This Week in a NUTSHELL

*For a list of your on-going Seedfolks homework assignments, please see previous blog entry.
*Remember: we will be checking topic sentences for your open-ended question (How does the movie Nightjohn illustrate the importance of communty?) at the beginning of class tomorrow.

*For those of you who did not hand in your movie questions, please do so immediately! Don't forget, you are losing ten points for each day the assignment is late!

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1. This week, we will focus on our first formal writing assignment: an open-ended question response based on the movie Nightjohn. Today, we discussed requirements and scoring. We also looked at two example pieces (a "4" and a "0").

2. Tomorrow, we will make sure everyone is up and running with an effective and well-developed topic sentence. You will have a portion of the period to begin work on the rest of your paragraph. Whatever you do not finish will become homework.

3. Wednesday will be a peer editing/teacher conferencing day. In order to participate, you must have a rough draft! Please come prepared and ready to work productively!

4. We have set aside lab time on Thursday so you can type final drafts of your open-ended responses. This will also be a great opportunity to do final proofreading and editing of your work. Your final draft will be worth 50 points and will be collected at the end of the period; do a great job!

5. On Friday, we will be discussing Seedfolks, the concept of "social capital," and other ideas that go along with themes of community and connection.