Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Friday, Feb. 27th

S+ English

1. Finish drafting introduction and conclusion
2. Peer edit x2 intro and conclusion
3. Staple intro and conclusion together
4. Staple MI FRAME to rough draft paragraph - Paragraph should be on top!
5. Get your other FRAMEs/Drafts from the file cabinet and add your last three drafts to the stack. They should be in this order!

ON THE TOP

Intro
Conclusion
Draft Lit Book
Lit Book FRAME
Draft Whale Rider paragraph
Whale Rider FRAME
Draft MI paragraph
MI FRAME

ON THE BOTTOM

Once you've finished the above, you may begin typing up your papers in Google Docs.


English 7
Finish Whale Rider
Begin FRAME

Friday, January 24, 2014

Friday, Jan. 24th

S+ English

Hand in MI Paragraph and FRAME
Go over blue sheet notes.  Determine main obstacle for Pai. Main Obstacle: Pai wants to be a leader but cannot because she is a girl and isn't taken seriously.
Continue with movie

English 7

Finish up figurative language and simile worksheet - hand it in
Chapter 6
Work time to finish up part one packet

HW: Part one summative on Monday, hand in blue part on packet as well.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Wednesday, Jan. 22nd,

S+ English

10 minutes to peer edit papers
Background info on Whale Rider
Hand out blue notes sheet - what obstacles does Pai first encounter?
Watch first 30 minutes of movie

HW: Edited draft of fMI Paragraph is due at the start of class tomorrow

English 7

Vocab part 1 summative
Listen to chapter 5 - SWBST
Simile/summary formative
If time: tart chapter 6

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Tuesday, Jan 21st

S+ English 7
Move from FRAME to paragraph.  Copy each bubble in the order next to the number. Remember, this is a PARAGRAPH not a PAPER. You should only have one cohesive paragraph at the end, not a five paragraph paper. 




Work time to draft



Peer edit (x2)



HW: draft paragraph should be finished, edited twice (by two different people, peers or family) and signed to submit to Ms. Erickson by Thursday. 





English 7
Simile mini lesson - complete sheet in packet
15 minutes to work on filling in discussion guide for Friday 
Begin chapter 5

HW: Vocab summation is tomorrow.  Study!!

Friday, January 17, 2014

Friday, Jan. 17th,

S+ English
Finish obstacle notes
Choice article --> FRAME
work time to complete FRAME



HW: FRAME done for Tuesday

English 7
Practice vocab quiz
SWBST chapter 3
Read chapter 4
SWBST chapter 4



Thursday, January 16, 2014

Thursday, Jan. 16th,

S+ English

Main Idea Summative

How do we overcome obstacles? ← notebook notes


English 7

Finish SWBST chapter 1

Chapter 2

SWBST chapter 2

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wednesday, Jan. 15th

GPS


S+ English

Partner share for choice article - go over answers


Go back to MI unit map

Main idea song trivia

English 7


Finish vocab words


Preface and Begin

Chapter 1