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What have we been doing?
A look back at discussions, activities, and more...
Thursday, December 16
1. Did you...
-Give Mrs. Colte your Nene Entry Form? (See file below to download, complete and upload)
-Write your explanation of what you tried to show in your Nene Contest Entry and describe what your process
was?
-Send your Nene Contest Entry to the correct gmail account? (copy and paste from here)
Persuasive: [email protected]
Interpretive: [email protected]
2. Complete the Enrichment Evaluation
-Give Mrs. Colte your Nene Entry Form? (See file below to download, complete and upload)
-Write your explanation of what you tried to show in your Nene Contest Entry and describe what your process
was?
-Send your Nene Contest Entry to the correct gmail account? (copy and paste from here)
Persuasive: [email protected]
Interpretive: [email protected]
2. Complete the Enrichment Evaluation
Wednesday, December 15
1. Follow directions for Monday, Dec. 13, #1. Complete that step first.
2. Songs, poems and essays need to be copied from your Weebly into a Word Document. Do a spell check and then uploaded your entry here. If you do not have an email, leave it blank. Include your contest entry explanation (see #3 below).
3. Everyone (EXCEPT Matthew & Brent) need to type an explanation of their project. Describe the process you went through to create this project, who helped you and how they helped. Describe why you did what you did--include specific examples and be thorough, yet to the point. Type this on a separate page in your contest entry word document (Madelyn & Daylie: keep it on the weebly as the separate entry we discussed. )
4. Tomorrow, you will present your Nene Entry to the rest of the group and take a brief self-assessment. Be prepared to be succinct, clear and professional. Plan what you will say and practice ahead of time so your delivery is smooth. You should sing your song, read your essay, present specific passages from your blog/glog AND you need to explain why you did what you did.
2. Songs, poems and essays need to be copied from your Weebly into a Word Document. Do a spell check and then uploaded your entry here. If you do not have an email, leave it blank. Include your contest entry explanation (see #3 below).
3. Everyone (EXCEPT Matthew & Brent) need to type an explanation of their project. Describe the process you went through to create this project, who helped you and how they helped. Describe why you did what you did--include specific examples and be thorough, yet to the point. Type this on a separate page in your contest entry word document (Madelyn & Daylie: keep it on the weebly as the separate entry we discussed. )
4. Tomorrow, you will present your Nene Entry to the rest of the group and take a brief self-assessment. Be prepared to be succinct, clear and professional. Plan what you will say and practice ahead of time so your delivery is smooth. You should sing your song, read your essay, present specific passages from your blog/glog AND you need to explain why you did what you did.
Monday, December 13
1. Open the word document below, left. Print it at home and complete it OR, download it, type your information, save it like this: last name.NeneEntryForm and upload it in the assignment box below, right. You will need to click "Choose application" to open the document with. Once the applications open, scroll to Microsoft Office, Select Microsoft Word, Click Open. Once it downloads, open the file, type, save to your desktop with your name: MichelleNeneEntryForm. Go back to Weebly and upload it.
2. Clean your Nene entries--there are many, many typos and spelling errors.
3. You are not there yet. How can you make your project better? Push yourself.
2. Clean your Nene entries--there are many, many typos and spelling errors.
3. You are not there yet. How can you make your project better? Push yourself.
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Wednesday, December 8
1. Stay focused on your task:
How have you shown what you know about Found?
Is your project the same quality as the contest winners you looked at on the Nene site?
What do you want to accomplish today?
Copy and paste these questions into your blog. Answer these questions, then get to work.
2. Your Nene Project is due in ONE WEEK. This means homework. Spend a little time each night at home working on your project.
How have you shown what you know about Found?
Is your project the same quality as the contest winners you looked at on the Nene site?
What do you want to accomplish today?
Copy and paste these questions into your blog. Answer these questions, then get to work.
2. Your Nene Project is due in ONE WEEK. This means homework. Spend a little time each night at home working on your project.
