DAILY AGENDA

Wednesday, November 20

11/20/2019

Objectives: Today I will

identify motifs and themes in my story
and revise my story

Homework:

Final draft typed and printed due Friday (if you don't have a printer at home, print your story from the library before you come in to class!)
Study for the grammar quiz on 11/27 - one week from today!
- Grammar Notes
- Grammar Study Guide (will not be collected, but will help you on the quiz!)
Missing/make-up work must be turned in no later than 11/27 to get graded before the trimester ends. I will not accept work after 11/27.

Agenda:

Visual Dictionary: Draw pictures to represent peer review, clause, and fragment
Day Twelve - Finding the Motifs & Themes
- Motifs are big ideas that appear throughout a text
  - What ideas appear throughout your story?
  - Examples: friendship, fear, embarrassment, joy, family
- Choose 1-2 motifs from your list that you think are the most important. Write these in the boxes.
- Turn these motifs into themes
  - A theme is a message that the author is trying to convey
  - What are you trying to say about your motifs?
  - Circle your strongest theme statement.
Revision
- Use the feedback you were given by your peers to continue revising and improving your story.
- Your final story will need to be typed and printed
- Remember to plug in laptops when you're done!

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Tuesday, November 19

11/19/2019

Objectives: Today I will help my peers revise their stories

Homework:

Final story draft typed and printed due Friday
Study for the Grammar Quiz on Wednesday, November 27

Agenda:

Have your draft out on your desk!
Visual Dictionary: Draw pictures to represent revison, peer review, editing, and drafting/drafts
Peer Review
- Pass your draft to the person sitting clockwise from you
- Read through your classmate’s draft
- Write down strengths on one side of the table and ways to make the writing stronger on the right
Peer Review: What to look for
- What do you like about the story?
- What do you wish there was more of?
- Moments that would benefit from more IADDs
- What moments are confusing?
Rotate & Repeat
- Write your feedback in the table if it fits, or on the back of the page
Revise
- Read through the feedback you were given
- Start making changes!
- Remember, revision is changing the content of your writing, or the ideas

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Monday, November 18

11/18/2019

Objectives: Today I will

discuss the differences between revision and editing
and continue drafting my realistic fiction story

Homework: Bring a hard copy of your story to class tomorrow. It can be typed or handwritten!

Agenda:

Warm-up: Visual Dictionary
- A narrative is another word for a story
- Draw pictures to represent narrative and transition words
Grammar Review
- Rescheduled to next Monday 11/25, closer to the quiz date!
- You have a study guide for more practice, too!
Revison vs. Editing
- Revision:
  - Changes the content of your writing
- Reasons to revise:
  - To add description
  - To delete unimportant or confusing details
  - To change the flow/order of the story
- Editing:
  - Changes the appearance of your writing
- Reasons to edit:
  - To fix a grammar mistake
  - To capitalize the first letter of the sentence
  - To correct spelling
- How are revision and editing similar? How are they different? Discuss with your table group, and fill in the venn diagram.
Writing
- Independent Writing Time - Stay quiet so others can focus
- Completed Draft Due Tomorrow - Can be typed and printed or handwritten
- Laptops - plug them in when you're done!

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Friday, November 15

11/15/2019

Objectives: Today I will draft my realistic fiction story!

Homework: Work on your story! Completed draft due Tuesday

Agenda:

Warm-up: Visual Dictionary: Draw pictures to represent dialogue, dialogue tags, and quotation/quotes
Transition Words:
- Review the list of transition words in your packet.
- Where have you used transition words in your draft so far?
- Share one example with your table group.
Grammar: Run-ons & Comma Splices
- Run-ons
  - What is a run-on sentence?
  - How can we fix it?
  - Label subjects & verbs.
  - Tell me where the periods should go in the sentences.
- Comma Splices
  - What is a comma splice?
  - How can we fix it?
  - Tell me where to add conjunctions (FANBOYS).
Drafting
- Independent Writing Time! Work on your draft!
- Remember, you need a completed draft by Tuesday

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Thursday, November 13

11/14/2019

Objectives: Today I will

identify clauses and fix fragments
and identify the rules or writing dialogue

Homework:

Work on your story! (Completed draft due Tuesday)
(Optional) Vocabulary Quiz Corrections due tomorrow

Agenda:

Warm-up: Open your Writers' Workshop packet to the visual dictionary and draw a picture to represent IADD (what we worked on yesterday!)
Grammar: Clauses, Fragments, Run-ons, & Comma Splices
- Get out your grammar packet!
- What is a clause?
  - Complete the questions as a class
- What is a fragment?
  - Complete the questions as a class
Grammar Plan
- We'll finish today's grammar lesson tomorrow!
- Grammar review on Monday
- Quiz on 11/27
- The study guide in your packet will not be graded, but will help you!
Day Eight - Dialogue
- What is dialogue?
- Read through the passage as a class
- Answer the questions on your own or with your elbow partner
Punctuating Dialogue - The Rules
- Read through the rules for punctuating dialogue, then glue them into your notebook!
Drafting
- Independent Writing Time! Work on your realistic fiction story!
- You may write in your notebooks or use the laptops
  -- remember! -- the final story will need to be typed.

