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Week of 10/9/06

Greetings students of 634, 734, & 834. We are approaching the end of the first marking period, and are working hard in our genre units. 634, you will be finishing your narrative accounts this week after multiple revisions. 734, you are now reading your Gary Soto books and are using the strategies we've been working on to help you better understand what you are reading. 834, you are well into your Walter Dean Myers books, applying the strategies we've been working on to help you better understand the story and the author's message. Please continue leaving comments on this blog. I do enjoy getting your input on our genre studies, and will respond on this blog.

Homework is as follows:
10/13/06
634: Read for 40+ minutes in your book. Make an entry in your IRL.
734: Read your Soto book -per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL. Rewrite your The Widow's Broom comment neatly on index card.
834: Read your WDM book -per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL. Rewrite The Widow's Broom comment neatly on index card.
10/12/06
634: Final draft of Narrative Account due. Prepare for "Authors' Chair."
734: Read Soto books per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL; be a reverberator on loose leaf. Revise constructed reponse.
834: Read your WDM books per pacing calendar. Be a psychologist on loose leaf. Make an entry in IRL. Complete extended response in your Writer's Source Book.
10/11/06
634: Continue editing your narrative account. Read for 20+ minutes, and make an entry in your IRL.
734: Read the next chapter(s) in your Gary Soto book. (See pacing calendar.) Make an entry in your IRL for your Soto book. Be a philosopher on loose leaf.
834: See pacing calendar for tonight's reading in your WDM book. Make an entry in your IRL. Be a philosopher on loose leaf. Complete your extended response from today's classwork.
10/10/06
634: Rewrite Draft #6. Include Snapshot, Thoughtshot, Dialogue, Significance. Tell your story in the past OR present tense.
734: Read Chapter 1 in your Gary Soto book. Make an entry in your IRL.
834: Read on in your WDM book. Make an entry in your IRL. Be a psychologist and a reverberator for your WDM book on loose leaf.

Posted by Mrs. Varga at 1:08 PM