Monday, May 24, 2010

Monday, May 24, 2010

CREATIVE WRITING


Due
  • We turned in our Nature Writing assignments.
Peer Conferencing
  • We got with a partner, and we worked on each other's Perfect Moments.
  • We stapled the blue Visualizing sheet on top of the draft.
  • We read over our partner's comments.
  • We wrote down two things we wanted to work on tomorrow when we create our final draft.
  • We talked about how to fix some sentence problems we were having.  
  • People said they were working on the following tomorrow:  shortening my draft—taking out the stuff that really doesn’t need to be in there; working on making the diction better, especially verbs; remember pages on Vocabulary Variety—58-9; creating a KNOCK-OUT title!
Absences Reminder
 If you’ve been absent—yes, you missed stuff, and yes, you’re behind in your work, and yes, you may feel overwhelmed.  So what can you do?
  • ·     Check the blog.
  • ·     Come in during seminar for help.
  • ·     Work on your make-up work TONIGHT, and get caught up.  Otherwise, you’ll be even more overwhelmed.
  • ·     Definitely do NOT work on late work while I am talking, or during class when you’re supposed to be WITH US!
Writing Assignment--Snapshot Poem (p. 72)
  • We read Kyle and Kailey's model.
  • We brainstormed the items on the left column, using Jacque as a guinea pig, and then we had fifteen minutes to complete the left-hand side of page 72.
Organization
  • We passed back papers and did a folder log-in.
Portfolio
  • We looked at Lucy's portfolio, and we made her two nice comments.
Homework
  • Continue thinking about and working on your portflio!

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