Kleeman Elements of Composition
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Wed, Jan 5
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introduction/laptop policies/Writer's Log #1:Sentence as River, Sentence as Drum
Homework: signed laptop policy sheet
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Fri, Jan 7
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collection of laptop policy sheets/Writer's Log #2: Inventory of Interests
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Mon, Jan 10
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Writer's Log #2: What is an Essay?/intro to Process Paragraph/pre-writing planning
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Wed, Jan 12
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Review of responses to WL #2/student sample paragraph/finish pre-writing planning |
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Fri, Jan 14
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Student sample paragraph #2/review of elements/begin drafting Process Paragraph |
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Mon, Jan 17
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No School |
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Wed, Jan 19
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rubric on process paragrph/professional example/continued drafting/SAS Writing Reviser |
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Fri, Jan 21
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completion of drafting/peer-editing/hand-in working draft of process paragraph |
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Mon, Jan 24
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Passive/active voice workshop (Writer's Log #3)(dropbox)/revision and editing of Process Paragraphs |
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Wed, Jan 26
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Completion of editing of Process Paragraphs (hand in completed draft)/Introduction to Pet Peeves |
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Fri, Jan 28
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Example Pet Peeve essays/rubric/begin drafting Pet Peeve Essay |
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Mon, Jan 31
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example Pet Peeve essays/rubric out/drafting |
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Wed, Feb 2
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school cancelled |
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Finishing touches on Pet Peeves |
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Mon, Feb 7
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reading of Pet Peeve essays/notes on Summary/Response (Writer's Log #4) |
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Wed, Feb 9
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reading of Pet Peeve essays/begin viewing Temple Grandin (subject of summary/response) |
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Fri, Feb 11
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viewing of Temple Grandin (subject of summary/response) |
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Mon, Feb 14
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finish viewing of Temple Grandin/final out loud readings of Pet Peeves
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Wed, Feb 16
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begin drafting summary/responses |
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Fri, Feb 18
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No School |
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Mon, Feb 21
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No School |
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Wed, Feb 23
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final Pet Peeve essays out loud (Lizzie, Ryan, Dylan and Alex)/finish Summary/Response writings |
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Fri, Feb 25
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Memoir introduction/What's in a name? (memoir pre-write #1) |
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Mon, Feb 28
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Completion of Name Piece/Boundary Piece (dropbox) |
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Wed, Mar 2
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Random Autobiography |
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Fri, Mar 4
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No School |
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Mon, Mar 7
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A paragraph based on Random Autobiography/Artifact Writing (memoir pre-write) |
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Wed, Mar 9
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no class (CSAP) |
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Fri, Mar 11
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Student Choice writings (memoir pre-write) |
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Mon, Mar 14
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Writer's Log #5: Scheming the Piece/student example memoir/Map of the Piece (planning worksheet) |
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Wed, Mar 16
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Student example memoir/finish mapping the piece/begin drafting memoir |
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Fri, Mar 18
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Drafting of memoir |
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| Mon, Mar 21 |
No School |
| Tue, Mar 22 |
No School |
| Wed, Mar 23 |
No School |
| Thu, Mar 24 |
No School |
| Fri, Mar 25 |
No School |
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Mon, Mar 28
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review of memoir rubric/completion of working draft of memoir/Writer's Log #6: Strunk and White |
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Wed, Mar 30
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completion of Writer's Log #6/Syncretic Questions (dropbox) |
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Fri, Apr 1
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The Shoe Exercise (introduction to descriptive essay) |
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Mon, Apr 4
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Hands prewriting/Reading and analysis of Galvin as descriptive essay (Writer's Log #8) |
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Wed, Apr 6
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Student example descriptive essay/planning worksheet |
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Fri, Apr 8
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Second student example descriptive essay/finish planning worksheet/begin drafting |
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Mon, Apr 11
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Sentence Tightening workshop (Writer's Log #9)/drafting of descriptive essay/SAS editing of draft |
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Wed, Apr 13
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final day of drafting of descriptive essay/edit or revise memoir working draft |
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Fri, Apr 15
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(room change to S7) Summary/Response practice ("A Man Named Pearl") |
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Mon, Apr 18
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Descriptive Essay drafting/Memoir revision |
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Wed, Apr 20
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Memoir revision/extra credit opportunity ("This I Believe") |
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Fri, Apr 22
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Abstract story structure (Writer's Log #10) |
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Mon, Apr 25
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Writer's Log #12: Letter Analysis |
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Wed, Apr 27
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Freerice.com exercise (part 1) |
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Fri, Apr 29
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Freerice. com excercise (part 2) |
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Mon, May 2
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Literary Letter Assignment/example letters
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Wed, May 4
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Drafting of Literary Letter/rubrics out
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Fri, May 6
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Drafting of Literary Letter/Descriptive Essay revision |
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Mon, May 9
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Writer's Log #13: Abstract story structure |
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Wed, May 11
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Revisions of final drafts (process paragraph;pet peeve essay; summary response;memoir and descriptive essay) |
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Fri, May 13
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Class evaluation |
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Mon, May 16
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Wed, May 18
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Thu, May 19
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Graduation |
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Fri, May 20
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