Thursday, January 25
- Finish movie, Monsters, Inc.
- Writing Challenge #7 -- movie review
Wednesday, January 24
- Continue movie, Monsters, Inc. ***To be used for Writing Challenge #7 -- movie review
Tuesday, January 23
- Begin movie, Monsters, Inc. ***To be used for Writing Challenge #7 -- movie review
Monday, January 22
- SSR (10 min)
- Writer's Studio Scavenger Hunt Grammar Review
| writers_studio_--_scavenger_hunt_grammar_review.docx |
Friday, January 19
- Finish Writing Challenge #6 ***Due TODAY (1/19) at the end of class***
Thursday, January 18
- Continue Writing Challenge #6 ***Due TOMORROW (1/19) at the end of class***
Wednesday, January 17
- Finish Commercial Analysis (activity)
- Writing Challenge #6 -- Design Your Own Food Advertisement ***Due Friday (1/19) at the end of class***
| writers_studio_--_writing_challenge_6__design_your_own_food_adv_.docx |
Tuesday, January 16
- Advertising Strategies
- Response Question ***After reading through the Advertising Strategies, which three (3) strategies do you believe are the most successful in selling a company's product? Explain Why. 1/2 pg minimum.
- Commercial Analysis (activity)
| advertising_--_food_advertising_strategies.doc |
Monday, January 15
***NO SCHOOL*** (Martin Luther King Day)
Friday, January 12
***NO SCHOOL*** (snow day)
Thursday, January 11
- Sentence-building
- Finish Channel One News
Wednesday, January 10
- Warm-up: Subject and Predicate
- Channel One News
| channel_one_news_--_review.docx |
Tuesday, January 9
- Verbs: "Regularly Irregular" (using regular/irregular verbs)
Monday, January 8
- Warm-up: Verb and pronoun agreement
- Finish Writing Challenge #5 -- Found Poetry
- Type and e-mail to Mr. B
Friday, January 5
***No school today*** (it's 23 below zero outside...)
Thursday, January 4
Writing Challenge #5 -- Found Poetry
- "Windigo"
- "Food Fight Fiasco"
Wednesday, January 3
- Spelling Challenge N-Z
Thursday, December 21
***Holiday Break Begins***
Wednesday, December 20
- Scrabble Sprint
Tuesday, December 19
- Finish Writing Challenge #4 -- Restaurant Menu ***Due TODAY (12/19) at end of hour
Monday, December 18
- Continue working on Writing Challenge #4 -- Restaurant Menu ***Due on Tuesday (12/19) at end of hour
Friday, December 15
- Work on Writing Challenge #4 -- Restaurant Menu ***Due on Tuesday (12/19) at end of hour
Thursday, December 14
***No School (snow day)***
Wednesday, December 13
***No School (snow day)***
Tuesday, December 12
- Descriptive Writing (menus) *examples, rules, etc.
- Writing Challenge #4 -- Restaurant Menu ***See assignment requirements and rubric (attached below)
| write-on_--_menu_writing.docx |
| writers_studio_--_writing_challenge_4__menu_samples_.docx |
| writers_studio_--_writing_challenge_4__menu__grading_rubric.docx |
Monday, December 11
- Warm-up: "Periods and Commas"
- Finish Writing with Voice (practice) *from last Thursday
Friday, December 8
***Today is a 1/2 day for students -- I won't see my Writer's Studio kids***
Thursday, December 7
- Warm-up: "A Capital Idea" (practice with proper capitalization)
- Debrief Star-Spangled Banner activity
- Writing with Voice (practice)
| writers_studio_--_writing_with_voice__practice_.docx |
Wednesday, December 6
- Finish Star-Spangled Banner Activity
- Discuss
Tuesday, December 5
- Voice -- definition and examples
- Star-Spangled Banner Activity ***Watch each of the attached examples of performances of our national anthem. For each example, complete the following prompts: (1) The performer or performers "make it their own" by ... (2) The overall tone of this performance is _____ because...
Monday, December 4
- Response Questions ***Each response should be a 1/2 page minimum
| writers_studio_--_response_questions__sub_day_.docx |
Friday, December 1
***Flex Day***
- Time for students to complete any missing work and get it submitted
Thursday, November 30
- Warm-up: "A Plethora of Plurals"
- Spelling Challenge A-M
Wednesday, November 29
- Finish Writing Challenge #3 -- Writing Dialogue *** Due Tomorrow (11/30) at the beginning of class
Tuesday, November 28
- Continue Writing Challenge #3 -- Writing Dialogue ***Due this Thursday (11/30) at the beginning of class
Monday, November 27
- Warm-up: "Pesky Apostrophes"
- Writing Challenge #3 -- Writing Dialogue ***Due this Thursday (11/30) at the beginning of class
| writing_dialogue_--_assignment.docx |
Tuesday, November 19
- Genius Competition
Monday, November 18
- Warm-up: Using Vivid and Specific Language
- discuss/revise
- Response Question: Which is more important, grades or learning? ***1/2 pg minimum
| writers_studio_--_vivid_and_specific_language__warm-up_.pdf |
Friday, November 17
- Extra time for those who didn't finish Writing Challenge #2 to get it done
- Word Twist competition
Thursday, November 16
- Finish Writing Challenge #2 -- "The Car Crash Incident" (writing with different tones)
explain: What tone does your writing have, why you chose it, and what makes it your best. Be specific!
Wednesday, November 15
- Writing Challenge #2 -- "The Car Crash Incident" (writing with different tones)
Tuesday, November 14
- Check-in rough drafts
- Peer review/editing
- Revisions ***Your paper should walk me through (with no understanding of anything but vocabulary) tying my shoe -- assume nothing!!!
- Type final drafts
Monday, November 13
- Read article, "Ghastly Games"
- 3-column notes ***10 notes per column = 30 total notes
Friday, November 10
- Read articles, "Cruel Construction" and "Cussin' Cowboys"
- 3-column notes ***10 notes per column = 30 total notes
Thursday, November 9
- Warm-up: proofreader's symbols
- Debrief Writing Inventory Data
- Writing Challenge #1 -- writing directions (how to tie a shoe) *rough draft due on Monday (11/13) at beginning of class
Wednesday, November 8
- Finish "Let Me Introduce Myself" project ***due TOMORROW (11/9) at beginning of class
Tuesday, November 7
- Discuss response questions from yesterday
- Writing Inventory
- "Let Me Introduce Myself" ***due Thursday (11/9) at beginning of class
| writers_studio_--_let_me_introduce_myself__grading_rubric_.docx |
Monday, November 6
- Intro to Class
- Response Questions ***all questions can be found in attached PowerPoint (below)
- Discuss
| writer’s_studio_--_1st_day_of_class.pptx |