Wednesday-Friday: FINALS

Goal: Show what you know and are able to do on our first semester final.

I'll be providing you with a link to the final and the passages you'll be reading in class. Be sure you scroll down to Tuesday (below) and get the study guide.

I should have your scores posted in Power School by 2:00 PM the day of your final.

Book Conversations

Goals: Having conversations about the books we have been reading.

Agenda: 
Read
Book conversations

Book Conversations: 

• Using the preparation doc you completed yesterday tell your group about the book you read. 
• Refer to the chart >>   about extending conversations to encourage the people in your group to say more about their books. 
• Note: These things should always be said in a helpful way. 
• Speaking and listening are skills expected of you by our state standards. We want to help you develop those skills. 

Reminders: 

• Today is the last day to request a regrade on writing assignments from earlier in the semester. 
• Your letter to Mr. McBride should now be complete. 
• Finals start tomorrow. Use the link below to see the study guide for the final if you haven't already done that. 
• STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL

Preparing for book review #6

Goals: Self evaluation of your letter to McBride and preparing for book review #6.

Agenda:
Read
Self evaluate your letter to Mr. McBride
Prepare for book review #6

Self Evaluation: 
Use THIS FORM to self evaluate your letter to Mr. McBride.

Book Review #6: 

• Book review #6 will be in the form of a book discussion TOMORROW.
• Prepare for your book review discussion using the graphic organizer I gave you in class.
• You only need notes to yourself and bullet points, but you do need to prepare, and I will collect your preparation documents.
• Because this is a discussion you should be prepared to answer questions about your book from other students.
• Absent? Get a copy of the doc you need to prepare HERE. Print it and bring it to class tomorrow. 

Reminders: 

• Last day to request any regrades is 1/23. 
• Finals begin 1/24. 
• STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL

Writing Groups for Letter to McBride

Goal: Writing groups for your letter to Mr. McBride

Agenda:
Read
Writing Group Procedures
Writing Groups
Debrief

Writing Groups: 

• Sharing your writing with a group will help you improve your writing and learn what a reader might think while reading your work. 
• Follow the procedures in the chart or on THIS PAGE with your group. 
• Be sure to check out the RUBRIC for your letter. 

Chrome Extension: 

If you want to add the chrome extension I showed you in class you can find it here.

Reminders: 

• Read! (Really not kidding about that. Book reviews happen Monday)
• Finish your letter to Mr. McBride. Due MONDAY.
• Last day to request any regrades is 1/23. 
• Finals begin 1/24. 
• STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL

Progress on our letters to Mc Bride

Goal: Progress on our letters to Mc Bride. 

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress Update
Letter to McBride

Reading Progress Update:

• Complete the READING PROGRESS FORM about your current book, which should be #6. Update the list in your planner too. 

Check Power School:
Now is a good time to check your grades
Are you missing anything you could make up?
Is there anything you can still work on for a regrade?
is there anything I made a mistake on? 

Letter to McBride:

• Yesterday you began a letter to Mr. McBride. 
• Today we will work on the second paragraph. 
• Tomorrow you need a complete draft to share with your writing group for feedback. 

Reminders: 

• You will share your draft with your writing group on Friday 1/19. 
• Final draft of your response to McBride is due Monday 1/22.
• Keep reading. Finish book #6 by Monday 1/22. 
• Last day to request any regrades is 1/23. 
• Finals begin 1/24. 
• STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL

Writing a Response to James McBride

Goal: Beginning a draft of your response to James McBride.

Agenda: 
Read
Explain writing assignment
Begin drafting

Writing Assignment: 

• We have been reading and analyzing James McBride's Hip Hop Planet; now it is time to write about it more formally. 
• I've sent you a document to write your assignment. Look for it in your "Shared with Me" section in Google Drive. 

ASSIGNMENT:  SUMMARIZING AND RESPONDING IN A LETTER TO JAMES MCBRIDE

• Now that you have considered the topic of hip hop and its global influence, you will write a summary and response in the format of a letter.

• Your task is to compose a letter to James McBride with the purpose of letting him know what you think about the claims he makes about the importance and power of hip hop in his essay.

• The first paragraph of the letter will be a summary where you show McBride that you understand the main points of his essay. (You can probably use your rhetorical precis as the basis for this.) The second paragraph of your letter will be a thoughtful and formal response to his ideas.

Reminders: 
You will share your draft with your writing group on Friday 1/19. 
Final draft of your response to McBride is due Monday 1/22.
Keep reading. Finish book #6 by Monday 1/22. 
Last day to request any regrades is 1/23. 
Finals begin 1/24. 
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL

January Reading Inventory and Catching Up

Goals: District reading inventory assessment.

Agenda: 
Reading inventory assessment
Finish your precis of Hip Hop Planet
Read

• Today we take a reading inventory assessment. 
• It may take you the whole period, or you may have some time to read your book when you finish.
• It will give us valuable data about how you read. This will not become part of your grade, but you will get your results when you finish. 

START HERE
(If you are absent don't try to take this test at home.)

Reminders: 
Keep reading. You'll be finishing book #6 by 1/22.
Finish your precis of Hip Hop Planet. This will help you tomorrow. I promise.
Check your memoir. You can still work on revisions and request a regrade.
STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL