Friday, December 16, 2016

Last Day Before the Break!

Hi all,

Today in class was your day to hand in your literary paragraph package (if you chose to).  If you did not hand your work in today, it is due on January 5th.

Homework for the break:

Read:  "Valentine Heart" and "Like a Lion"

Complete chapter questions #3 up until the end of the "Like A Lion."  We will complete the remaining questions after the break.

Handouts:

Chapter Questions #3:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cf6wRjs5mn1BD8OMpZyf3aYKNskyQrI7H2e4Rk-G61c/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for continuing to be such an amazing class.  I wish you all a wonderful winter break and Happy Holidays!!

Ms. Michalski

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Editing Day!

Hi all,

Today in class you came with your completed rough drafts.  We went to a computer lab where you were expected to do three things:

1.  Have your paragraph edited by at least two other students and edit at least two others' paragraphs.
2.  Complete an editing plan outlining what changes you need to make to your rough draft.
3.  Began typing out your good copy.

Good copies are due either tomorrow OR January 5th (first English day after the break).

Please staple work together in this order when handing in:

1.  Good copy
2.  Outline
3.  Rough draft
4.  Peer editing checklists
5.  Editing plan
6.  Rough edit (optional if you did an additional edit).

Thanks and see everyone tomorrow for our final day before the break!

Handouts:

Peer editing checklist (page 1 of this link only):  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4XSIYoQBjwhVlZwa3N3MzMyMG8/view?usp=sharing

Editing plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dPcU4RqoXXqjLR1d9PK_CyXFj0LzVdzAXYVd-dsCqWc/edit?usp=sharing

Homework:

Good copy paragraph due either tomorrow or January 5th.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Rough Draft Day

Hi all,

Today in class we started with your vocab quiz.  You then were given the block to complete your rough draft.  Those who were finished were able to start peer editing.  Rough drafts are due on Thursday for a full editing day.

See you Thursday!

Ms. Michalski

No handouts today.

Friday, December 9, 2016

Literary Paragraphs

Hi all,

Today in class I did a vocab homework check and collected your second chapter questions.  We then discussed what we read in the novel.

Class time today was used to work on our literary paragraphs.  I handed out outlines and you had the block to work on your paragraphs.  Rough copies are due on Monday.
Here is the plan for the literary paragraph:

Monday's class - Finish writing outline and write rough draft.

Thursday's class - Come to class with your completed rough draft.  This will be a peer editing and revision day.

Literary paragraphs are due EITHER Friday December 16th (to get it out of the way before the break) OR Thursday, January 5th.

No handouts today.

Homework:

Vocab quiz Monday

Bring Literary Paragraph ROUGH COPY to class.  This is not the version you are handing in, so don't sweat it if it's not perfect!

Read "And a Partridge in a Pear Tree" and "Red Versus White"

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Starting Our Literary Paragraphs

Hi all,

Today in class I collected your "Two Sides of Me" cartoon assignment.  We then discussed where you read in the novel and completed a quick write.  This was quick write #5, so I collected them for marking.

Class time today was used to review literary paragraph writing.  I then gave you the literary paragraph assignment for ATDPTI.  We worked on creating our topic sentence, collecting our quotes for evidence and writing our outlines.

Here is the plan for the literary paragraph:

Friday's class - Finish writing outline and write rough draft.

Monday's class - Come to class with your completed rough draft.  This will be a peer editing and revision day.

Thursday's class - Revision and good copy day.

Literary paragraphs are due EITHER Friday December 16th (to get it out of the way before the break) OR Thursday, January 5th.

Handouts:

Literary Paragraph Overview:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/14yf9Yr1b_5-mlJyB1UQ-UUdqvVIntAL-bW55F62dCko/edit?usp=sharing

Character Trait Quote Collection Chart:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4XSIYoQBjwhOUNaXzZKN3lTUWM/view?usp=sharing

Homework:

Chapter Questions #2 Due tomorrow.

Vocab Homework Check tomorrow.

Read "Reindeer Games"