Most Embarrassing Moment
- Final drafts and rubrics were handed back along with feedback today.
- Overall Feedback for the Class
- Generally significant improvement between 1st and final draft
- Don’t write 3 or 4 identical drafts (especially by hand)
- Read out loud
- Move big chunks
- First draft shouldn’t look like final draft (or graphic organizers)
- Double check words that I circled as spelling errors in a dictionary or online
- Overall Feedback for the Class
Unlikely Diary Keepers
- Handed out rubric
Reading Time
We will go to the library for some silent reading time and/or to choose a book if you haven’t got one. Please consider a book that you would like to complete a book report on. The two options for October’s book report are below:- Interview a character from your book. Write at least ten questions that will give the character the opportunity to discuss his/her thoughts and feelings about his/her role in the story. However you choose to present your interview is up to you.
- Create a newspaper for your book. Summarize the plot in one article, cover the weather in another, do a feature story on one of the more interesting characters in another. Include an editorial and a collection of ads that would be pertinent to the story.
For today (and as homework), please write a response to the questions below on your blog or on paper.
- What book are you thinking of doing a book report on? (It can/should be one that you have already begun so that you have time to finish it and work on the report)
- Why did you choose this book to read? (Minimum 3 sentence answer!)
- At this point, what is the book about?
- Why do you think this book is a good choice for a book report?
