Monday, 3/29/2010

CREATIVE WRITING


Welcome!


Wrting Assignment

• Free Write #1--we wrote for ten straight minutes on a subject of our choosing.

Portfolio
Begin with the End in Mind!

• We viewed portfolios from third term, and we filled out page 7 in our textbooks.
• We discussed page 7 as a group, and we made sure we fleshed out our notes.

Reading

• We read Earthbook the last twenty minutes, after I passed out and explained the Earthbook Reading Assignment. 

Homework

• None

MODERN PROSE

Welcome!

We discussed the following questions:

• What is this class?
• How is it organized?
• Why should I take this class?
• How can I get the grade I want?

Organization/Procedures

• Everyone selected a book and started reading.
• I handed out yellow Reading Records, which everyone filled out.
• Everyone filled out a pink Reading Log to document his/her reading for the block.

EARTHBOOK

Welcome!

We talked a bit about the following:

• Book Themes--so far we like STAGES OF GROWTH, FOOD/MEALS, and ELEMENTS.
• Nicknames--we started a list of potential nicknames, and we will mull it over between now and Thursday.
• What we like about old EBs; what we don't like about old EBs--we started a list of things we like and things we don't so that by Thursday we will have created a vision of what we want the magazine to be.  Add to the lists as we move through the week.
• We read aloud for about forty minutes.
• Jennica worked on the snack chart.

For Tuesday

• Daily Log
• Continued discussion of THEMES and NICKNAMES
• Continued listing of likes and dislikes
• Read aloud
• Job assignments announced

For Wednesday

• Nick--Growth/Stages T-shirt idea
• Mac--Food/Meals T-shirt idea
• Jennica--Elements T-shirt idea