QUARTERLY REFLECTION

Questions:

1) What is your overall effort in this class?

2) Are you respectful to your peers and teacher?

3) Do you come to class prepared, with all of your materials?

4) How organized are you?

5) Describe the organization of your binder, your WNB, and your writing portfolio. You may choose to use some vivid figurative language here!

6) Look back at the goal sheet you set for first quarter. Which goals have you been pursuing, and which have you met?

7) Set some goals for second quarter here.

8) Comment on your base group. What kind of group would you like to be in next time?

9) Discuss your best piece of writing in this class. Why are you proud of it?

10) What has been your favorite activity this quarter? Why?

WEEK 9 AGENDA: OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 2

Foci: Characterization and commas

Notes:
*This Friday is the end of 1st Quarter. Friday is an early release schedule. Quarterly recognition at JHMS in the afternoon.
*All missing work is due by Wednesday, October 31.
*Halloween is weird hair day!!!
*Student Dance is November 2nd.

Homework: Final 1st Quarter HW - Tic Tac Toe - due on Wednesday, October 31. One box is required. Two boxes optional for extra credit.

MONDAY
-Finish sharing "Landlady" rewritten endings
-Discuss setting and characterization in Roald Dahl's "Landlady"
-Grade Daybooks together
-Daybook p. 46 - Characterization

TUESDAY
-Commas and Comma Splices mini-lesson
-Grammar in Context: More practice punctuating dialogue - samples taken from student narratives

WEDNESDAY - WEIRD HAIR DAY
-Tic Tac Toe due
-Share Tic Tac Toe in Base Groups
-Vocabulary List #2 - 5 words from texts: "Landlady" and Tic Tac Toe story

THURSDAY
-Read "Lamb to Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
-Make 5 CM's about characterization as we read

FRIDAY - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
-Quarterly Reflection