Week of October 6 - October 14

Note: No School Monday October 13

Mon Oct 6
Entry: Read over and revise your self-portrait:

Who Are You: http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Who-Are-You
Identifying Commonalities Part 1 Identifying Commonalities in the book’s descriptions
I am made of ________.
Text about yourself (hobbies, facts, factoids)
Did you know?
Sketch (with graphics related to your written text).

Share.
Part 2 --- identify commonalities in your team following the pattern in the book Part 3 -- publication and art work

Tues Oct 7
Entry: What have you learned about your team members? What surprised you?

Who Are You Review: http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Who-Are-You
What’s done so far? How to revise:
Review of:
Audience and purpose --- word choice (verbs/nouns) and vocabulary
Voice --- connotation/detonation; alliteration, simile, metaphor, symbols

Wed Oct 8
Entry: What vivid verbs did you include? What similes? What symbols?
Share. Continue process. Teacher monitor and feedback.

Thursday Oct 9
Library
Read new books.

Friday Oct 10 Class meeting and continue project. If time, move to election process (review candidates)

Monday No school Tuesday Oct 14
Entry: Work on projects.


Peer feedback -- process
https://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Peer-Conferences

Wednesday October 15
Entry: How could you use the techniques learned last week for a science project?

Continue and finalize projects using checklist.