Friday, August 30, 2013

Friday, August 30th

Period 1
1) Get your spiral
2) Compose a letter to me about your goals for 8th grade
3) RADaR
HW: None

Periods 2&3
1) Power Write: What is truth?
2) Complete revisions
3) Final copy of letter to Mrs. Hughes
HW: None

Periods 4&5
1) Power Write: Why do we revise?
2) Daily Language Practice
3) Final Copy of Letter to Self
HW: None

Periods 6&8
1) Power Write: Compose a 140 character autobiography of your 7th grade year.
2) Leader in Me Introduction and Habit 1
HW: None

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Thursday, August 29th

Periods 1-3 (2nd-please remind me to take attendance!)
1) Power Write (Get your spiral on your way in!) What is a leader?
Write until I tell you to stop. It is ok to get off topic.
2) Discussion
3) Goal-Setting Letter- Revision and Final Draft
HW: None (Unless you must complete your final draft at home)

Periods 4&5
1) Grab your spiral on your way in. Power Write: What is truth?
(Write until I tell you to stop, it is ok to get off topic if you run out of things to write about the topic)
2) Revision vs. editing
3) Writing Workshop- complete final draft of your letter to me
HW: None

Periods 6&8
1) Power Write: Compose a SIX word memoir. Choose your words carefully.
2) Sharing
3) My life in bullet points
4) Writing Workshop
HW: None

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Wednesday, August 28th

Periods 1-3 (2nd, please remind me to take attendance!!!!!)
1) Name Game
2) Goal-Setting Letter to me
3) Sharing
No Homework

Periods 4&5
1) Name Game
2) Letter to yourself as a freshman; what do you hope to achieve by then?
3) Sharing
No Homework

Periods 6&8
1) Name Game
2) Autobiography vs. Memoir
3) My life in bullet points
No Homework

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Tuesday, August 27th

Welcome to class!

All Classes
1) Expectations/Policies/Procedures
2) Name Game
3) Year Overview

Homework: Get all forms signed and turned in. Please give your parents my class expectations letter.