MRS. KING

Explorations in Writing

Fourth Period

June 2008

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2 Typing your narrative	3 Self Edit	4 Adult Edit Intro Pages: Title Page, Dedication, Acknowledgement, Introduction	5 Year I was Born, Important Dates, Timeline, 10 Optional Pages	6 Year I was Born, Important Dates, Timeline, 10 Optional Pages
9 Editing Mrs. King's revisions	10 Putting it all together	11 Auto Due - Looking at other autos... Research Papers - Editing	12	13
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May 2008

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			1	2 Due:
5 Grammar: Good/Well Pgs 34, 37, 38 Map of Life Name Page Family Tree	6 Grammar: Good/Well Pgs 34, 37, 38 Make an Entrance	7 Grammar: Good/Well Pgs 34, 37, 38 Make an Entrance Map of Life Name Page Family Tree	8 Grammar: Good/Well Pgs 34, 37, 38 Make an Entrance Map of Life Name Page Family Tree	9 Grammar: Good/Well Pgs 34, 37, 38 Make an Entrance Map of Life Name Page Family Tree Due: Name Page, Map of Life, Family Tree, I make an Entrance
12 Grammar Read Aloud Life Messages Likes and Dislikes	13 Grammar Read Aloud Brain, Life Messages	14Early Release: A	15 Grammar Read Aloud Brain, Life Messages, Likes and Dislikes	16 Journal Auto Pages Highs and Lows Due: Brain, Life Messages, Likes/Dislikes, Highs and Lows
19 Read Aloud Highs and Lows Year I was born	20 Read Aloud Impt. Dates Timeline 5 Written Pages	21 Make-up Work	22 Make-up Work	23 Make-up Work
26No School	27 Reading: Amy Tan Brainstorm: Personal Narrative Typing your narrative	28 Reading: Frank McCourt Typing your narrative	29 Reading: David Sedaria Typing your narrative	30Early Release Typing your narrative Due: FD Year I was Born, 5 Written Pages Due: 5 Picture Pages, Rough Draft

April 2008

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	1 Spring Break	2Spring Break	3Spring Break	4Spring Break
7 Grammar: Prepositions Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Vocab #20 Introduction to the Autobiography	8 Grammar: Prepositions Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Vocab #20 Auto: Pgs 23 and 24 20 nouns	9 Grammar: Prepositions Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: Pgs 23 and 24 20 adjectives	10 Grammar: Prepositions Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie I Am	11 Auto: Pgs 23 and 24 I Am
14 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie I Am Rough Draft	15 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: 16 & 17 Due: Final I Am WASL: Math B DAY	16 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: 16 & 17 WASL: Math A DAY	17 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: 15, Biopoem WASL:Science B DAY	18 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: 13, 15, Biopoem WASL: Science A DAY
21 Grammar: Fragments Read Aloud: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Auto: 13, Biopoem, Ripples	22	23	24	25
28	29	30Early Release

March 2008

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3 Grammar/Read Aloud	4 Grammar/Read Aloud Outline	5 Grammar/Read Aloud Outline	6 Grammar/Read Aloud Outline/Personal Reads	7 Journal: /Read Aloud Writing your paper
10WASL: Reading A DAY Grammar/Read Aloud Writing your paper	11WASL: Reading A DAY Grammar/Read Aloud Writing your paper	12WASL: Reading A DAY Grammar/Read Aloud Writing your paper	13WASL: Reading B DAY Grammar/Read Aloud Writing your paper	14 Read Aloud Writing your paper
17 Grammar/Read Aloud Writing your paper: Formatting In-text citation	18 Grammar/Read Aloud Writing Conferences Personal Reads	19 Grammar/Read Aloud Writing Conferences Finishing Writing Essay Personal Reads	20 Grammar/Read Aloud Cover Page Annotated Bibliography Personal Reads	21 Grammar/Read Aloud Finish Freedom Writers
24 Grammar: Then/Than Journal: How much are you willing to sacrifice to make someone else happy? Reading: The Gift of the Magi	25 Grammar: Then/Than Quiz: The Gift of the Magi Reading: The Storm	26 Grammar: Then/Than 55 Word Stories... Shadow Puppets	27 Grammar: Then/Than 55 Word Stories...Chopping down the Gift of the Magi (whole class) Rewrite (Individual) The Storm	28 Journal: Why do we give gifts to people who are important to us? Write your own story in 55 words or less...
31 Spring Break	Grammar:REad Aloud Vocabulary 55 Word Stories...CReading Autobiography

