Ms. Cabel - Archived 09/19 Notes

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Posted: September 27, 2012

Check out the new sentence added to the Sentence of the Week gallery!

Posted: September 26, 2012

A reminder that school pictures will be taken tomorrow during English class. Today we worked on revising our snapshot moments.

Posted: September 25, 2012

Don't forget to complete your one-pager on an SSR book for tomorrow.  Today we talked about showing, rather than telling, in our writing.  We looked at a mentor text to get examples and then we revised our own writing. 

Posted: September 24, 2012

Students received an assignment today to complete on their SSR book.  It is due Wednesday.  For students who were absent today, be sure to get that from me tomorrow.

Posted: September 21, 2012

The Pulamoo spirit was incredible today!  Although the students had a lot of energy due to our pep rally and the upcoming dance tonight, they still worked hard on their snapshot moments.  Students had a significant amount of time to draft in today's class.  First drafts of snapshot moments are due on Monday.  Next week, we will learn some creative revision techniques!
We read chapter 11 from The Hunger Games book. I took out the proper conventions and made the text really messy. Also, we edited the text together, and added in conventional artistry. The students had fun coming up to the Smartboard and fixing the text as a team!   Ms. Hennebury

Posted: September 20, 2012

Today we did a mini-lesson based on word choice.  We talked about the importance of choosing strong verbs in order to create better images for our reader.  We had a lot of class time today to work on the drafts of our snapshot moments.  Homework: The first draft of the snapshot moment is due on Monday.

Posted: September 19, 2012

Who would have known that punctuation could be so fun!  Today we talked about the importance of being creative with conventions in order to enhance the voice in our writing.  The students "read like writers" again, searching through our mentor texts for examples of creative use of conventions.  We now have some great ideas to use in our own writing.

Posted: September 18, 2012

Today we reviewed the importance of voice in our writing.  Then we had time to start drafting our snapshot moments.  Remember that the Donald Mills letter is due tomorrow. On a horrible note...today, our projector died.  We will have to "kick it old school" for a little while!

Posted: September 18, 2012

September book orders are due this Friday, September 21st.  I have extra book orders if you did not receive one, or you lost one.

Posted: September 17, 2012

Lesson Focus: Voice Today we talked about how to infuse voice in our writing.  We looked at a piece written by Donald Mills, where he "slams" teenagers for their use of video games.  Homework: Write a letter to Donald Mills, explaining your point of view on the matter.  You can comment on the content of his letter and/or how he refers to teenagers in his letter.  The key is to use your voice - let your personality shine through the piece.  Your letter should be 1/2 page to 1 page single spaced and done in good copy.  Due Wednesday.
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Posted: September 14, 2012

We had some great discussion in class today regarding snapshot moments.  We looked at an excerpt from Elie Wiesel's Night.  We read like writers, searching for the strategies that Wiesel used to slow time down in this snapshot moment.  The students were quite moved by his piece. Homework: Bring in a picture for Monday (it can be a hard copy or on your ipod, etc.)

Posted: September 13, 2012

Make sure that you have a topic for your snapshot moment, for tomorrow.

Posted: September 12, 2012

Today we talked about narrowing down topics and we looked at our first mentor text of a snapshot moment.  The students worked together to pick out effective strategies used by the writer of the piece.  They focused on word choice, voice, and creative use of conventions.  Tomorrow we will be choosing topics and starting to draft our snapshot moments.

Posted: September 11, 2012

Today, we set up our writers notebooks and did our first quick write.  Well done all around!  If you have not yet purchased a hard cover notebook, please do it as soon as possible.  We will be using the notebook on a daily basis this semester.

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