Monday & Tuesday, December 6 & 7
Work days
Friday, December 3
1. "Give me 10"--sharing, thinking, exploring & connecting
Since we have so many loose ends dangling in our project's pathway, we need to start tying some knots. We will discuss the following for 5 minutes and then you will write for 5 minutes.
Respect: what it means to respect yourself, your peers, your teachers and the library.
Nene Project Criteria: You reviewed student winners and listened to your peers identify what made those students winners--what commonalities did they have? We will establish criteria. This is how we will evaluate our Nene Projects.
Project plan--what have you included and what do we need to be sure to do? Now add details to your plan.
Plot diagram--you wrote some great details on your plot slopes, but it didn't make it onto our "ginormous" plot line. Let's plot more plot.
Conflict--Now that we reviewed the plot, what new conflicts arose?
Nene Jeopardy--who will compete and who will host? If you would like to host, you need to "apply for the job."
2. Independent work time
Since we have so many loose ends dangling in our project's pathway, we need to start tying some knots. We will discuss the following for 5 minutes and then you will write for 5 minutes.
Respect: what it means to respect yourself, your peers, your teachers and the library.
Nene Project Criteria: You reviewed student winners and listened to your peers identify what made those students winners--what commonalities did they have? We will establish criteria. This is how we will evaluate our Nene Projects.
Project plan--what have you included and what do we need to be sure to do? Now add details to your plan.
Plot diagram--you wrote some great details on your plot slopes, but it didn't make it onto our "ginormous" plot line. Let's plot more plot.
Conflict--Now that we reviewed the plot, what new conflicts arose?
Nene Jeopardy--who will compete and who will host? If you would like to host, you need to "apply for the job."
2. Independent work time
Thursday, December 2
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." that is the sound of us falling behind. GLO#1 is the goal for today--self-directed learner.
1. Self-check: did you finish...
-writing your 4 complex sentences? (directions on Wed. Dec. 1)
-correcting your other complex sentences? (in your blog entry)
-answer the 4 questions about your Nene Project? (Note sentence length. I want meaty, reflective, specific answers).
-plan your project on the paper (see Scribed box below)
Finish these tasks first today. Then, begin working on your project itself according to your plan for today.
2. Good writers try to use different types of sentences when they write. We practiced complex sentences. Now we are going to try appositives.
Look at the following sentences. Do you notice a pattern?
Mrs. Colte, the librarian at Hale Kula, has a birthday on Halloween.
Inkheart, last year's Nene Winner, is an inspiring book.
Last night at dinner, Olivia, my youngest daughter, told us the many toys on her Christmas wish list.
Our last day of class before winter break, December 16, will be a celebration IF everyone completes their Nene Project.
Create a post on your blog entitled "Appositives." Write what you think an appostive is.
Next, visit this website and confirm or correct your understanding. Read the examples at their site. Write 4 sentences using appositives.
Then, if we complete our Nene criteria task, #3, you can get ready for the Appositive Face-off.
3. Group discussion/activity--after looking at Nene entries, presenting your favorite, listening to your classmates, what criteria should we use to evaluate our projects?
1. Self-check: did you finish...
-writing your 4 complex sentences? (directions on Wed. Dec. 1)
-correcting your other complex sentences? (in your blog entry)
-answer the 4 questions about your Nene Project? (Note sentence length. I want meaty, reflective, specific answers).
-plan your project on the paper (see Scribed box below)
Finish these tasks first today. Then, begin working on your project itself according to your plan for today.
2. Good writers try to use different types of sentences when they write. We practiced complex sentences. Now we are going to try appositives.
Look at the following sentences. Do you notice a pattern?
Mrs. Colte, the librarian at Hale Kula, has a birthday on Halloween.
Inkheart, last year's Nene Winner, is an inspiring book.
Last night at dinner, Olivia, my youngest daughter, told us the many toys on her Christmas wish list.
Our last day of class before winter break, December 16, will be a celebration IF everyone completes their Nene Project.
Create a post on your blog entitled "Appositives." Write what you think an appostive is.
