April 21 - April 27

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:
Fourth Quarter Requirements
http://homepage.mac.com/sherirae/grammar/index.html
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Figurative-Language

Collaboration:
http://eagleswrite.pbwiki.com/

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Focus:
Commonalities-- Which are important to you? Places- to go and to share
Discuss places;
Personal Flag --/Living History Project and Places;
Write itinerary with organizer --A Trip to Memphis
Share and Revise

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

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Six Traits:
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.

http://pdsenglish5.pbwiki.com/

C = Commonalities-- Which are important to you? Places- to go and to share
S = Personal Flag --/Living History Project and Places
I = Share and Revise

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4/21 4/22 4/23 WASL or Homeroom

Project Progression as needed with personalized instruction for:
4/20, 4/24

Commonalities-- Finish and edit: Which are important to you? our ideas
What is similar to our PDS friends’ important ideas?
What will you explain to your family?

4/24 4/27

Our Area --- Writing paragraphs and essays
Writing Places Paragraphs: Glog; Place Prezi; Practice and Draft; Revise nouns and verbs; sentence fluency; punctuation and spelling


Research
Summary, Adapt to fiction, Adapt to poetry
http://eagleswrite.pbwiki.com/Genre-Audience-and-Purpose

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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).