Agenda: This week students are peer editing their fictional narratives, using teacher and peer feedback to construct a final draft of their piece. Additionally, students are reflecting on their narrative novels through a written essay, and continuing to dramatize Gary Soto's Novio Boy, a contemporary Latino play, in class.
Weekly Homework:
Spend one hour outside of class working on your narrative. This could mean having a parent read your piece, having another peer review it, working on word choice or dialogue with a peer, or reworking your intro. or conclusion.
MONDAY:
Continue peer editing process
TUESDAY:
*Work on final drafts
*Prepare for novel essay test
WEDNESDAY:
Novel Essay Test
THURSDAY:
Dialogue Review
Novio Boy by Gary Soto
FRIDAY:
*Dialogue with clickers
*Work on final drafts
Friday, November 14, 2008
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
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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