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Tues 26 Nov – BEOWULF!!

What we did:

  • Journal: “Christmas Music”
  • Today we read a LOT of Beowulf in class and dissected its meaning, figuring out what happened in each section. Here is where we got to in each period:
    • Period 1: We read up to and including section 22
    • Period 2: We read up to and including section 27
    • Period 4: We read up to and including section 30
    • Period 6: We read up to and including section 27
  • So if you missed class, make sure that you read the sections you missed, and make sure that you understand what happened in each section, there will be a quiz!

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • Finish journal
  • Due tomorrow:
    • Reading log
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TUES Nov 19

How are you doing, class? Today was a drafting day. Friday is prize day, make sure you have your word count and get a prize! Also, I’ll be handing out a study guide for the test tomorrow. Be ready!

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THURS 11-14

More drafting time. Meet the middle mark by tomorrow, and receive a prize! You will be graded on Monday whether or not you have written the middle amount of words for your expansion story yet or not. Here is the middle amount for each grade:

7th: 4,000 words

8th: 5,000 words

9th: 6,000 words

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THURS More on Introduction Paragraphs

What we did:

  • Journal: write about aliens
  • Review of the writing process and 5 paragraph essay structure
  • Analyze several paragraphs whether they are “good” introduction paragraphs or not
  • Write several introduction paragraphs on various topics with partner

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • Finish journal entry
  • Due tomorrow: reading log
  • Due tomorrow: journal
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NaNoWriMo!

For the month of November, we are writing novels! The word count requirement for each grade is as follows:

7th graders: 8,000

8th graders: 10,000

9th graders: 12,000

 

That means that by Friday, you should be at the halfway mark. That means for each grade:

 

7th: 4,000 words

8th: 5,000 words

9th: 6,000 words.

 

If you are not there yet, consider it a homework assignment to write for 1/2 hour each night until you are caught up. You can do it!

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Wed: Class captains/Introductions

Some of the class periods were a little off from each other today because we presented the class captain essays and voted today if we hadn’t already done that last week. If we had, then we worked more on writing introduction paragraphs. Here’s the skinny:

 

Today what we did:

  • Journal time: write about whales (150 words)
  • Planner time
  • Pass back tests and go over questions on grades
  • Read class captain essays to class and vote on class captain
  • *Depending on time, we also worked on writing introduction paragraphs and going over the elements of an introduction paragraph.

Homework:

  • Read for 20 minutes
  • Finish journal entry