Week of 02/17/15 - 02/20/15
Mon 02/16/15
No School
Tues 02/17/15
Students received back their Shark Writes 3. Students reviewed the FSA Rubric for Argumentative Writing (below) and discussed the categories for scoring. Students reviewed the writing prompt and unPACked the writing prompt.
Prompt: Write an argumentative essay in which you decide whether Marie Curie or Louis Pasteur made more significant contributions to society.
Purpose - Why are we writing? (argument)
Audience - Who are we writing to? (reader)
Context - What format are we writing in? (essay)
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 7 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 7 test Friday!
PARENTS: Read more about the upcoming FSA writing test students will be taking the week of March 2. www.fsassessments.org
Prompt: Write an argumentative essay in which you decide whether Marie Curie or Louis Pasteur made more significant contributions to society.
Purpose - Why are we writing? (argument)
Audience - Who are we writing to? (reader)
Context - What format are we writing in? (essay)
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 7 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 7 test Friday!
PARENTS: Read more about the upcoming FSA writing test students will be taking the week of March 2. www.fsassessments.org
Wed 02/18/15
Students reviewed the essay they wrote for the Shark Writes 3. Students viewed a sample student-written essay with a score of a perfect 10. Students evaluated their essays with peer feedback from a Writing Check List.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 7 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 7 test Friday!
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 7 Week 3 vocab, due Friday. Unit 7 test Friday!
Thurs 02/19/15
Students completed vocabulary centers to study for their vocabulary test tomorrow on Unit 7. Click HERE for centers.
HOMEWORK: Unit 7 Week 3 is due tomorrow! If your centers were not completed in class, they must be finished for homework!
HOMEWORK: Unit 7 Week 3 is due tomorrow! If your centers were not completed in class, they must be finished for homework!
Fri 02/20/15
Students took their Unit 7 vocab test after watching the Flocabulary video. Grades will soon go in for Unit 7 Test, Unit 7 HW, and CW for Weeks 4-6. (HW and CW are three week grade averages.)
HOMEWORK: None
HOMEWORK: None