Wednesday/Thursday, February 27/28, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:    No school for students on Monday, March 4!                   February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3 March 8:  Last day of Term 3   -- Hand in your unused hall passes.  Today you will hand in  for 250 points on the third term grade: 1. Rubric with your name 2. Main Idea/Supporting Details  with reflection on the back 3.  Final Draft with title page, introduction page including the tombstone with basic information, introduction, body paragraphs about your famous person's life and death (mixed together using transitions), two sentence imitations highlighted in green, three opinions highlighted in yellow, and a conclusion, 4. Peer-Reviewed  Rough Draft The How They Croaked Chapter Assignment - STUDENT SAMPLE

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Today’s  Agenda: If you missed class, see Mrs. Hilton for a copy of the train graphic organizer. You will use it to note the topic, supporting details, and main idea of your chapter.  On the back of the train organizer, you will answer the following Reflection Questions:  1. What did you learn about mentor texts in this unit? How did using mentor texts help you with this project? 2. Explain 2 ways you used ARMS revision strategies to revise your draft. (Ex: You could explain one way you Added and one way you Removed, or you could explain one way you Moved around and one way you Substituted.) 3. How helpful was the peer review? Explain 1 way the peer review helped you revise. 4. What was the hardest part of this assignment for you? How did you overcome it? When you are done, add the MI/Reflection to your packet and turn it in to your class period basket! Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details:  Example from How They Croaked: Topic:  King Tut Central Idea:  King Tut, an Egyptian Pharoah who died young, is more famous for being dead than alive.  Supporting Details:  After he died when he was 19 years old,  his body was put through a complicated mummification process.  After three thousand years his mummy was discovered, dug up, and roughly autopsied. His body has been taken out again to be examined at least four more times.  Turn in How They Croaked Assignment: 1. Rubric with your name 2. Main Idea/Supporting Details  with reflection on the back 3.  Final Draft 4. Peer-Reviewed 5. Rough Draft ___________________________________ Complete an Anticipation Guide for your next unit.  Anticipation Guide Directions: As you read the following statements, decide whether you agree or disagree with them. Circle A for agree or D for disagree. There are no right or wrong answers, but be prepared to explain your response. A or D: A happy life is one that is productive and free from pain. A or D: Our nature defines who we are more than society. A or D: People should always be held responsible for their actions, even when they are doing what they have been told to do. A or D: Preventing war, famine, and hate is worth every cost. A or D: If somebody doesn’t know what they’re missing, they’re not really missing Class Discussion

If You Were Absent: See above.

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Help and Enrichment  Main Ideas:  Example from How They Croaked: Topic:  King Tut Central Idea:  King Tut, an Egyptian Pharoah who died young, is more famous for being dead than alive.  Supporting Details:  After he died when he was 19 years old,  his body was put through a complicated mummification process.  After three thousand years his mummy was discovered, dug up, and roughly autopsied. His body has been taken out again to be examined at least four more times.  Main Idea and Supporting Details  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42SJTk2XSi4

Monday/Tuesday February 25/26, 2019

Announcements and Reminders: February 28:  Completed How They Croaked chapter is due --           Quality Draft stapled to the top of the  Rough Draft                      February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3 March 4:  No school  March 8:  Last day of Term 3    (Turn in unused hall passes.)  On February 27/28 you will turn in your How They Croaked Chapter project with these parts:  On February 27/28, students will hand in the project including these parts for 250 points on the third term grade: 1. Rubric with your name 2. Main Idea/Supporting Details  with reflection on the back 3.  Final Draft with title page, introduction page including the tombstone with basic information, introduction, body paragraphs about your famous person's life and death (mixed together using transitions), two sentence imitations highlighted in green, three opinions highlighted in yellow, and a conclusion, 4. Peer-Reviewed  Rough Draft

Targets for Today:  I can use ARMS revision strategies to revise my chapter based on the rubric and my peer reviewers’ comments.

Today’s  Agenda: Practice using your ARMS for Revision See canvas for the practice paragraph under the page "Using your ARMS for Revision."  Apply ARMS: Do 2 of the following: Add: ·      Put a star somewhere you could add detail Remove: ·      Put a line through an unnecessary detail Move around: ·      Circle something that might be better if moved somewhere else. Draw an arrow to where it should go Substitute: ·      Find a word or words that aren’t very strong. Substitute better words in their place by writing them in the margin Use your ARMS on Your Own Chapter Writer's Workshop to finish your How They Croaked Chapter

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Thursday/Friday, February 21/22, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:        February 28:  Completed How They Croaked chapter is due --           Quality Draft stapled to the top of the  Rough Draft                      February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3 March 4:  No school  March 8:  Last day of Term 3    (Turn in unused hall passes.)

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February 20, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:        February 28:  Completed How They Croaked chapter is due --           Quality Draft stapled to the top of the  Rough Draft                      February 28: Last day to hand in late work for Term 3 March 4:  No school  March 8:  Last day of Term 3    (Turn in unused hall passes.)

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Today’s  Agenda: Sit with your assigned group.  How many of you have played a game where you work together as a team to defeat the board? Some of my favorite games work that way! These are the character cards for the game Forbidden Desert, in which characters have to use their strengths to work together to escape a desert storm.   Our peer review is also going to use roles that will help your group work together to give meaningful feedback to each writer. A) Peer Review Explanation  Students received a Peer Review Paper. There are four roles in our peer review. The first person is going to be the musician. The musician’s job is to analyze the introduction and conclusion. They’ll be looking for two things: whether the writer has all the parts they need in the intro and conclusion and whether they feel right. Is the introduction interesting? Is the conclusion satisfying? The musician will need 4 different colored pencils to do their job.  The next person is going to be the rocket scientist.   There are also the Architect and the Miner.  See your paper for descriptions of these jobs.              B) How the Peer Review Will Work  This is the way this peer review is going to work: You will have 5 minutes to respond in writing to your first paper. Please write on the paper. After 5 minutes are up, you will pass your papers clockwise and you will have 5 minutes to make notes on the next paper. We will do this 4 times, until everyone has their own paper again. Once everyone has responded to everyone’s papers, you will have some time as a group to discuss your feedback for each writer and answer any questions they have.  Before we begin, please write your role and your name on the back of your first paper.  After you pass the papers,  write your role and your name on the next paper. Repeat until everyone has their own papers again. Then discuss your feedback for each writer, taking turns with whose paper you are discussing.  If needed, see Canvas for the Peer Review Paper.  Next class, students will use their peers’ feedback and other revision strategies to revise their drafts. If you were not prepared today, you will complete your rough draft, then get feedback (use the Peer Review Paper) from a friend, parent, or someone else who can give you helpful feedback.

If You Were Absent: See above.  Come to Cavetime to get a peer review of your rough draft.   You will be able to earn full points if you do that right away.

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