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No school |
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Daylight Savings Time begins - set your clock an hour forward!
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- Collect extra credit complement worksheets
- Introduction to writing fiction
- Genres
- Elements
- Conflict
- Plot
- Characters
- Setting
- Other elements
- Brainstorm conflict, plot, characters, and setting using graphic organizer
- Homework: Finish graphic organizer and turn in for a grade tomorrow
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- Check graphic organizers for completeness
- Plot planning - use plot map and plot events graphic organizer
- Think, pair, share
- Homework: Revise plot ideas based on feedback given by peers today and bring tomorrow
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- Meet in Tech Lab
- Brainstorm character and setting ideas using Inspiration
- Think, pair, share plot, conflict, character, and setting ideas
- Begin drafting your short story using Microsoft Word
- Homework: Make revisions to plot, conflict, character, and setting ideas and bring tomorrow
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- Meet in Tech Lab
- Continue typing rough draft
- Homework: Continue working on rough draft at home and bring to class tomorrow
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Recycling Day
- Continue work on rough draft of short story
- Share with a friend to get more ideas
- Homework: Rough draft of short story is due Tuesday
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- Continue work on rough draft of short story
- Share with a friend to get more ideas
- Homework: Rough draft of short story is due tomorrow (preferrably typed)
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- Meet in Tech Lab
- Check rough drafts for completeness
- Using Track Changes and Comment features in Word, edit peers' papers for content, organization, style, sentence formation, usage, mechanics
- Homework: Start making revisions based on peer feedback and bring all changes tomorrow
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- Meet in Tech Lab
- Using Track Changes and Comment features in Word, edit peers' papers for content, organization, style, sentence formation, usage, mechanics
- Homework: Continue making revisions based on peer feedback; final changes will be made in Tech Lab on April 21
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Passover
- Send up to 5 students to TRC to finish drafts
- Review fiction story project description and grading rubric
- Begin making revisions to stories
- Homework: Final draft of short story is due Wednesday, April 23; Recycling day tomorrow
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Recycling Day
- Continue working on revisions to short stories
- Get further feedback from peers if you wish
- Clarke Scholars follow-up
- Homework: Final draft of short story is due Wednesday, April 23; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; bring light colored tee shirt and fabric paint if you can on Monday
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Easter
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- Collect tee-shirts and fabric paint
- Work in Tech Lab
- Make final changes to your story
- If finished, print a final draft
- If you need a copy sent home, give Mrs. H-B email address and filename before you leave today
- Homework: Brainstorm ideas for an Earth Day slogan; Final draft of short story is due Wednesday; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; bring a light colored tee shirt and some fabric paint tomorrow if you can
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Earth Day!
- Create an Earth Day slogan
- Put the slogan on a tee shirt or poster
- Homework: Final draft of short story is due tomorrow; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
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- Turn in short stories
- Finish Earth Day tee-shirts and posters
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
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Tyler's Birthday!
- Opener 18: Days 1-3.1
- Begin test preparation for CRCT next week
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; recycling day tomorrow
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Recycling Day
- Opener 18: Days 3.2-5
- Continue test preparation for CRCT next week
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
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Maggie's Birthday!
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- Opener 19: Days 1-3.1
- Continue test preparation for CRCT tomorrow
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due this Thursday
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CRCT testing
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due this Thursday
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CRCT testing
- Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due tomorrow
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