Agenda: Review of yesterday Use your edits to make the big draft changes Prepare for tomorrow's readers Homework: Make sure you have a draft for tomorrow
Agenda: Warm-up: Overview of the Big Edits process Workshop: Make sure your draft is completed Identify the areas needed for Big Edits Homework: Make sure you on on track with your draft
Back Work Half Day Make sure you are done with author comparisons Make sure you have completed ~40% of the vocabulary site Check on any other missing work
Agenda: Continue reading your book Complete journal for the inciting incident (starting a fight) Homework: Make sure that you are caught up At this point, you should have your draft roughly completed for edits next week
Agenda: Warm-up: Book Pacing Document Reading Session #4 w/ "Starting the Fight" inciting incident journal Homework: This journal needs to be completed by the end of next week
Agenda: Getting it down notes (Gelb ch. 4) Starting TedX Talk-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAe_Ku zE-Cs&ab_channel= Free Writing Overview 10-15 minute free write Select the 1-3 most important ideas you came up with in your free write Homework: You need to be ready to start writing Tomorrow is a library day
Agenda: Point of View review: https://youtu.be/acURl_KBiRI Choosing a Voice Overview Personal Essay Writing Workshop Homework: You should have started your personal essay in class today You should have made progress on the bene/mal vocabulary list on the vocabulary site
Agenda: Review of common essay traps Additional time for Personal Essay Selection Slip or bene and mal vocab list Homework: Make sure you are caught up. We will be moving on tomorrow.
Agenda: Continue reading your free choice book By the end of today's session, you need to submit your exposition journal Homework: Make sure that you are caught up
Agenda: Common Essay Traps to Avoid (Gelb ch 2) PPT Take notes as we go over this information Essay Topic Selection Slip Use your Senior Survey and Self-Talk Questions to help Homework: Submit topic selection slip
Agenda: NPR Overview--https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123289019 Monday Musing Journal: Should we consider these stories actual stories? Link to what we are working on Elements of a good story-->are they present? How we may need to edit ourselves down Homework: Make sure that you are caught up Bring back The Crucible for extra credit
Agenda: Warm-up: Review of what makes a story well-written (and said!) with The Golden Girls https://youtu.be/XSnQzd8wFAs?t=51 Finish chart for "All Summer in a Day" Review bene and mal Complete vocabulary poster for choice word Homework: Finish whatever you have left of your vocabulary poster