TODAY’S AGENDA
ONE-MINUTE THOUGHT ON PEACE:
Be Like a River
* TA:
seating, book talk, vocab, prefixes and suffixes
* Reminder about jobs
* Reminder about SLANTS
* CHECK LINK FOR PARAGRAPH RECIPE, OR FORMULA,
IN YESTERDAY'S LESSON, BELOW.
IN YESTERDAY'S LESSON, BELOW.
Today’s Lesson:
Commenting on Your Classmates' First Drafts
Gain attention
Let's look at a few comments from last year's 8th grade
Inform learners of objectives
-- to clearly understand what you should do when commenting on a friend's first draft
Stimulate recall of prior learning
Have you done this kind of helpful commenting on other kids' writing in the past?
Present the content
When you comment on a classmate's draft, you should
write three careful sentences:
One specific compliment (something you like about the writing),
and two specific suggestions (how they could improve the writing)
Post the comments at the bottom of their blog
by clicking "comments" and then entering your comment in the box.
A good way to do it is to copy a sentence or part of a sentence,
paste it in the comment box, and then comment on it.Feedback
Any questions??
* In notebooks, write covered topics in margin.
Assignment due tonight:
1) Make a comment on both of your partners' first drafts.
Post the comment tonight,
and I will grade them tomorrow morning.
2) Do 15 minutes of careful freestyle writing, and post on your blog tonight.
BE SURE PUNCTUATION IS COMPLETELY CORRECT.
2) Do 15 minutes of careful freestyle writing, and post on your blog tonight.
BE SURE PUNCTUATION IS COMPLETELY CORRECT.
TA:
Rise, push in chairs, exit quietly with thanks
