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March 18, 2013

Today students shared their plot lines for their story with a twist ending. They will be typing the stories today and tomorrow. The final draft needs to be done by Wednesday.

March 19, 2013

Today students worked on the first draft of a story with a twist ending. I will be giving students credit for having their first draft done when they get to class tomorrow. I want the final draft done by Wednesday. They will then turn their story into a cool presentation to share with the class.

March 20, 2013

Students final draft is due by the end of the class period today. Tomorrow students will turn their story into a presentation. We will start presenting the stories to the class on the Monday that we get back from spring break.

March 21, 2013

Students will work on their twist ending presentations.

March 22, 2013

Last day for students to work on twist ending presentations during class. Students will start presenting on the Monday that we return from spring break.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Students wrote and shared spring break stories. Students worked on their twist ending presentations. We will start presenting them Tuesday!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Students started sharing their twist ending presentation!

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Students presented their twist ending stories.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Students presented twist ending stories.

Friday April 5, 2013

Last day of presentations. Notes over the presentation are due!

Monday, April 8, 2013

Starting our poetry unit! Use this website and complete activities on the poetry link!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Continue to work on poetry. I would like for all students to have read Chapters 1-4 and start writing their own poems today.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Students continued to work on poetry starting down the list on my website poetry.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Students are continuing to work on their poems.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Worked on poems!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Students have started making a sleeve for their Outsides soundtrack. The Outsiders Project

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Continued working on //The Outsiders// soundtrack.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Continued working on //The Outsiders// soundtrack.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Continue working on The Outsiders and Poetry.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Work on The Outsiders soundtrack and Poetry assignment. I will start grading both on Monday.

Monday, April 22, 2013

I would like for the soundtrack to be finished by today. I want to start grading them tomorrow. Work on poetry project. Make sure that you have all 15! Please label each and add pictures if you have time. I would like to start grading them tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Students shared their Outsiders soundtrack, worked on completing their poems, and started a misplaced modifier assignment.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Worked on The Outsiders soundtrack, poems, and misplaced modifiers. I would like one misplaced modifier assignment done on the computer and the other on paper.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Graded The Outsiders soundtrack! Make sure that your poetry assignment is in your folder! I am grading them. Work on misplaced modifiers assignments.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Students will make a comic book based on a true story.


 * 1) The story must be based on fact. It may be about someone else.
 * 2) It does not have to be funny. Most comics today are not funny.
 * 3) All words will be in boxes or bubbles.
 * 4) Length and number of pictures is not important. Telling a complete story is important.
 * 5) It may be 1 page, a front and back, or a booklet.

You need to hand in a rough written draft one to one and a half pages in length. When the rough draft is finished, you may start your comic book.