Nov+14-18

Here is a sample of what the left side should look like: Here is a sample of how you'll complete the right side on Thursday:
 * Monday:**
 * Periods One & Two:** Today we introduced book clubs and discussed the final project, viewed sa mple ‘daily' using Anne Frank, //The Diary of a Young Girl//, discussed the weekly record keeping form and set out goals and ground rules for book club meetings. Please have the left side of your daily prepared for book club meeting on Thursday.

**Period Three:** Today we discussed how to respond to reading when we're 'Reading Like a Reader':

** Period Four: ** Today we reviewed 'Read Like a Writer' in groups. After reading, each students responded to their own book in a 'Read Like a Writer' fashion.

**Tuesday:**

The example sentences that we improved together are below in their unedited form:
 * Period One, Two, Four: ** We considered Word Choice in our essays and looked at ways to improve our sentences. By using a thesaurus and/or the "Synonyms" tool in Microsoft Word we can choose words that are specific to the topic we are discussing, rather than very general terms that apply to many things ("nice", "said", etc.). We know now that Spell Check alone doesn't correct and fix all of our sentences, as demonstrated in the examples we did on the SMART Board. Afterwards we used the remaining class time to develop our essay drafts further.

Then we used the rest of the class to write and confer.
 * Period Three:** Today we discussed the 'Idea' trait:

**Wednesday:**
 * All Periods: ** Here's the list of suggestions for approaches to your conclusion:

**Thursday:** []
 * Period Four:** If you'd like to finish reading //Enclave//, you'll find it here

Here's my reader's response. You should take 20 minutes to read, then write your own similiar response based on the reading of your own novel. Or you might like to finish reading the first two chapters of //Enclave// from the above link and use that text to respond.

**Friday:** **Periods Three & Four:** Here's the 'voice' PowerPoint we looked at during class today. Remember, the drafts (3) of your essays are due on Tuesday!
 * Period One**
 * Here's the list of points we generated as a class regarding Kool-Aid in the school water fountains, and the paragraph we came up with addressing the opposing side of the debate**
 * Period Two**
 * Here's the list of points we generated as a class regarding Kool-Aid in the school water fountains, and the bullet points we came up with addressing the opposing side of the debate.**