Week of September 30 - October 6

Monday Sep 29
Finalize Publication of Letter
Final revise and review and publish of document online (use checklist)

Tuesday Sep 30

W8: Reflections on Learning
What did you learn about:
audience
purpose

leads
key words
persuasive strategies
elaboration
prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
peer review
self-review
note-taking
citations
plagiarism

Wednesday Oct 1 Parent Student Teacher Conferences

Thursday Oct 2
Library.
Student compacts.
Discuss and revise letters, if needed.

Friday Oct 3
Who Are You: Forming Collaborative Teams
Identifying Commonalities in the book’s descriptions
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Who-Are-You

Form Teams; read book. Create a list of your own descriptions and a sketch of yourself.
What are you made of?
Identifying Commonalities Part 1
I am made of _______.
Text of facts about yourself.
Did you know?
Sketch

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

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