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Wednesday, November 13

11/13/2019

Objectives: Today I will use descriptive language in my writing.

Homework:

Work on your draft!
(Optional) Vocabulary quiz corrections due Friday

Agenda:

Warm Up: Open your Writers' Workshop packet to the visual dictionary and draw pictures to represent Story Arc and Storyboard
- Need a reminder about what these are? Check your packet for the Plotting Your Story page!
Day Seven - Descriptive Writing
- Whole class read: What are IADDs?
- Complete the action and description sections on your own or with a partner
Rubric
- Independently read the rubric
- Underline keywords that show the difference between earning a 3 and a 4
Drafting
- Start/continue drafting your realistic fiction story
- Your final story will need to be typed, but you may start drafting in your notebook if that's what you prefer!
- If you use a laptop, don't forget to plug it in!

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Tuesday, November 12

11/12/2019

Objectives: Today I will

practice proper comma usage
and analyze the beginnings of books

Homework: (optional) Vocabulary Quiz Corrections due Friday

Agenda:

Grammar: Commas
- Read through the ways to use a comma with a partner
- Then, complete the four practice questions on the bottom of the page.
Bold Beginnings
- As a class, we'll read through the different examples of beginnings
- Whole Class Discussion: What do you like/dislike about each example? Which type is most interesting to you as a reader?
- Read the first page of each book on your table.
- Write down the opening sentences and determine which type of beginning each book uses.
Start Drafting!
- Start writing your realistic fiction story in your notebook. We’ll have the laptop cart for drafting starting tomorrow!

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Friday, November 8

11/8/2019

Objectives: Today I will plan the plot of my story.

Homework:

Finish plotting your story if you do not finish in class
Optional: Vocabulary Quiz Corrections due Friday

Agenda:

Return of the Vocab Quizzes
- If you missed questions on your vocabulary quiz, you can submit quiz corrections to earn back points
  - Quiz corrections due Friday 11/15
- If you don't get a quiz returned to you, you still need to take it! See me to schedule a make-up!
Plotting your Story
- What is a story arc? Why is it important?
- Write a bullet point list for the plot in your story
  - Each point should explain an event or scene in your story
- Then, fill out a plot diagram OR a storyboard

Here's an example of how to fill in a storyboard for your story.

Write!
- Once you have finished plotting your story, get out your notebook and start writing!

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Thursday, November 7

11/7/2019

Objectives: Today I will

rewrite sentences with the correct verb form to match the subject
and start developing my main character

Homework: Finish the Character page in your yellow Writers' Workshop packet

Agenda:

Grammar Packet: Subject-Verb Agreement
- Discuss with your table group: What are subjects and verbs?
  - Subject: The part of the sentence that is doing an action
  - Verb: The action that the subject is doing
  - Subject-Verb Agreement is when the subject and verb of a sentence agree in number. (Both are singular or both are plural.)
- All together we'll fill out the chart on the top of the page using a verb we come up with in class.
- On your own, complete the practice questions on the bottom of the page.
Turn to "Day Four - Character" in your yellow Writers' Workshop packet
- Thinking about the story you chose to write about, consider:
  - Who is the main character?
  - What are they like?
- Brainstorm ideas for your main character by filling out all sections of the character page in your packet.
- If you do not finish: this is homework
- If you finish in class you may:
  - Create a social media account for your character (Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram)
  - Free write/brainstorm story ideas/start your story
  - Read a book

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Wednesday, November 6

11/6/2019

Objectives: Today I will continue brainstorming and test different story ideas.

Homework: Choose a story idea!

Agenda:

Generating Ideas (in your packet)
- Spend 10 minutes filling in the rest of the boxes on the generating ideas page in your packet
- The left side of the chart is for small stories from your life
- The right side is for how you might turn your real story into your realistic fiction story.
Share!
- Share your two favorite ideas with your table group!
- Listen respectfully when your classmates are sharing with you! (Stay in your seat, no unsolicited advice, attention on the person sharing)
- Then, if you'd like, you'll have an opportunity to share your idea with the class.
Speed Writing
- Choose any one of your story ideas
- Start writing without worrying about where the story is going
- Use this time to "date" your story ideas before you commit to writing one!
- If you hit a dead end, write a different story.
- Write independently & silently for 10 minutes (Don't worry, we will have a chance to share!)
Share! Again!
- Which story idea did you like writing best?
- Share your favorite sentence or two with your table group!

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