Next, visit this website and confirm or correct your understanding. Read the examples at their site. Write 4 sentences using appositives.
Then, if we complete our Nene criteria task, #3, you can get ready for the Appositive Face-off.
3. Group discussion/activity--after looking at Nene entries, presenting your favorite, listening to your classmates, what criteria should we use to evaluate our projects?
Commonly used words in compound sentences. wordle.net
Wednesday, Dec. 1
1. Look at the wordle above. These words begin the dependent clause in complex sentences.
Pick 4 of these words/phrases and write 4 compound sentences. Do this as a blog entry on your weebly. Vary your sentences----put the 2 commonly used words at the beginning AND 2 in the middle of your sentence. Now that you have seen the words, go back and correct your other complex sentences.
2. Finish answering the 4 questions about your project on your blog. Mikayla & Keandre--you still need to create a blog page!
3. Map out your project on the day by day chart you picked up today. (Note: before you even begin thinking about using the computer, picking up your colored pencils, you need to spend a lot of time thinking about WHAT you want to show in your project. What is your main idea and where is the evidence to support that idea? You need to spend time finding passages from the book and page numbers.)
4. Let's test your Found knowledge...
Pick 4 of these words/phrases and write 4 compound sentences. Do this as a blog entry on your weebly. Vary your sentences----put the 2 commonly used words at the beginning AND 2 in the middle of your sentence. Now that you have seen the words, go back and correct your other complex sentences.
2. Finish answering the 4 questions about your project on your blog. Mikayla & Keandre--you still need to create a blog page!
3. Map out your project on the day by day chart you picked up today. (Note: before you even begin thinking about using the computer, picking up your colored pencils, you need to spend a lot of time thinking about WHAT you want to show in your project. What is your main idea and where is the evidence to support that idea? You need to spend time finding passages from the book and page numbers.)
4. Let's test your Found knowledge...
Tuesday, November 30
1. Add your events to our "ginormous" plot diagram. Think--how does seeing the plot set out like this change your understanding of the characters and the conflicts they face?
2. Answer your Nene Project planning questions (click here to copy the questions)
3. Thanksgiving trail mix time! Thank you to each of you who brought some tasty snacks to make our mix especially delicious!
2. Answer your Nene Project planning questions (click here to copy the questions)
3. Thanksgiving trail mix time! Thank you to each of you who brought some tasty snacks to make our mix especially delicious!
Monday, November 29
Mrs. Colte is out sick today, so we will do the plot diagrams on Tuesday. If you brought yours today, put it in your folder. If you still did not do the plot diagram, you have one more day to get it done.
Work on the following:
1. What will you do for your Nene Contest Entry? Click here to copy the questions you need to paste into your blog. Allow yourself time to answer these questions thoroughly.
Nene Considerations due Wednesday, December 1
2. Review the websites below for Complex Sentences (See Tuesday, November 23). Many of you did not complete this assignment and many of you do not have it quite correct yet. Read through the examples on the websites. The samples and "key words" are there for you.
Work on the following:
1. What will you do for your Nene Contest Entry? Click here to copy the questions you need to paste into your blog. Allow yourself time to answer these questions thoroughly.
Nene Considerations due Wednesday, December 1
2. Review the websites below for Complex Sentences (See Tuesday, November 23). Many of you did not complete this assignment and many of you do not have it quite correct yet. Read through the examples on the websites. The samples and "key words" are there for you.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Critical thinking...
Jeffrey presents which student Nene Winner he liked the best and why. See his blog page for his favorites! Each student looked at a variety of contest entries on the Nene Award Site. Hale Kula Students then picked their top three favorites and identified what elements of literature the winning student included. We also discussed how they presented their information. |
Critical listening...
Lauren presents which student Nene winner she liked the best and why. See her blog page for her favorites!
As each Hale Kula student presented, the rest of us took notes on what made that entry a Nene winner. Next, we will create our checklist/rubric--what do we need to include in our projects to be "a contender"? |
what we are doing today...
