A conference reminder is coming home tonight in your child's agenda. It includes the day and time of your child's conference. Just another reminder that our nights are packed, and it will be important for us to be able to stay on schedule. Thanks so much for your help with this!
Looking forward to meeting with you soon!
Ms. Daly
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Revision
Almost all of us have our messy drafts typed, and we have moved on to revision. This is often the most difficult stage of the writing process. We spend so much time writing a draft and now we have to change it?!?! We are working hard to understand the importance and the power of revision.
We started with leads. We explored five different types of leads, and we have tried at least two alternate leads for our own stories. It is so exciting to hear the new leads. They are really engaging, and the kids are really getting into it.
I am assigning homework on top of reading this week. Last night it was to try a new lead (some finished in class). Tonight is to pick the lead they like the best and get it changed in their google doc.
Tomorrow we will continue/start work in writing groups. We will be working hard to use peer review effectively. I am excited to see the collaboration that happens through the use of google docs!
Along with this revision, we are still reading like writers. We are currently reading a story called "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto. We are reading it a bit at a time and thinking about it in terms of the plot mountain. Yesterday we read the exposition. Today we read the rising action. We are doing a lot of comparison to our own stories. We are asking ourselves questions like, "Does my story have tension that gradually rises?" and "Does my exposition get my reader ready for the conflict?".
We started with leads. We explored five different types of leads, and we have tried at least two alternate leads for our own stories. It is so exciting to hear the new leads. They are really engaging, and the kids are really getting into it.
I am assigning homework on top of reading this week. Last night it was to try a new lead (some finished in class). Tonight is to pick the lead they like the best and get it changed in their google doc.
Tomorrow we will continue/start work in writing groups. We will be working hard to use peer review effectively. I am excited to see the collaboration that happens through the use of google docs!
Along with this revision, we are still reading like writers. We are currently reading a story called "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto. We are reading it a bit at a time and thinking about it in terms of the plot mountain. Yesterday we read the exposition. Today we read the rising action. We are doing a lot of comparison to our own stories. We are asking ourselves questions like, "Does my story have tension that gradually rises?" and "Does my exposition get my reader ready for the conflict?".
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