March 23-April 6

Daily Process
Capture: Set daily goals and reflect
Strength: Practice daily lesson skill
Interact: with words/peers/teacher
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/CSI-Schedule

Resources:
Third Quarter Requirements
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Writing-Requirements
Making changes: resolutions and blogs
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Making-Changes
http://voicethread.com/share/72003/
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Ideas-Intro

http://homepage.mac.com/sherirae/grammar/index.html

Collaboration:
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/W5-PDS-NSD-Living-History
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/W5-PDS-NSD-Who-We-Are
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Places-Survey

Learn Diigo Notes
Read PDS Essays and Mapskip

Places We Will Go in Memphis (webdoc)
Places We Will Go in Memphis (wiki)
A Trip to Memphis

Diigo Notes
PDS Essays and Mapskip

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Focus:
Commonalities-- Which are important to you?
Discuss places
Write itinerary with organizer --A Trip to Memphis
Share and Revise

Writing Places Paragraphs: Glog; Practice and Draft; Revise nouns and verbs; sentence fluency; punctuation and spelling

Conference Prep
Look through your writing folder and wiki --

Find:
Ideas -- prewriting
Ideas -- draft
Organization --paragraphs, beginnings, endings - find in your paper
Organization and Word Choice --Names/Verbs/Emotion -- see revision tips
Sentence Fluency -- Length/Structure
Voice -- attitude appropriate for audience and purpose
Edit -- punctuation/spelling/ grammar, etc.

Show and Explain:
Wiki Work and explain how you do it.
Mapskip and Diigo Notes comments stories
http://pdsenglish5.pbwiki.com/

http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Ideas-Intro

http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Making-Changes
Our voicethread: http://voicethread.com/share/72003/

http://homepage.mac.com/sherirae/grammar/index.html

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Monday 3/23
Commonalities-- Which are important to you?
What is similar to our PDS friends’ important ideas?
What will you explain to your family?

Tuesday 3/24
Review Monday
Conference Prep (see above)

Wednesday 3/25
Conference Prep
Commonalities - our ideas
Discuss places and itineraries

Thursday 3/26 Conferences

Friday 3/27
Commonalities - our ideas
If time: Discuss places and itineraries Itineraries

Monday 4/6


Commonalities - our ideas
If time: Discuss places and itineraries Itineraries
Places

Writing Places Paragraphs: Glog; Place Prezi; Practice and Draft; Revise nouns and verbs; sentence fluency; punctuation and spelling
C = Commonalities-- Which are important to you?
S = Personal Flag --/Living History Project and Places
I = Share and Revise

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EALR 1: The student understands and uses a writing process.

1.1.1 Prewrites to generate ideas and plan writing. W Applies more than one strategy for generating ideas and planning writing.
· Generates ideas prior to organizing them

1.2.1 Analyzes task and composes multiple drafts when appropriate a. Refers to prewriting plan. b. Drafts according to audience, purpose, and time.
d. Assesses draft and/or feedback

1.4.1 Edits for conventions (see 3.3).

1.3.1 Revises text, including changing words, sentences, paragraphs, and ideas. Rereads work several times and has a different focus for each reading (e.g., first reading — adding details for elaboration; second reading — deleting sentences or phrases to achieve paragraph unity; third reading — reorganizing ideas for meaning).

Records feedback using writing group procedure (e.g., partner underlines telling sentences, such as “I had fun,” and writer changes to show detail, “I squealed as the roller coaster sped around a corner.”).
· Makes decisions about writing based on feedback (e.g., revision before final draft).

EALR 3: The student writes clearly and effectively.
3.1.1 Analyzes ideas, selects a narrow topic, and
using specific details and/or examples.

3.1.2 Uses an effective organizational structure.

2.1.1 Applies understanding of multiple and varied audiences to write effectively.

3.2.1 Applies understanding that different audiences and purposes affect writer’s voice.

3.2.2 Uses language appropriate for a specific audience and purpose.
· Uses precise language (e.g., powerful verbs, specific descriptors).

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