip – music – to Brushton

Jan 6 – Doodle Journal

Dec 19 – What could the man in “To Build a Fire” have done to make his trip more successful?

Notebooks are due Jan 30.

Class work - peer review of script writing - Jason's Gold.

English 7

Writer’s Notebook topic for today   29 January 2014

5 min

What helps you to improve your writing?

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Writer’s notebook at 20 weeks – English 7

1/6 – Doodle Journal
1/13 – Make your dreams come true day, or your choice
1/14 – Saints High Peaks Expedition
1/21 – Things that make me smile
1/22 – Home is where the heart is – not a full page
1/29 – Improving writing
Give yourself a check for 12 lines or more!
Due 1/30	/30 pts

  In class we worked on peer review of Peak essays today.