Mar. 28-Apr. 1

Mar. 28: Begin Peer Revision
HW: Read Six Strategies with response log

Mar. 29: Continue Peer Revision

Mar. 30: Guided Revision

Mar. 31: Self-Revision

Apr. 1: Final essay due Monday (beginning of period)

Feb. 28 - Mar. 4

Feb. 28: Introduce Research Paper; Fads vs. Trends; Create Groups
Mar. 1: If/Then; Peer Rubric
Mar. 2: Trend Exploration
Mar. 3: Begin research
Mar. 4: Continue research
Writing Plan due Monday

Feb. 14-18

Feb. 14: Drafting

Feb. 15: Drafting

Feb. 16: Peer Review

Feb. 17: Sentence Combining with Adverb Clauses
HW: Read p. 303-305 and answer #1-4 on p. 305. Work on revising essay.

Feb. 18: NO SCHOOL

Feb. 7 - 11

Feb. 7: Appositive/Participial/Prep Phrase Review; Problem/Solution research
HW: Find an article to summarize - 200 word summary due Wednesday

Feb. 8: Research/Summarize

Feb. 9: Peer-Review Summaries; Brainstorm outlines

Feb. 10: Research; Find another article to summarize
HW: 200 word summary due Friday

Feb. 11: Research/Write/Grammar Workshop
HW: Draft due next Wednesday

Jan. 31-Feb. 4

Jan. 31: Appositive Phrases; Summary revision
HW: Cut to 250 words

Feb. 1: Sentence combining using appositive phrases; Summary revision
HW: Cut to 200 words; sentence combining

Feb. 2: SNOW DAY

Feb. 3: Summary Due; Begin Problem/Solution paper

HW: Read P. 306-8: "Uncle Sam and Aunt Samantha" and complete a "says-does" on the essay

13 paragraphs = 13 of the following:

Paragraph 1:

Says: What is the main idea? (one-sentence summary)

Does: What does the paragraph do for the essay? (Give an example, tell a story, introduce the issue, evaluate a solution, etc.)

Feb. 4: Brainstorming/Research

Jan. 24-Jan. 28

Jan. 24: Introduction to Summary Writing; TED Talk
Final reflection essay due Thursday

Jan. 25: Self-Revision of essay; Grammar Workshop
Final reflection essay due Thursday

Jan. 26: Summary writing - combining sentences
HW: Final reflection essay due Friday

Jan. 27: Summary writing - adding transitions/attributive tags
HW: Final reflection essay due Friday

Jan. 28: Final Draft due; summary writing
HW: 300-word summary

Jan. 17-21

Jan. 17: NO SCHOOL

Jan. 18: Drafting/Conferences
HW: Draft due Thursday

Jan. 19: Drafting
HW: Draft due Thursday

Jan. 20: Draft due/Peer Revision
HW: Revise for Thursday, Jan. 27

Jan. 21: Grammar Workshop; Writing Conclusions
HW: Revise for Thursday, Jan. 27