11/4 Homework:

1.) Finish reading chapter 1 of Peeled and post-it

2.) Period 2 ONLY: make sure to hand in your class quest tomorrow!  No exceptions! 

I will be at the CT Reading Conference on Thursday and Friday, but the substitute (and Mrs. Larit periods 7 and  will be working with you in preparation for your first book club meeting next week.  Here is a copy of the  Joan Bauer book club calendar if you need it to download.  If you were absent Wednesday, you can find a copy of Peeled in the orange ”Find Out What You Missed” envelope at school.   See you all on Monday

11/2 Homework:

1.) If you were absent from class today OR did not finish your “classquest” on Joan Bauer today, please visit her website (the link below) and use the essays and articles to help you complete the classquest for Wednesday.  http://www.joanbauer.com/essays/storiesconnect.html  Here is the joan bauer class quest to download if you were absent.

2.)In your reader’s notebook section (RNB), respond to the following (make sure to include title and date for this entry): A reoccurring message that Joan Bauer tries to convey in her novels is that “adversity, if we let it, can make us stronger.”  Respond to this quote.  What does it mean?  Do you agree or disagree with it?   Use specific examples from your life, the world around you, and other texts you’ve read to support your ideas.  Your response should be a well-developed, full page!

10/29 Homework:

Final copy of personal narrative due tomorrow.  See final copy format sheet!   Include all drafts on top in order and any revisions and editions you have made, your blue editing checklist completed, and your yellow self-assessment completed.  All work must be stapled before class in order to receive on time points.

10/27 Homework:

*CONTINUE TO SELL BRICKS AND WEAR YOUR HOPE FOR SUDAN T-SHIRTS TOMORROW!*

1.) Read the rough draft of my personal narrative.  On the back of it, bullet 2 strengths and 2 areas I can revise.

2.) Study your notes for a comma quiz on Thursday.

3.) Typed copy of personal narrative due Thursday.

4.) Final copy of personal narrative with completed self-assessment due Friday.

10/26 Homework:

*CONTINUE TO BRING IN $ FOR BRICKS!  WEAR YOUR HOPE FOR SUDAN T-SHIRTS ON WEDNESDAY IN CELEBRATION OF GABE’S DOCUMENTARY, WHICH WILL BE PLAYING THAT NIGHT IN STAMFORD AT THE AVON THEATER!*

-Finish your book hook.  Final copy typed with your completed self-assessment due tomorrow!

-Complete the comma review sheet on using commas with appositives and direct-address.

10/23 Homework:

1.  Here are the class notes.

2.  Put your personal narratives aside (no need to work on those until next week).  Instead, work on your book hook.  Here is the book hook assignment , again, from class.  The book hook rubric is here too!  Your book hook is due Tuesday, October 27.

10/22 Homework:

1.) Check out the book hook for your independent reading book tonight and write about the techniques that the author used to hook you in.  You can add this on to the entry that you wrote today in the library, and it can be in bulleted format.

2.) Bring your WNB to the library tomorrow with your completed self-evaluation!  It’s under handouts on the blog!

10/20 Homework:

1.) Add at least one thoughtshot to your personal narrative draft for tomorrow.  (Tomorrow we will peer conference!)

2.) W.N.B.s are being collected Friday.  Complete the student evaluation and turn in on Friday with your notebook.

3.) Continue to spread the word about the seventh grade brick fundraiser for Gabriel Deng.

10/19 Homework:

1.) Continue to work on adding snapshots to your rough draft

2.) the brick fundraiser for Gabe continues!  share and encourage friends and family to support it!

3.) Post-it writing contest tomorrow!  Optional: write a snapshot on a post-it note using what we learned today in class.  All post-its are due to Ms. Ryan in the library tomorrow!

4.) W.N.B. will be collected Friday 10/23 for a quarter grade.  Complete your self-evaluation and check your notebook to make sure that it is organized, complete, and up-t0-date for Friday.

10/15 Homework:

1.) complete comma handout on introductory phrases, clauses, and words
2.) continue working on your rough draft for your personal narrative.  you should have a rough beginning, middle, and end written by Monday.
3.) W.N.B.s will be collected next Friday (10/23).  Use your rubric to give yourself a personal notebook check before then!  Remember that you will need to have 7-8 entries by next Friday.  You should have 5-6 entries as of now.