2nd, 3rd Week at a Glance: October 26 – 30

Monday

How have you done in meeting your goal for reading over fall break?
Homework: Read.  Choose five words for Weekly Word Study.

Tuesday

Read first 15 minutes of class.   Sentence sense.  How can choosing a different kind of sentence affect the meaning of your writing?  What makes a group of words a sentence?  How do you puncuate different kinds of sentences?  Complete the worksheet on sentence fragments.  Then apply what you’ve learned to your own writing in your memoir.       
Homework: Read.  Complete Weekly Word Study.

Wednesday

Read first 15 minutes of class.  Complete a second peer conference on your memoir.  After getting feedback, revise your memoir by adding details, changing words, or deleting extra words.     
Homework: Read.  Complete Weekly Word Study. 

Thursday

Read first 15 minutes of class.  Complete partner quiz for weekly word study.  It’s time to make your corrections to your draft that you saved.  Print out the new draft.  Then use your editing checksheet to proofread carefully. Write corrections on your draft using a colored pen or pencil.  Memoirs are due tomorrow!
Homework: Read.  Weekly Word Study due.

Friday

LIBRARY!  How can reading improve your vocabulary?  See if you can figure out the meanings of some new words just by reading.  As you are reading during the next week, be on the look out for new words.     
Homework: Read.

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