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First Day of School!
Welcome to Clarke Middle!
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- Getting to know each other
- Syllabus
- Rules and procedures
- Homework: Fill out information sheet and return Monday
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Michael's Birthday!
Connelly's Birthday!
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- Writing Assessment
- Homework: What are the steps of the writing process? Why do writers write? What are some different kinds of writing?
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- Introduction to writing (last night's homework and p. 2 - 17)
- How? (see p. 24 also)
- Why? (see p. 24 also)
- What?
- Coming up with ideas (p. 26 - 36)
- Homework: What are some major events that have happened in your life? Jot down ideas
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- Audience and purpose (p. 37 - 38)
- Arranging ideas (p. 39 - 43)
- How to arrange ideas using Inspiration
- Introduction to life maps
- Homework: Finish your life map and turn in tomorrow
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- Briefly share life maps (see Mrs. H-B's)
- Writing a first draft (p. 44-46)
- Evaluating and revising (p. 47-50)
- Proofreading and publishing (p. 51 - 53)
- Homework: Add more ideas to your jot list of major life events. Bring them to school next week.
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- Continue sharing life maps
- Paragraphs
- Parts of a paragraph (p. 61 - 68)
- Developing paragraphs (p. 69 - 75)
- Homework: Read a book for pleasure for at least 30 minutes this weekend; spelling pre-test over chapter 1 on Monday
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- Finish discussing paragraph development (p. 71 - 75)
- Personal narrative (p. 88 - 97)
- Homework: Study for spelling test Friday if you made below 88 on the pre-test; brainstorm at least 10 ideas for your Connections project and write them on paper for tomorrow
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- Pre-test on:
- Identifying sentences
- Simple subjects and predicates
- Simple and compound sentences
- Classifying sentences by purpose
- Sentence or sentence fragment? (p. 340-342)
- Homework: Study for spelling test Friday if you made below 88 on the pre-test; add more ideas to your Connections Project list
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- Media Center Orientation
- Homework: Bring everything you have for your Connections Project on Monday
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- Spelling pre-test, chapter 2
- Writing an introductory paragraph for your autobiography (see p. 98 - 103 if you need help)
- Begin your rough draft
- Spelling retest, chapter 1 for those who need it
- Homework: Finish your Connections introductory paragraph and bring it along with everything else you have for your Connections Project tomorrow
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- Meet in TRC
- Return spelling tests and go over
- See how you can use Excel to help organize paragraphs
- Download an Excel template for work at home (95 version)
- Continue work on your autobiography
- Homework: Continue work on your rough draft and bring everything else you have for your Connections Project tomorrow; those who made less than 88 on the spelling test may do practice activities to prepare for the retest on Friday
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- Meet in TRC
- Continue work on autobiography rough draft using Excel
- Homework: Continue work on your rough draft and bring everything else you have for your Connections Project tomorrow; those who made less than 88 on the spelling test may do practice activities to prepare for the retest on Friday
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