1. Presentations! We will listen to students present their favorite student Nene Contest Winner and why. Take careful notes on what you heard--you will be creating a thinking map on what it takes to be a Student Contest Winner. Thinking map due Wednesday, Dec. 1
2. (Postponed to Monday, Nov. 29) We will look at your plot diagrams to see what you wrote down and compare them to our conflict thinking maps--did we uncover some new conflicts? (especially characters vs. time; characters vs. self; characters vs. technology) Plot specific events from the second half of the book (after ch. 12) and include page numbers. See the blog post below to review the plot diagram. Click here to go to the read.write.think. website and build your plot.
Plot diagram due on Monday, November 29
Plot/Conflict reflection due Thursday, December 2. Details will be given Tuesday in class and will be posted here.
3. What will you do for your Nene Contest Entry? Click here to copy the questions you need to paste into your blog. Allow yourself time to answer these questions.
Nene Considerations due Wednesday, December 1
4. Reflection time.
**We also postponed our Thanksgiving sharing until Monday. If you can, bring one cup of something tasty to add to our Thanksgiving Chex Mix bowl. We have chocolate chips, somebody talked about popcorn, marshmallows....mmmmmmm. Bring only if it's okay with mom. Pretzels? M&Ms?
2. (Postponed to Monday, Nov. 29) We will look at your plot diagrams to see what you wrote down and compare them to our conflict thinking maps--did we uncover some new conflicts? (especially characters vs. time; characters vs. self; characters vs. technology) Plot specific events from the second half of the book (after ch. 12) and include page numbers. See the blog post below to review the plot diagram. Click here to go to the read.write.think. website and build your plot.
Plot diagram due on Monday, November 29
Plot/Conflict reflection due Thursday, December 2. Details will be given Tuesday in class and will be posted here.
3. What will you do for your Nene Contest Entry? Click here to copy the questions you need to paste into your blog. Allow yourself time to answer these questions.
Nene Considerations due Wednesday, December 1
4. Reflection time.
**We also postponed our Thanksgiving sharing until Monday. If you can, bring one cup of something tasty to add to our Thanksgiving Chex Mix bowl. We have chocolate chips, somebody talked about popcorn, marshmallows....mmmmmmm. Bring only if it's okay with mom. Pretzels? M&Ms?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
1. What is a complex sentence? Why does good writing include Complex Sentences? Look at the following sentences and see if you can recognize a pattern and/or form a definition of what a complex sentence is.
a. Whenever it rains, I always wish I had my umbrella.
b. He took the dogs on a walk, although the walk only lasted five minutes.
c. Since we will be eating turkey on Thursday, I would rather have a roast beef sandwich today.
d. Unless you get your homework done, there will be no video games this weekend.
Your task: Copy and paste those sentences onto a blog posting entitled "Complex Sentences."
Underline the dependent clauses.
Bold the words that are usually found in Complex Sentences.
Visit these websites to help you understand Complex Sentences:
Complex Sentences
Complex Sentences 2
2. Tomorrow, you will share your favorite student contest winner. As you listen to your classmates, you will take notes on why each winner was selected. Following the presentations, you will review your notes, look for common elements that made these winners "winners" and create a thinking map explaining what a winning entry looks like.
3. Homework for Wednesday: Create a plot diagram at Read.Write.Think. Include 8 details from the plot. Note--you must do this from your classroom or home computer as you need to print your diagram. Title the event, include a brief description and page number. Print your diagram and bring it to class on Wednesday.
a. Whenever it rains, I always wish I had my umbrella.
b. He took the dogs on a walk, although the walk only lasted five minutes.
c. Since we will be eating turkey on Thursday, I would rather have a roast beef sandwich today.
d. Unless you get your homework done, there will be no video games this weekend.
Your task: Copy and paste those sentences onto a blog posting entitled "Complex Sentences."
Underline the dependent clauses.
Bold the words that are usually found in Complex Sentences.