February 2008

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				1 Paragraph Read Aloud Mapping your Childhood Bring Personal Reads
4 Grammar/Read Aloud Vocab #16 Refrains/Alliteration from childhood map	5 Grammar Finish Writing: Refrains/Alliteration from childhood map Share Brainstrom: Your culture	6 Grammar/Read Aloud Reading: I am From Writing I am From	7 Paragraph/Reead Aloud Drawing to Music Sticky Note Poem	8 Coffee Shop
11 Grammar/Read Aloud Vocab #16 Choose your piece...	12 Grammar/Read Aloud WW: Banned Books	13 Grammar/Read Aloud WW: Banned Books Early Release	14 Grammar/Read Aloud Persuasive Writing Released Items	15 Journal: What stresss you out? Read Aloud Persuasive Rubric: Edit your paper... Personal Reads
18 No School	19 Grtammar/Read Aloud Persuasive Rubric: Edit your paper... Sticky Note/Childhood Map: Selection of Work	20 Grtammar/Read Aloud Reading: Persuasive Papers	21 Grtammar/Read Aloud Reading: Persuasive Papers/Discussion Selecting your topic (Persuasive Research Papers...)	22 Journal: Describ your perfect vacation... Reading: Persuasive Papers/Discussion Selecting your topic (Persuasive Research Papers...) Book: Check out for research paper...
25 Grtammar Persuasive Papers: Proquest	25 Persuasive Papers: Dicsussion Proquest: Sources	27 Persuasive Papers: Dicsussion 2 more sources/alyzing the information Early Release	28 Persuasive Papers Two more sources:	29 Persuasive Papers: alyzing the information/Summarize the source Source card Outline

January 2008

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	1No School	2No School	3 Read Aloud Baseline Writing Sample: Persuasive Writing (School starting 2 hours later...)	4 Read Aloud Baseline Writing Sample: Persuasive Writing (School starting 2 hours later...) Bring Personal Reads
7 Grammar/Read Aloud Vocab #13 Baseline Writing Sample: Persuasive Writing (School starting 2 hours later...)	8 Grammar/Read Aloud Peer Editing/Persuasive Checklist: Persuasive Writing (School starting 2 hours later...) Due: Vocab	8 Grammar/Read Aloud Peer Editing/Persuasive Checklist: Persuasive Writing Revise Draft	10 Grammar Read: Real Skinny Assignment: Real Skinny	11 Journal: Think of an experience that changed your life or gave you a fresh perspective on life. Explain what happened and how it changed you. Read Aloud Finish: Revise Draft Personal Reads
14 Grammar/Read Aloud WASL: Scoring the Reading Vocab #14	15 Grammar/Read Aloud WASL: Scoring the Reading Due: Vocab	16 Grammar/Read Aloud WASL: Scoring the Reading Early Release	17 Grammar/Read Aloud Scoring The Real Skinny	18 Journal: They Say, I Say Bring Personal Reads Due: Journal (4a)
21 No School	22 Grammar/Read Aloud Synonyms Word Bank	23 Grammar/Read Aloud Hymoonyms Acrostic/An Innocent Due: Word Bank	24 Paragraph/Read Aloud An Innocent	25 Journal: Read Aloud Bring Personal Reads Due: Journal (4b)
28 Grammar/Read Aloud Vocab#15	29No School: Snow Day	30No School: Snow Day	31 Grammar Hairku/Mapping your Childhood Due: Vocab

December 2007

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3 No School	4No School	5Early Release Read Aloud Essay or Personal Read	6 Grammar Vocab #10 ABC: Walk	7Due: Final Draft: FFN Journal: Describe a time in your life when someone expected more from you than you were giving...What were the pros of the situation? Cons? How did you feel? Why? Did you rise to the occasion? Read Aloud Exemplary Work Evaluation Sheet Personal Read
10 Grammar Read Aloud Vocab #11	11 Grammar Expository v. Persuasive Writing: Sorting Activity	12 Grammar/Read Aloud Expository v. Persuasive Writing: Sorting	13 Grammar/Read Aloud