Wednesday, March 30th

• Worked on the Character Mobile - complete the rough copy for tomorrow
• Those who were ready started peer editing 

Monday, March 28th

• Discussed the Shakespeare Play that is happening on Wednesday morning & watched a short summary of "The Tempest" 
• Worked on the Character Mobile rough work

Friday, March 25th

• Collected the personal narrative
• Worked on the Character Mobile
• Be sure to have the rough copy of your first trait done if you did not complete it in class 

Thursday, March 24th

• Continued work on the Character Mobile
• How to write a paragraph with effective evidence
• Using transitions in your writing
• Finished brainstorming
• Started writing the first trait
• Reminder: Good Copy of the Personal Narrative is due tomorrow 

Tuesday, March 22nd

• Returned and reviewed the IRA - share your mark with your parents & get it signed
• Introduced and discussed the Character Mobile assignment 
• Initial group brainstorming
• Narrowing our focus - what three traits are you going to focus on

Monday, March 21st

• Returned and reviewed the last Reading Test  - share your mark with your parents
• Peer Editing of the Personal Narrative
• Good Copy due: Friday, March 25th
• Remember to check the breakdown on the back of the handout to be sure that you hand in all the relevant process work 
• Started discussing the next part of the novel project - Character Mobile

Thursday, March 17th

• Worked on Revising 
• Identifying changes and why/how they are made
• Making changes in our own writing
• Peer Editing next class - Monday 

Tuesday, March 15th

• Finished Literature Circle Discussion
• Peer Evaluation of discussion groups
• Figurative Language worksheet 
• Discussion & review of concepts
• Work on completing it 

Monday, March 14th

• Wrote our final novel quiz
• Literature Circle discussions about the last section of the novel 

Last week - introduced and worked on the Personal Narrative assignment - brainstorming, narrowing your focus, rough work

     Rough work due for Tuesday, March 15th

Tuesday, March 8th

• Wrote our novel quiz
• Next Quiz: Monday, March 14th - Chapter 19 to the End
•  Don't forget your 5 KIM words and your 3 Open-ended Questions 
• Literature Circle Discussions