Visit these websites to help you understand Complex Sentences:
Complex Sentences
Complex Sentences 2
2. Tomorrow, you will share your favorite student contest winner. As you listen to your classmates, you will take notes on why each winner was selected. Following the presentations, you will review your notes, look for common elements that made these winners "winners" and create a thinking map explaining what a winning entry looks like.
3. Homework for Wednesday: Create a plot diagram at Read.Write.Think. Include 8 details from the plot. Note--you must do this from your classroom or home computer as you need to print your diagram. Title the event, include a brief description and page number. Print your diagram and bring it to class on Wednesday.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Individual, Self-directed Work:
1. Listen to Mrs. Colte's reasons for selecting Travis Kim as her favorite Nene Winner.
2. Make a list of the reasons she identified. Jot this down on a piece of scratch paper.
Why did I select Travis Kim as my favorite Nene Winner?
I liked Travis Kim’s poster for many reasons. Travis focused on one idea in the poster. He focused on the theme of the book, which he identified as change. Travis’ poster made me understand how Adam was affected by the war and showed me his close reading of the text. In the poster, Travis showed me he understood the characters, setting, conflicts, plot and theme. I felt Adam’s pain and recognized his desire to take action.
Travis showed how Adam is torn emotionally by dividing Adam into two characters. We see the Adam affected by Pearl Harbor in a torn t-shirt with a tear dripping down his face on the left side of the poster. On the right side, we see Adam in uniform after he has joined the Navy, when he is holding his emotions in.
I like how Travis filled the page with his drawings that reveal the setting and plot of the book. Just before the bombers fly in, Adam and his friends are fishing at Pearl Harbor. Travis has drawn this at the top of the page. The mood is calm and serene. The light blue sky, fluffy cloud and lapping waves suggest a fun day fishing with friends. This is contrasted with the pictures below.
Travis reveals his understanding of the book’s setting, Pearl Harbor, WWII, when the Japanese planes first bomb Pearl Harbor.
Behind Adam, Japanese planes zoom in and on the right hand side of the poster, we see one of the warships in Pearl Harbor sinking and behind him, we see another warship burning. This is historically accurate. Underneath the planes and behind Adam, we see the US Flag—reminding us that Adam lives in America and is a US Citizen.
Travis’ poster is my choice for one of the best winners as it reflects the theme, setting, characters and conflict of the book in a way that makes the viewer understand how Adam changed from a boy fishing with friends, to a soldier defending his country.
If you finish before the others...
-Re-organize your pages so you have a Found Blog. Here, I should see your vocaroo, your top 3 Student Nene Winners, and your choice board activities. Each assignment should be a separate entry.
-Link the Nene Winners to your Found Blog (for the presentation)
-Post your vocaroo as an entry on your Found Blog--not on the side margin.
-Read the contest guidelines and choose what you will do for your Nene Project
Large Group Activity: 10:40ish
2. Planning our Nene Winner presentation--Mrs. Colte will walk you through the process.
3. Homework for Tuesday: Practice presenting your Nene Winners. You will have 3 minutes to show us the three winners and explain specifically (& briefly) why one of those three is your "favorite." Familiarize yourself with the criteria on the Nene Website, under Contest Guidelines.
4. Homework for Wednesday: Create a plot diagram at Read.Write.Think. Include 8 details from the plot. Note--you must do this from your classroom or home computer as you need to print your diagram. Title the event, include a brief description and page number. Print your diagram and bring it to class on Wednesday.
1. Listen to Mrs. Colte's reasons for selecting Travis Kim as her favorite Nene Winner.
2. Make a list of the reasons she identified. Jot this down on a piece of scratch paper.
Why did I select Travis Kim as my favorite Nene Winner?
I liked Travis Kim’s poster for many reasons. Travis focused on one idea in the poster. He focused on the theme of the book, which he identified as change. Travis’ poster made me understand how Adam was affected by the war and showed me his close reading of the text. In the poster, Travis showed me he understood the characters, setting, conflicts, plot and theme. I felt Adam’s pain and recognized his desire to take action.
