Sunday, December 20, 2009

Friday, 12/18/2009

MODERN PROSE

  • I conferenced with several people about books and reading time.
  • We read for about sixty minutes (after a trip to Kum and Go).

AP
Sestinas

  • Mrs. F. was here
  • We all read our sestinas aloud, and they were incredible!
  • We commented about a variety of aspects after each person's poem.

Homework

  • Read the first two-thirds of Mango (check exact page assignment on your study guide page).  We will have a reading quiz over all those chapters tomorrow.


CREATIVE WRITING
Homework Due:  Draft 2 of Perfect Moment


Peer Conferencing

  • We peer conferenced over the Perfect Moment 2nd Draft (handouts necessary).

Writing Assignments and Sharing

  • We worked on our Santa's Helpers letters--they are almost finished.
  • Brad read more Life at Thirty stories to us.



Homework

  • Final copy of Perfect Moment
  • Complete rubric for the Perfect Moment (neon green sheet)
  • Almost-final draft of your Santa's Helper letter completed.  (We will finalize them and print them in class on Monday.)



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