10/16/15

IT'S FRIDAY!!! TAKE OUT YOUR JOURNALS AND BEGIN FREE/CREATIVE WRITING! 

Prompt of the day:

Have you ever experienced loss? This could mean a loss of a loved one, an object, a love or other figurative experience? Talk about a time you lost something, or perhaps about a time when you were lost. Describe the experience. How did it shape/change you and what are the lessons you learned from it? 


Share Out: Today, we are going to do writing protocol with our classmates. Those of you who did this in English class may take the lead to show the rest of the group how it's done. 

WRITING GROUP PROTOCOL

1. Establish an order for feedback (who will go first, second, etc).

2. Before the work is read, ask the author if s/he would like the group to pay attention to anything in particular; for example: is it confusing?  is there too much descriptive detail or too little?

3. Listen while the piece is read through once.  Don’t stop for questions or comments.  Don’t take notes.  Just listen.

4. Take turns giving positive feedback.  Begin with, “I liked…”

5. Move to questions:  “One thing I was confused about…” or “One thing I wasn’t sure about…”

6. If the author asks for suggestions, allow them.  They should be prefaced with “One thing you might want to consider as you revise is…”

7. The writer may ask to have the piece read again, stopping for questions and comments as you go.

NEWSELA: 

Go into NewsELA and search for the text set "America's Expanding Waistline."

Choose at least THREE articles to read. Write a full summary of one article and submit it to me on google classroom! Credit will ONLY be given to articles submitted on classroom so please make sure you know how to do that!

Exit: Call Outs and Shout Outs