Week 11: Oct. 24-Oct. 28

LAST WEEK...
Students did some reflection and journaled about some goals they have for themselves for this upcoming quarter in Communication Arts. They were also given the task to write a friendly letter to their parents in which they would discuss their performance and progress from 1st quarter. We decided that they could include paragraphs on learning (what did the student learn and how?), work habits and 2nd quarter goals. Students also adhered to the friendly letter format, which is one of their learning objectives this quarter.
We also organized portfolios, stapled together the evidence they used from 1st quarter, talked about the learning objectives for 2nd quarter and marked those on their yellow evidence sheets, and analyzed Acuity data from the first Acuity test.

Here are the learning goals for 2nd quarter:

2.1 I can adjust my writing to communicate with different audiences.
2.2 I can effectively communicate by writing on a specific topic and for a specific purpose.
4.3 I can effectively use various sentence structures in my writing.
5.2 I can effectively use correct punctuation in my writing.
6.6 I can compose a friendly letter.
6.7 I can compose a business letter.

WEEKLY WRITING:

Read the article, "Inventions in 2009."

Decide which of the 12 inventions is the most important.

--Paragraph 1: Tell about the invention in your own words.
--Paragraph 2: Tell WHY you think this invention is the most important.
--Paragraph 3: Tell how you think the invention itself will CHANGE to meet the needs of the future. How will it improve (in the future)?

Due: Friday, 10/28.