Tuesday, 12/4/01
Copy rubrics for essays into notebook. Full rubrics available here.
Ideas and Content: What's the point? Backed up with examples? (10)
Organization: Intro, middle, conclusion. Logical. (5)
Voice: Stylie! (5)
Word Choice: Show not tell. Visual. (5)
Sentence Fluency: Flow. Smooth or Huh? (5)
Conventions: Spelling, punctuation, etc. (10)
Total: 40 (36 =A)
Correct Reading Check and yesterday's Warm up. Reading Check tomorrow.

Rubric Practice with Jill's essay. Read. Give a score for each part of the rubric. Give suggestions.

Magazines:
Flow Chart on whiteboard.
Editors: Log in. Follow link called "Technical Stuff." Follow directions.

Writers: All are spelling words.

  1. *stop sign : traffic :: embargo : __________
  2. *bar-b-que : patio :: siesta : ___________
  3. *pancho : rain :: _________ : sun
  4. *tortilla : burrito :: _________ : chili
  5. *corn : tortilla :: _________ : chocolate
Writers owe a list of ten names by Friday.
Work on essay, work on vocabulary, work on crossword, work on Tom Sawyer...etc.