Author Archives: sthomasen
Thursday- Work on Narrative!
Wednesday- Literature Circles + Grammar
Review building complex sentences and now add THAMO’s
No Red Ink- fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Literature Circles- Read and decide which book you would like to read for Lit Circles
Fill in the FORMS when you have decided
Wednesday-Friday- Narrative Writing
Narrative Writing- have fun!!!
Printed and in my hands by 9am on Monday morning. Please add to TEAMS as well.
Land Acknowledgment
Grammar Tuesday- Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, FANBOYS
- Free Write- Describe your morning/lunch with as many sophisticated (level 2) words that you can.
- What is a fused sentence? What is a comma splice?
- Finding Fragments
- Fused sentences and Comma Splices
- Fixing fused sentences and comma splices with FANBOYS -No Red Ink
- Can you revise your paragraph to combine two sentences using a comma and FANBOY?
- Final revisions on the paragraph- due on TEAMS AND Printed by the beginning of class tomorrow (Wednesday)
Tuesday- Showing, Not Telling +Collaboration
- Get together with your “reading” and check answers.
- YOu are a book promoter and you control the social media. How would you “sell” the author and their writing? How does their writing style reflect their identity? How would you describe their writing style OR your thoughts on the writing in a “Twitter” style (max. 280 characters including #) summary? Write it on the poster paper at the back of the room.
- Showing, Not Telling
Monday- Learning Reflection and Writing Deconstruction
- Learning Log- choose ONE of the prompts and write for 5 minutes using details from the day. It can also include the Ways of Knowing and Being
- Writing Deconstruction- instructions will be given 🙂
- Narrative Outline- It is just and outline! No big sentences- just thoughts
Monday-Deconstruct on your own
- Learning Journal. Choose a few prompts to reflect on our day on Friday.
- Deconstruct ONE more reading on your own.
- With your group, go over what you learned.
Monday- Writing!
- Learning Log- choose ONE of the prompts and write for 5 minutes using details from the day. It can also include the Ways of Knowing and Being
- Write the paragraph- due tomorrow at 3pm. There is NO class time to work on it on Tuesday.