TODAY’S AGENDA
ONE-MINUTE THOUGHT ON PEACE:
Be a Nutty Kid
Be a Nutty Kid
Teacher Assistant:
seating, book talk, vocab, prefixes and suffixes
Reminder about jobs
SCHOOL TUBE AND SLIDESHOW
REMINDER ABOUT READING BLOGS:
The comments should be at least three sentences long,
and should include the title of the book,
the pages you read,
and a brief summary of what happened.
This much will earn you a B for personal reading.
In order to get an A, you would have to write
more than three sentences,
and put up at least three different posts each week.
SCHOOL TUBE AND SLIDESHOW
REMINDER ABOUT READING BLOGS:
Post two comments about your book each week,
one by Monday night, and one by Thursday night.The comments should be at least three sentences long,
and should include the title of the book,
the pages you read,
and a brief summary of what happened.
This much will earn you a B for personal reading.
In order to get an A, you would have to write
more than three sentences,
and put up at least three different posts each week.
Return any papers
Reminder about SLANTS
SCREENCAST:
MR.SALSICH WRITING --
"Constructing a Chunk with Unity and Rhythm"
Today’s Lesson:
THE RUBRICS
Objective of the lesson:
to introduce you to the standards
by which your formal writing will be graded.
by which your formal writing will be graded.
Did you use rubrics last year? Do you remember what they were?
Click HERE to see our rubrics.
You can also access this from
"Rubrics for Formal Essays"
under
"Important Links" on our home page.
* In notebooks,
write covered topics in margin.
Assignment for tonight:
1) Post another comment on your reading blog tonight. Now you should have at least two posts on the blog.
2)Polish your body paragraph according to your partners' comments,
add an opening and closing paragraph,
add a self-assessment at the end of the essay,
and,
using a proper heading (first name, course, date, title and subtitle),
post the draft for grading on your blog tonight.
I will check them tomorrow morning.
The self-assessment should cover these topics:
NO HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
1) Post another comment on your reading blog tonight. Now you should have at least two posts on the blog.
2)Polish your body paragraph according to your partners' comments,
add an opening and closing paragraph,
add a self-assessment at the end of the essay,
and,
using a proper heading (first name, course, date, title and subtitle),
post the draft for grading on your blog tonight.
I will check them tomorrow morning.
The self-assessment should cover these topics:
1. One writing issue I am continuing to work on
2. One strong point I see in this piece of writing
3. One possible weak point I see
4. The grade I would give myself
NO HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
CHILL AND BE PEACEFUL.
When all is quiet, Teacher Assistant says:
"Rise, push in chairs, exit quietly with thanks."