Travis showed how Adam is torn emotionally by dividing Adam into two characters. We see the Adam affected by Pearl Harbor in a torn t-shirt with a tear dripping down his face on the left side of the poster. On the right side, we see Adam in uniform after he has joined the Navy, when he is holding his emotions in.
I like how Travis filled the page with his drawings that reveal the setting and plot of the book. Just before the bombers fly in, Adam and his friends are fishing at Pearl Harbor. Travis has drawn this at the top of the page. The mood is calm and serene. The light blue sky, fluffy cloud and lapping waves suggest a fun day fishing with friends. This is contrasted with the pictures below.
Travis reveals his understanding of the book’s setting, Pearl Harbor, WWII, when the Japanese planes first bomb Pearl Harbor.
Behind Adam, Japanese planes zoom in and on the right hand side of the poster, we see one of the warships in Pearl Harbor sinking and behind him, we see another warship burning. This is historically accurate. Underneath the planes and behind Adam, we see the US Flag—reminding us that Adam lives in America and is a US Citizen.
Travis’ poster is my choice for one of the best winners as it reflects the theme, setting, characters and conflict of the book in a way that makes the viewer understand how Adam changed from a boy fishing with friends, to a soldier defending his country.
If you finish before the others...
-Re-organize your pages so you have a Found Blog. Here, I should see your vocaroo, your top 3 Student Nene Winners, and your choice board activities. Each assignment should be a separate entry.
-Link the Nene Winners to your Found Blog (for the presentation)
-Post your vocaroo as an entry on your Found Blog--not on the side margin.
-Read the contest guidelines and choose what you will do for your Nene Project
Large Group Activity: 10:40ish
2. Planning our Nene Winner presentation--Mrs. Colte will walk you through the process.
3. Homework for Tuesday: Practice presenting your Nene Winners. You will have 3 minutes to show us the three winners and explain specifically (& briefly) why one of those three is your "favorite." Familiarize yourself with the criteria on the Nene Website, under Contest Guidelines.
4. Homework for Wednesday: Create a plot diagram at Read.Write.Think. Include 8 details from the plot. Note--you must do this from your classroom or home computer as you need to print your diagram. Title the event, include a brief description and page number. Print your diagram and bring it to class on Wednesday.
Friday, November 19
1. You posted a paragraph critique--today, you need to REWRITE the paragraph so it includes the criteria. Posted on the 5th grade enrichment blog.
2. Conflict Thinking Maps--what types of conflict did your classmates identify in Found and what examples can you add to their maps?
3. Questions, reflections, "a-ha's"
4. Verb SMACKDOWN! Are you ready for the challenge?
5. Zooming In paragraph due today & Nene Winners you liked due Monday. Post 3 winners on your blog, provide links to the winning entries and be ready to talk about your favorite: DUE Monday, November 22
6. Finish re-reading the book and be ready to put the "key plot events" on the plot diagram. This is your opinion. Come with page numbers and events. Use the plot diagram in the Conflict powerpoint below as your reference.
2. Conflict Thinking Maps--what types of conflict did your classmates identify in Found and what examples can you add to their maps?
3. Questions, reflections, "a-ha's"
4. Verb SMACKDOWN! Are you ready for the challenge?
5. Zooming In paragraph due today & Nene Winners you liked due Monday. Post 3 winners on your blog, provide links to the winning entries and be ready to talk about your favorite: DUE Monday, November 22
6. Finish re-reading the book and be ready to put the "key plot events" on the plot diagram. This is your opinion. Come with page numbers and events. Use the plot diagram in the Conflict powerpoint below as your reference.
Thursday, November 18
1. Paragraph critique
2. Watch the PPT on Conflict (see below)
3. Follow the directions on the "Conflict" hand out.
Note: the conflict ppt shows 4 conflicts in literature. There is another conflict present in Found. What is it?
