Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Wednesday, January 20

Final writers' group: shared portfolio essays and drafts.

ALL REVISIONS TO FINAL DRAFT PORTFOLIO ESSAYS DUE AS SHARES BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY.

Tuesday, January 19

Reviewed requirements of upcoming portfolio essay.
Students finished work on their portfolio essays and/or drafts to share on the last day of class and shared with Ms. Bishop for grading.

PLEASE HAND IN COPIES OF BIRD BY BIRD ASAP.  THANKS.


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

Monday, January 18

No school for Martin Luther King Day.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Friday, January 15

Reviewed requirements of upcoming portfolio essay.
Students continued work on their portfolio essays and/or drafts to share on the last day of class.

PLEASE HAND IN COPIES OF BIRD BY BIRD ASAP.  THANKS.


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Thursday, January 14

Reviewed requirements of upcoming portfolio essay.
Students continued work on their portfolio essays and/or drafts to share on the last day of class.

PLEASE HAND IN COPIES OF BIRD BY BIRD ASAP.  THANKS.


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Wednesday, January 13

Reviewed requirements of upcoming portfolio essay.

Students continued work on their portfolio essays and/or drafts to share on the last day of class.


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Tuesday, January 12

Reviewed requirements of upcoming portfolio essay.
Announced exam exemptions.

Students finished transferring their remaining writing to Google docs and to the physical writer's notebooks, and continued work on their essays.


DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11: NO READING LOGS OR DEJs on reading due today!
TUESDAY, January 12: Three passages from your own writing with a DEJ-style comment.

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Monday, January 11

Further discussion of upcoming portfolio essay.
(Final word on exam exemptions will be available Tuesday.)
Distributed rubrics and a detailed assignment description for the essay.

Reminder to post three passages of students' own writing, with DEJ-style comments, in a Google doc, for possible use in the portfolio essay.
Students began transferring their remaining writing to Google docs and to the physical writer's notebooks, and removing extraneous material from the notebooks.

Writers' Workshop: students began work on their essays.


DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11: NO READING LOGS OR DEJs on reading due today!
TUESDAY, January 12: Three passages from your own writing with a DEJ-style comment.

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

MONDAYS: Now done with reading logs, DEJs on independent reading!
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Friday, January 8

Homework check: DEJs on "Index Cards" and "Calling Around" in Bird by Bird (133--150).

Writers' groups shared DEJs and drafts.
Brief discussion of upcoming portfolio essay.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11: NO READING LOGS OR DEJs on reading due today!
TUESDAY, January 12: Three passages from your own writing with a DEJ-style comment.

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

MONDAYS: Now done with reading logs, DEJs on independent reading!
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Thursday, January 7

Reminder: for Friday, prepare a draft to share with your group, and read "Index Cards" and "Calling Around" in Bird by Bird (133--150) with a DEJ on each chapter.

For use in the portfolio essay next week: Add a comment on a passage from another students work to that piece on the Private Writing Zone.

Checked in re: drafts for this week.

Writers' workshop.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 11: NO READING LOGS OR DEJs on reading due today!
TUESDAY, January 12: Three passages from your own writing with a DEJ-style comment.

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

MONDAYS: Now done with reading logs, DEJs on independent reading!
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Wednesday, January 6

Reminder: for Friday, prepare a draft to share with your group, and read "Index Cards" and "Calling Around" in Bird by Bird (133--150) with a DEJ on each chapter.

Checked in re: drafts for this week.

Writers' workshop.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, January 20: Portfolio presentations.

MONDAYS: Weekly reading logs, DEJs on independent reading.
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Tuesday, January 5

Reminder: for Friday, prepare a draft to share with your group, and read "Index Cards" and "Calling Around" in Bird by Bird (133--150) with a DEJ on each chapter.

Students journaled on what they have benefitted from out of their writing groups (or other feedback from students).
Students shared their journal entries in their groups, then put them into their writer's notebooks for use in preparing the final portfolio.
Students shared DEJs on independent reading with their groups.
Presented, discussed exemplars of the DEJs to the class.

Writers' workshop.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.
MONDAYS: Weekly reading logs, DEJs on independent reading.
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Monday, January 4

COLLECTED Amnesty logs.
Assignment for Friday:

  • Read "Index Cards" and "Calling Around" in Bird by Bird (133--150) with a DEJ on each chapter.
  • Write a draft to share with your group


Writers' workshop.
DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.
MONDAYS: Weekly reading logs, DEJs on independent reading.
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Wednesday, December 23

Short blocks today due to Reindeer Games and holiday concert.
Finished Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror."


DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.
MONDAYS: Weekly reading logs, DEJs on independent reading.
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.

Tuesday, December 22

This lesson taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Watched Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror."


DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 4: Bank/amnesty logs accepted: 1 past log can be submitted w/o penalty on the Monday after break; up to 2 future logs can be banked.
MONDAYS: Weekly reading logs, DEJs on independent reading.
THURSDAYS: Publish drafts for writers' groups on Friday.
FRIDAYS: Weekly writers' groups.