Wednesday, October 25: Revise & Proofread Your Narrative

Goals: Set goals for revision. Add descriptive language to help readers visualize. Add transitions to help readers summarize. Proofread for errors.

Announcements:

• DUE TODAY: Flocabulary: Using Descriptive Language (10 points)
• PAT time?
• New seats tomorrow. Send me a message if you have a special consideration.
• Absent yesterday? Log in to Flocabulary.com and complete Using Descriptive Language assignment

Writing Workshop

1. Revise and Proofread Your Narrative (Steps 1 to 4) :

   •  Open Draft Your Narrative from Google Drive.
   • Use the Revise and Publish in 5 Steps handout to guide your work today.
   • Check off each item as you complete it.
   • Complete steps 1 to 4 today.

2. If you finish steps 1 to 4—

   • Congratulations! You are ready to publish.
   • Follow the directions for step 5: Publish Your Draft to NEO. For a video tutorial, click here.

3. Choose from “What to Do When You Are Done” (right sidebar)

Homework: Read. Charge iPad. Finish Revise and Publish (Steps 1 to 4)

Tuesday, October 17: Draft Your Narrative

Goals: Draft your narrative. Use sensory details and dialogue. Include a beginning, middle, and end. Clarify the moral or theme.

Announcements:

• Ms. McMillan is absent today. Your job is to finish your narrative. It is due before class starts tomorrow.
• Tomorrow is career day. We will not have regular English class.
• If you have a good sub report, PAT time will be Friday.

Writer’s Workshop

1) Draft Your Narrative

If you can’t watch the video, click HERE to open the video tutorial in a new window.

• Find the Draft Your Narrative in your Drive. If you don’t already have a copy, click HERE to get one from Google Classroom.
• Take out your paper storyboard so you can look at it as your write.
• Watch the video posted above (or click HERE).
• Write your story!
• Leave your draft in your English 7 folder in Drive. I can see it if you have shared the folder with me.

2) What to Do When You Are Done 

• Finish late work first:
  • Storyboard–Complete the storyboard and upload to Drive (click HERE for the video tutorial).
  • No Red Ink Assignment #1 and #2 and Quiz.
• Make sure you have the pages recorded in the Books I Finished section of your reading log.
• See right sidebar titled “What to Do When You Are Done” for more ideas.

Homework: Finish Your Narrative (Due Tomorrow). Read. Charge Your iPad.