Aug. 30-Sep. 3

Aug. 30: Pretest Ch 17, Ch 2 intro, Group Story Share & journal
HW: Read & STAMP "Calling Home" (p. 19-21)

Aug. 31: Discuss pretest, discuss "Calling Home"; freewriting on narrative experiences
HW: Read & STAMP "An American Childhood"

Sept. 1: Discuss "An American Childhood"; perform says/does in groups and share out
HW: Draft due Friday

Sept. 2: Iweheshethey/meusherhimthem; Narrative plot conferences; draft time
HW: Draft due Friday

Sept. 3: Pronoun review; Peer Analysis
HW: Read & STAMP "100 Miles Per Hour; Upside Down and Sideways" (p. 33-38)

August 23-27

Aug. 23: Share Journals; Pronoun Pretest; Introductions handout w/ samples
HW: Look at exit--Determine why you got score you got; write journal response; revise for Aug. 30

Aug. 24: Pronoun Practice; Go over Introduction exercise; Voice Exercises
HW: Word choice revision on Exit Essay; Ch 7 ex. 1 & 2

Aug. 25: Voice (continued); "This I Believe"
HW: TIB analysis--Choose 3 to read. Create a list of adjectives to describe the writer, and ascribe one color to each adjective. Highlight the parts of the text that helped you come to that conclusion.

• Doing Things My Own Way
• Do What You Love
• Failure is a Good Thing
• The Tense Middle
• The Gift of Kindness
• That Old Piece of Cloth
  

Ch 7 ex. 3 & 4

Aug. 26: Gettysburg Address (STAMP it)

Aug. 27: Pronoun Reference Test
HW: Revise Exit #1