All Classes: Narrative Writing Revision Work of our Extended Narrative Rough Drafts Continuing “Raymond’s Run” (district and Milestones test style extended narrative writing task)
Station Rotations:
- Station 1: Dialogue Den, Part 1--finding and counting our number of beginning, ending, and middle dialogue tags. We also formulated revisions to make sure we have a balance of each kind of required tag.
- Station 2: Dialogue Den, Part 2–making sure we have opening and closing quotation marks around each piece of quoted speech and looking for errors with our dialogue with capitalization and punctuation.
- Station 3: DIY Revision–Explode the Moment—taking a scene that is underdeveloped or rushed and revising for more detail and to really develop the moment in depth.
- Station 4: STEAL Analysis–reading our draft and seeing where/how we are developing a character and showing a character trait through each part of the STEAL method.
- Station 5: PQP (Praise, Question, Polish): Exchanging drafts and providing feedback with PQP tickets (see photos below).
- Station 6: Teacher Conference/Help–get 1:1 help with your draft from Ms. Hamilton
- Station 7: NoRedInk Module in a Cozy Chair (Formatting Dialogue Practice Mastery Module” (coming Friday)
Period 8-1:
Today we completed two TIMED station rotations in which students were engaged in various revision tasks. Unfortunately, excessive talking and not following instructions was problematic today for several students, and War Eagle points were deducted for those who could not stay on task.
Students who could not control their talking or focus today will be working independently tomorrow on the stations. Those who followed directions will continue the station rotations in small groups.
Period 8-4:
Students were given starting stations and groups; they then worked at their pace and moved on to another station. Most students completed two stations. We will finish remaining stations tomorrow.
Period 8-5:
Students who are behind on the story writing assignment worked in a small group with Ms. Moore, my co-teacher, to get caught up today. Those who worked with me completed Station 4 and Station 1.
Period 8-6:
Students worked on Station 1 today. Most finished, but a few will need to finish tonight because they were having difficulty identifying their dialogue tags and/or following the instructions. If your child did not finish Station 1 work today, that needs to be completed tonight. Several students moved on to Station 4; a few are behind on drafting and were asked to work on the draft.
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