4. Complete your Zooming In paragraph and recording: DUE Friday, November 19
5. Nene Winners you liked? Post 3 winners on your blog, provide links to the winning entries and be ready to talk about your favorite: DUE Monday, November 22
(Comparison & Contrast Guide: http://bit.ly/9Dbqnf)
2. Watch the PPT on Conflict (see below)
3. Follow the directions on the "Conflict" hand out.
Note: the conflict ppt shows 4 conflicts in literature. There is another conflict present in Found. What is it?
4. Complete your Zooming In paragraph and recording: DUE Friday, November 19
5. Nene Winners you liked? Post 3 winners on your blog, provide links to the winning entries and be ready to talk about your favorite: DUE Monday, November 22
(Comparison & Contrast Guide: http://bit.ly/9Dbqnf)
Monday-Wednesday, November 15-17
The theme of these 3 days is "Be specific!" When you give examples from the book, when you make inferences, when you share your ideas...
Monday: Zooming in....we started looking at the text very closely.
Chip "shoves" his hands through his hair and "clutches Jonah's shirt" (Found, 26)
Why did MPH choose these words?
What connotation do these words have?
What new information do these words give us about the plot or the characters?
Tuesday: After realizing how word choice gives us new information about characters, we looked back at a thinking map on Jonah--how his awareness grew/changed with each letter.
Brent said "Jonah always knew the letters were real--they weren't pranks--he just didn't want to believe it."
We went back into the book and looked for evidence of that--did Jonah know in the back of his mind that the letters were real? Thorin read passages from the book to support Brent's idea and the rest of us jumped in to explore this further.
Wednesday: We looked back at the students' writing.
Did they...
include a topic sentence?
give evidence from the text?
include a conclusion sentence?
It's always easier to critique another person's work, but we need to look back at our own writing with critical eyes.
We looked at the Nene Winners and talked about our next assignment--which 3 entries did we like the best and why?
Students worked on their Zooming in paragraphs. Madelyn and KeAndre posted their vocaroos!
Monday: Zooming in....we started looking at the text very closely.
Chip "shoves" his hands through his hair and "clutches Jonah's shirt" (Found, 26)
Why did MPH choose these words?
What connotation do these words have?
What new information do these words give us about the plot or the characters?
Tuesday: After realizing how word choice gives us new information about characters, we looked back at a thinking map on Jonah--how his awareness grew/changed with each letter.
Brent said "Jonah always knew the letters were real--they weren't pranks--he just didn't want to believe it."
We went back into the book and looked for evidence of that--did Jonah know in the back of his mind that the letters were real? Thorin read passages from the book to support Brent's idea and the rest of us jumped in to explore this further.
Wednesday: We looked back at the students' writing.
Did they...
include a topic sentence?
give evidence from the text?
include a conclusion sentence?
It's always easier to critique another person's work, but we need to look back at our own writing with critical eyes.
We looked at the Nene Winners and talked about our next assignment--which 3 entries did we like the best and why?
Students worked on their Zooming in paragraphs. Madelyn and KeAndre posted their vocaroos!
zooming_in.docx |
Friday, November 12
Blog posting--how has your understanding of the book changed after looking more closely at the word choice, characters, and plot (choice board assignments)?
Zooming In--textual analysis. What is said and what it reveals about plot or characters. Listen to a sample vocaroo on Mrs. Colte's Found Blog. Independent work. Vocaroo due on Weebly Friday, November 18. Shout-outs, Kudos & Appreciations--students took a peek at their peers' Found weeblies and posted a specific comment on the wallwisher |
Think & respond day--students worked independently and posted responses on their Weebly.
Purpose: to provide time for reflection, literary analysis, |
Wednesday, November 10
Brainstorming:
If you could blink your eyes and be transported to another time and place, what would be the benefits and problems you might encounter? Self-assessment: Reviewed assignments and expectations Nene Contest: We looked at the Nene website, the contest, and previous student winners' entries. |
Students worked in pairs to create a thinking map that answered this question.
We shared responses by building one master tree map.
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