13 October

Mission 1

• Daily Language Practice

Mission 2

• 6+1 Writing

Mission 3

• Phonology Lesson 2

Mission 4

• Spelling Lesson 2

From this point onward, those who worked on their essays in class yesterday will be completing any missions they were not able to complete yesterday.

Mission 5

• Danah, Daneyah, Rawan, Maryam, Haya, Amani, Jenan
• Self-edit your essays
• verb/verb tenses
• all verbs should be present tense
• subject/verb agreement
• singular subjects need singular verbs
• mini-lesson?
• spelling
• use any and all available resources to check your spelling
• capitals
• in-text acknowledgements
• make sure you gave Tamar Lewin credit for writing the article and the quotes you used
• possessives

• Everyone else
• Complete Main Idea Mastery Test 3.

Mission 6

• Danah, Daneyah, Rawan, Maryam, Haya, Amani, Jenan
• Exchange your essays with each other and peer check.
• Checker #1

  Student	Gives essay to
  	Checker #1	Checker #2
  Danah	Daneyah	Rawan
  Daneyah	Rawan	Maryam
  Rawan	Maryam	Haya
  Maryam	Haya	Amani
  Haya	Amani	Jenan
  Amani	Jenan	Danah
  Jenan	Danah	Daneyah

• Look at each other's essays and check for the above mistakes.
• Read each other's essays for content.
• Use the Peer Evaluation Sheet  to make sure each part of the essay the elements it needs.
• YOUR Peer Evaluation Sheet should have YOUR name and ID at the top.
• YOUR Peer Evaluation Sheet should stay with YOUR essay.
• Evaluate 
• Can you understand your classmate's writing?
• Does the reaction story have a beginning, middle, and ending?
• Does the reaction story have enough details?
• Complete the Peer Evaluation Sheet to give feedback to your classmate.
• READER: Put YOUR name on the top of the Peer Evaluation Sheet. 
• In "Comments," give at least TWO strengths and at least ONE weakness.
• Remember to be respectful.
• Give feedback that will help your classmate to improve her writing.
• Return the essay and the Peer Evaluation Sheet to your classmate.
• Everyone else
• Read Langan pp. 141-143.
• Complete Supporting Details Practice 1.

Mission 7

• Danah, Daneyah, Rawan, Maryam, Haya, Amani, Jenan
• Exchange your essays with each other and peer check.
• Checker #2
  

  Student	Gives essay to
  	Checker #1	Checker #2
  Danah	Daneyah	Rawan
  Daneyah	Rawan	Maryam
  Rawan	Maryam	Haya
  Maryam	Haya	Amani
  Haya	Amani	Jenan
  Amani	Jenan	Danah
  Jenan	Danah	Daneyah

  
  
• Look at each other's essays and check for the above mistakes.
• Read each other's essays for content.
• Use the Peer Evaluation Sheet  to make sure each part of the essay the elements it needs.
• YOUR Peer Evaluation Sheet should have YOUR name and ID at the top.
• YOUR Peer Evaluation Sheet should stay with YOUR essay.
• Evaluate 
• Can you understand your classmate's writing?
• Does the reaction story have a beginning, middle, and ending?
• Does the reaction story have enough details?
• Complete the Peer Evaluation Sheet to give feedback to your classmate.
• READER: Put YOUR name on the top of the Peer Evaluation Sheet. 
• In "Comments," give at least TWO strengths and at least ONE weakness.
• Remember to be respectful.
• Give feedback that will help your classmate to improve her writing.
• Return the essay and the Peer Evaluation Sheet to your classmate.
• Everyone else
• Read Langan "Preparing Maps," pp. 150-152.
• Complete Practice 3 in Langan, pp. 1520154.
• Read Langan p. 154.

Mission 8

• All students
• Lesson on Statement of Relevance
• Let me know when you're ready for this!
• CB pp. 163-164.
• Lesson on Conclusion
• CB pp. 167-175

Mission 9

• Danah, Daneyah, Rawan, Maryam, Haya, Amani, Jenan
• Now that you have self-edited and received Peer Evaluation Sheets from two classmates
• Read through the comments.
• Ask your classmate for clarification if you do not understand something.
• Rewrite
• If using MS Word, save this with your number, then essay number, then draft number.
• Example
• 12345Essay1Draft3
• If using Google Docs, make sure your essay is named with your number and the essay number
• Example
• 12345Essay1
• Corrections/changes are logged automatically and I can see what you have done and when (bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha).
• Send this new draft to me no later than 11:59PM on Tuesday night (14 October).
• Everyone else
• Read Langan "The Marvel Kretmann Story," pp. 335-341.
• Create a map of this article.
• Answer the questions on "The Marvel Kretzmann Story" here.

Mission 10

• All students
• Read Langan pp. 75-78.
• Complete Vocab in Context Practice 1.