Monday, November 10, 2008

WEEK 11: NOVEMBER 10-14

Agenda: This week, students are completing their narrative novels and group discussions. Additionally, students are working on a second draft of their personal, fictional narratives, and peer editing one another's work. Students are also continuing to study and practice dialogue punctuation, and beginning to review and work with commas and semicolons.

Weekly Homework:

1) Finish novels for Tuesday
2) Dialogue Worksheet due on Friday


MONDAY:
1) Weekly Overview and homework
2) Commas and semicolons: video and practice
3) Reading time

TUESDAY: NOVEL DAY
*Novels need to be finished for today.*
1) Discuss predictions of endings and outcomes -- use WNB #9
2) Mini-lesson: 2 chunk paragraph review and structure & italicizing and quoting
3) WNB #10: Craft a 2-chunk in response to your novel

WEDNESDAY:
1) Finish 2-chunks in WNB
2) Review teacher comments on Narrative Draft #1
3) Computers: Type Draft #2

THURSDAY:
1) Novel Review Exercise
2) Novio Boy cont.

FRIDAY:
1) Review Dialogue Worksheet in class
2) Mini-lesson: Tracking Comments in Microsoft Word
3) PEER EDITING: Each student will review and comment on another's piece & Individual Conferencing with teacher on Narrative Draft #1

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