Announcements and Reminders:
No school for students on Monday, March 4!
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: 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 |
Targets for Today:
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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.
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If You Were Absent:
See above.
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Vocabulary:
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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. |
