Today ALL classes made significant progress on our revision strategies. Students were able to pick and choose the remaining revision strategies/stations they felt would help them best move forward with their work.
Here is a look at the upcoming week:
- Monday, 9/16: Revising and polishing the final draft of our “Extended Narrative–Continuing the Story” writing assignment
- Tuesday, 9/17: Finish final draft; turn in process work (station work, printed rough draft, story planners) using the checklist I will provide you.
- Wednesday, 9/18: Common Assessment on Short Story Reading Skills in Common Lit
- Thursday, 9/19: Annotation strategies mini-lesson; begin reading “Thank You Ma’m” by Langston Hughes in Common Lit and completing the assigned tasks in Common Lit.
- Friday, 9/20: Finish “Thank You Ma’m” assignment in Common Lit and begin working on “Thank You Ma’am” Story Analysis Brochure
You should continue reading your independent reading library book /choice reading at home and during PUSH days. You’ll be completing a mini-project on the book of your choice at the end of the month.
Hamilton 8th Language Arts 