March 9 - March 16

Focus and Resources
Third Quarter Requirements (Reading/Writing for 8)
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Writing-Requirements
MOTT Work
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Writing-Thesis-Statement
http://whatelse.pbwiki.com/Revision-Tips-2
http://photographylessons-byerika.blogspot.com/
Writing Process Expectations for criteria
Review/complete 6 Trait work
revision organizer

Using Diigo

Youth Voices

Monday 3/9
S: Speech practice: Share projects and thesis statements; timeline and progress
Feedback
Review thesis with six traits of writing (see folders; checklist)
Focus, Thesis, Draw Conclusions about thesis with details
I: Diigo/notes/research/draft/revise

Photography Introduction and blog comments

Tuesday 3/10 Wednesday 3/11 Thursday 3/12 Friday 3/13 Monday 3/16

Workshop: Students work on own projects (MOTT and photography) with review lessons and personalized feedback

Focus, Thesis, Draw Conclusions about thesis with details

I: Diigo/notes/research/draft/revise
Photography Assignment -- iSearch

Photography:

What:
What is it?
How do it?
What I will do

So What?
What I did
What I learned, including writing and photographic element reflection based on image

Now What?
What will I do next time?
What is the next element to learn?

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EALR 1: The student understands and uses a writing process. 1.1.1 Applies more than one strategy for generating ideas and planning writing. Generates ideas prior to organizing them * Uses a variety of prewriting strategies
1.2.1 Analyzes task and composes multiple drafts when appropriate a. Refers to prewriting plan. b. Drafts according to audience, purpose, and time.
d. Assesses draft and/or feedback,
1.4.1 Edits for conventions (see 3.3).
1.3.1 Revises text, including changing words, sentences, paragraphs, and ideas. Rereads work several times and has a different focus for each reading (e.g., first reading — looking for variety of sentence structure and length; second reading — checking for clarity and specific word choice; third reading — checking for layers of elaboration). f. Evaluates and justifies the choice to use feedback in revisions (e.g., “I don’t want to change this because …”).
3.1.1 Analyzes ideas, selects a manageable topic, and elaborates using specific, relevant details and/or examples.
3.1.2 Analyzes and selects effective organizational structure.
2.1.1 Applies understanding of multiple and varied audiences to write effectively .2.2.1 Demonstrates understanding of different purposes for writing.

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Elaborate and Persuade

Help the president decide!

Use the strategies from reading class to list your key words and write your lead.

Elaborate and Persuade; Key Words and Leads
(See Reading Lesson--
Sources--
Key Words:
Ask -- What are the main ideas of your your issue? What are the main/key words? When people search google for ideas, google looks for the key words in the page. If people were to google for your letter, what words would they need to enter in the search bar?

Let's look at these lesson materials:

http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Choosing-Keywords-Help/Effective-Keyword-Choice-Strategy-and-Useful-Tools/

Topic for Site: How to choose key words --- note the table of contents to several pages of ideas

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Once you have chosen your key words, you can create a good lead.

Leads: How to write great leads
http://www.bloggingtips.com/2007/10/31/the-seven-most-important-leads-types-for-bloggers/

How tos for writing great "leads"
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/organization/leads.html

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Use these pages in addition to our discussion to write in your notebook or on your wiki president page: 1) key words and 2) a good lead

Continue revising and editing your letter.

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10:50 Peer Review 2

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