11/21

HW due Friday:

1. Writing for Justice - Self-Editing - No matter where you are at in the writing process, assess yourself on a 1-4 scale (1 is no evidence, 2 is close to meeting, 3 is meets expectations, 4 is exceeds expectations) on the main components of the Writing for Justice narrative we have been working on. Give evidence for your score.

2. Conferences - check with your families... Are your people signed up to come have a conference with me next week? https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f44afa82fa0fd0-fall3

11/20

HW due Thursday:

No field study tomorrow. Come with silent reading material! We will work on editing our Writing For Justice narratives, getting set-up for our conferences, and exploring volcanoes!

1. Tonight your homework is to continue working on your Writing For Justice narratives for 19 minutes. If you don't have access to the document or technology, hand-write it and we can add it to your story later.

As you are working on your Writing For Justice narrative, consider the handouts in your WW Journal, and SES Student Examples 2017-18.

Your writing should include the following:

• Hook
• Dialogue (with blocking) AND CORRECT PUNCTUATION 
• Inner Monologue!!!
• Add a clear and obvious SLOW MOTION MOMENT for a very important part of your Writing For Justice narrative. This can include sensory details, inner monologue, and metaphors/similes

Writing For Justice - Examples

Writing For Justice - Student Examples - 2017 +18

11/19

HW due Wednesday:

1. Punctuating Dialogue - Practice

11/18

HW due Tuesday:

1. Dialogue writing - Write for 13 minutes about any conversation you have had between now and tomorrow morning. The purpose of this 13 minutes of writing is to practice writing dialogue.

Reference this punctuating conversation sheet to make sure you are including correct dialogue conventions.

Can you include blocking (the action going on while people are talking) with your dialogue? Inner monologue?

Use the Narrative Criteria Sheet as a back-up support if you are struggling with blocking or inner monologue.

11/14

HW due Friday:

1. OMSI Field Study Assignment (EQs + AQs) ... We worked on this for 20 + minutes in class this afternoon. Be sure to use the rubric on the back of the itinerary as a guide. 

11/13

HW due Thursday:

1. Field study to OMSI!!! Come prepared for our Earthquakes Lab and the Exquisite Creatures exhibit with a lunch and engaged mind!!! If you need a little motivation about what Earthquakes are all about, check out what the Amoeba People have to say about it.

2. Writing For Justice - HOOKS (Narrative Leads) - Write out 2 different kinds of hooks for two of the stories on your Writing For Justice - MY LIFE brainstorm sheet (2 hooks TOTAL). Remember these are only the beginning of the stories. You don't need to tell everything, just the first few sentences. Use dialogue, action, or thought to begin your hook. No need to spend more than 22 minutes on this at the most.

11/12

HW due Wednesday:

1. Writing For Justice - My Life

a. Today we defined target, ally/upstander, bystander, and perpetrator and then read On Cracking White City in class. We discussed who in that story played what role while citing evidence as support. 

b. Your homework tonight is to think of examples in your life of when you have experience as a target, ally/upstander, bystander, and perpetrator. Add a total of 9 examples on  your list (no explanation necessary). Don't spend more than 21 minutes working on this. If you are struggling, you can see my examples here at the bottom of page Writing For Justice - My Life

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11/7

HW due Friday:

1. Portland Art Museum - Assignment Questions

2. Community Expectations Sheet signed by an adult in your life + dance permission slip (if you are coming to the dance that is happening tomorrow night). 

11/6

HW due Thursday:

1. Field Study to the Portland Art Museum
a. Come prepared to leave by 9:10. Bring a lunch and water bottle and an engaged mind.
b. Come with 3 facts about the Hank Willis Thomas - All Things Being Equal exhibit
https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/hank-willis-thomas/
Hank Willis Thomas - All Things Equal - Interview (5 minutes)
https://www.hankwillisthomas.com/

2. Bring in your Community Expectations sheet signed by an adult in your family. 

Danger of a Single Story

Single Story 
a. We watched the first 9 minutes and 30 seconds of this TED Talk: Danger of a Single Story
b. I shared examples of different experiences I had with single stories and we brainstormed using the Danger of a Single Story - Graphic Organizer
c. Single Story - Student Examples

11/5

Hi all, sorry for the late blog update. I have meetings every Tuesday right after school until 5:00.

HW due Wednesday:

1. Single Story 
a. We watched the first 9 minutes and 30 seconds of this TED Talk: Danger of a Single Story
b. I shared examples of different experiences I had with single stories and we brainstormed using the Danger of a Single Story - Graphic Organizer
c. Tonight write 1 paragraph about 3 single story experiences you have. Each story is only an intro to that story, not all of it. It is quick writing tonight. This should take you anywhere between 14-26 minutes.

HW due Thursday:
1. Bring in  your Community Expectations form signed by an adult in your life.

A reminder that there is a dance this Friday, November 8th!

11/4

HW due Tuesday:

1. Dynamic Earth (orange) textbook - finish reading pages 33-39 and 42-47 (this is something we worked on in class this afternoon). Respond to questions 1-3 only on page 39 or on page 47 (You pick which section to respond to. You only have to do one).

Thursday = field study to Portland Art Museum

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