Agenda, March 21

Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Every Day, 7 Days a Week: Read 30 minutes 
Due Yesterday:  Rough draft (it's okay if it's out of order)
Due Now: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20) 
Due Thursday: Final draft of essay (we'll have typing time on Wednesday). Include rough draft, sentence fluency chart, and peer review.
Due Thursday: Visual Representation of your object

1. Put your bookmark in your book. I'll collect them as you type.
2. Laptop Checkout. 
3. Typing time: easy participation points just for letting your classmates work.

Agenda, March 20

Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Every Day, 7 Days a Week: Read 30 minutes 
Due Now:  Rough draft (it's okay if it's out of order)
Due Tomorrow: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20) 
Due Thursday: Final draft of essay (we'll have typing time on Wednesday). Include rough draft, sentence fluency chart, and peer review.
Due Thursday: Visual Representation of your object

1. Collect Roughs
2. Reading Time
   
3. Word choice exercise: good, fun, interesting
4. Peer Review
5. Revising Time

Do you have 50 good words?

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Click here if you want more info.

Agenda, March 19

Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Every Day, 7 Days a Week: Read 30 minutes 
Due Now: Three body paragraphs and an introduction.
Due Tomorrow: Rough draft (it's okay if it's out of order)
Due Next Wednesday: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20) 
Due Thursday: Final draft of essay (we'll have typing time on Wednesday)
Due Thursday: Visual Representation of your object

1. Reading Time
   
2. Sentence Fluency Chart
3. Two more possible openings: Picture the future; Make plans for time capsule
4. Concluding Strategies: Revisit your introduction, Picture the future, Make plans for the time capsule; If desperate, summarize your main ideas
5. Writing Time

Agenda, March 16

Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Every Day, 7 Days a Week: Read 30 minutes 
Due Next Wednesday: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20) 
Due Monday: Three body paragraphs and an introduction.

1. Writing Time (per. 4) / Reading time (per. 5)
2. Writing Time
3. Introductions
4. Writing Time

Agenda, March 15

Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Yesterday: Brainstorming.
Due Every Day, 7 Days a Week: Read 30 minutesDue Next Wednesday: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20) 

1. Personal Reading 
2. Fixing Awkward Sentences
3. Sharpening / Sharing Thesis Sentences
4. Whole class body paragraph
5. Writing Time: Body Paragraph 1 & 2

Agenda, March 14

Due Yesterday: Expository Paragraph, if you didn't finish Monday
Due Now: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Now: Brainstorming, if you didn't finish yesterday.
Due Next Wednesday: Bookmark 1 (3/14 - 3/20)

1. Personal Reading (If you were absent: Kline's Class Time Capsule / Brainstorming Objects)
2. Model Thesis Sentences
3. Your thesis sentence
4. Body Paragraph 1
5. C-8: The serial comma

The Expository Paragraph

Copy the information below exactly as it appears. Then, write your own expository paragraph about one of the following subjects: your favorite holiday, season, activity, restaurant, book, or TV show.

The Expository Paragraph

The purpose of an expository paragraph is to explain.

The topic sentence expresses a specific, debatable opinion.

The topic sentence includes a road map that suggests the content of the paragraph:

Example:

Mosquitoes are annoying because their bites itch, they spread disease, and they ruin camping trips.

            Spiders are nasty because they are ugly, they bite, and they’re poisonous. Spiders have eight legs and they’re furry. They have tons of eyes and huge pincers. There’s simply nothing attractive about spiders. Beyond that, they use their gigantic pincers to bite. Sometimes, they bite you more than once and sometimes their bites swell up. Often, spider bites itch. It’s awful when they bite in sensitive areas, like the neck or the eyeball. Even worse, spider bites can be poisonous. They can cause serious injuries, such as internal bleeding or loss of a limb. The most dangerous spider bites can kill you in less than a minute. Obviously, spiders are the nastiest insect out there.

Agenda, March 13

Due Now: Expository Paragraph, if you didn't finish yesterday
Due Tomorrow: Bring your personal reading book.
Due Tomorrow: Brainstorming, if you don't finish today.

1. Kline's Class Time Capsule
2. Brainstorming Objects
3. Model Thesis Sentences
4. Your thesis sentence

Agenda, March 12

Due Wednesday: Bring your personal reading book.

1. Kline has gifts!
2. Freewrite #13: Pick an insect, a holiday, or a technology that bothers you and explain why it bothers you.
3. Whole class expository paragraph
4. Independent expository paragraph
5. Partner scoring.

Agenda, March 6

Due Now: Monster,  pages 239-268
Due Yesterday: Freewrites 6-12
Due at the end of class: Juror's Notebook
Due Now: Extra Credit Hall Passes. There will be no passes during finals. Sorry.

Today's Learning Goals:

I can use text clues to analyze an author's purpose.
I can read between the lines.
I can collect evidence about Steve's innocence or guilt.
I can express my understanding through reading aloud.
Unit Goals:
I can select evidence that determines Steve's innocence or guilt. 
I can assess the characteristics of a character's personality, and justify my assessment with evidence from the text.  

1. Collect hall passes
2. Character Paragraph, part 3 - type it up
3. Juror's Notebook / Text Analysis
4. Freewrite #12: Can we trust Steve? Why or why not?

Agenda, March 5

Due Now: Monster,  pages 201-238
Due Tomorrow: Monster,  pages 239-268
Due Today: Freewrites 6-12
Due Tomorrow: Juror's Notebook
Due Tomorrow: Extra Credit Hall Passes. There will be no passes during finals. Sorry.

Today's Learning Goals:

I can use text clues to analyze an author's purpose.
I can read between the lines.
I can collect evidence about Steve's innocence or guilt.
I can express my understanding through reading aloud.
Unit Goals:
I can select evidence that determines Steve's innocence or guilt. 
I can assess the characteristics of a character's personality, and justify my assessment with evidence from the text.  

1. Character Paragraph, part 2
2. Reading Time
3. Freewrite #12: Can we trust Steve? Why or why not?
4. Text Analysis: Characters' Emotions
5. Rehearsal Time
6. Read alouds
7. Juror's Notebook

Agenda, March 2

Due Now: Monster,  pages 161-200
Due Now: Monster Text Analysis; Do your own work. Don't copy answers from a friend.
Due Monday: Monster,  pages 201-238

Today's Learning Goals:

I can use text clues to analyze an author's purpose.
I can read between the lines.
I can collect evidence about Steve's innocence or guilt.
I can express my understanding through reading aloud.
Unit Goals:
I can select evidence that determines Steve's innocence or guilt. 
I can assess the characteristics of a character's personality, and justify my assessment with evidence from the text.  

1. Collect Homework
2. Character Paragraph, part 1
3. Reading Time
4. Rehearsal Time
5. Read alouds
6. Juror's Notebook

Agenda, March 1

Due Now: Monster,  pages 127-160
Due Now: Study Questions #4; Do your own work. Don't copy answers from a friend.
Due Tomorrow: Monster,  pages 161-200
Due Tomorrow: Monster Text Analysis; Do your own work. Don't copy answers from a friend.

Today's Learning Goals:

I can use text clues to analyze an author's purpose.
I can read between the lines.
I can collect evidence about Steve's innocence or guilt.
Unit Goals:
I can select evidence that determines Steve's innocence or guilt. 
I can assess the characteristics of a character's personality, and justify my assessment with evidence from the text.  

1. Collect Homework
2. Reading Time
3. Juror's Notebook
4. 5 pieces of evidence
5. Monster Brainstorm
6. Freewrite #11: What's the scariest monster?
7. Text Analysis