9/24 Conference Reflection and Tap your Map

Wed 9/24

Entry Reflection: Answer these two questions in your notebook for our parent conferences next week:

What do you like about writing class?
What do you wish would be different about writing class?

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Write about an X on your Writing Treasure Map. Write about only one X with lots of detail.

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How we work: Write, Share, Suggest, Write, Share, Suggest, Write, Edit, Publish

Model: Share my story. Show student questions in margins.

Model: Student story. Write student questions in margins.

Apply: Students ask questions of each other’s work.

Share and discuss.

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Idea Imaginings: A Writing Treasure Map

Mon 9/22 Acrostic Poem Entry
Write your name vertically down the left side of your paper.
Write an adjective or word phrase that describes you after each letter of your name.

Draw a sketch of yourself showing your adjectives.

SHERI

Silly
Healthy
Eccentric
Rigorous
Inquisitive

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Share “Writing Treasure Maps," the maps about special places in your life that have several stories to tell. I shared with you about Lake Metigoshe in North Dakota. I drew these places:

• cabins
• tents for cousins
• pontoon fishing
• dock fishing for perch with my bamboo pole and hook: Yum! Breakfast!
• splashing into the water and almost drowning
• choke cherry picking and jelly
• teen music and dancing
• playing cards with cousins

What will you draw on your map? What X will you mark? What label will your write to remind you of your story? Make at least three "X marks the story" marks on your map.


Model: Place Xs and label the stories in your map.

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