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All Classes peer edited their rough drafts of the Moldy Bread Essay using this worksheet Peer Edit Moldy Bread.  Students will have 15-20 minutes to complete this step in class on Tuesday.  Students who were absent today or Friday will need to have a parent or friend peer edit their essay for them outside of class.  Students were reminded of the Correct Essay Format and the Steps to Prepare Essay for Turn-in.  All essay steps must be put together in order per the check-list when students arrive for class on Friday, November 6. If the essays are not ready for turn in, students will have to turn in the essay late for a 10 point deduction each day from the grade.

Advanced Language Arts – Should have finished Hound of the Baskervilles, chapter responses for chapters 12-15, and annotation of chapters 12-15 by tomorrow.  After completing the peer editing activity, we will work in cohort groups on the questions for these chapters.

All classes worked on their rough drafts of the Moldy Bread Essay.  Rough drafts and moldy bread are due Friday, October 30. Students were given a pass to bring their moldy bread to my room when they arrive at school in the morning.  Bread should be in a sealed container with the student’s name, first and last, clearly visible.

For more information, please see Monday’s post or the blog tag “moldy bread essay.”

All Language Arts Classes – We went over the requirements of the moldy bread essay rough draft which is due on Friday, October 30.  Students will have at least one class day (Tuesday, October 27) to work on their rough drafts in class, and students might be given Thursday as well. We have to see how it goes tomorrow.

Handouts:

Rubric & Check Lists

Essay Format

Graphic Organizer – Prewriting/Planning Moldy Bread Essay  – This is due in class Tuesday, October 27!

Rough Draft Requirements

• Can be typed or handwritten
• If typed, two pages, double-spaced
• If handwritten, four pages, skipping lines, front only
• Rough Draft Due in Class on Friday, October, 30

Moldy Bread Schedule:

• Tuesday, October 27 – Using graphic organizer completed for homework, writing workshop to work on rough draft in class.
• Wednesday, October 28 – Wildcat Day – no class
• Thursday, October 29 – Possibly another writing workshop day to work on rough drafts and information about bringing bread to class on Friday.
• Friday, October 30 -Rough Draft and Moldy Bread due in class.  Moldy Bread judging for smelliest, most colorful, and grossest.  Students need to have three different colors of highlighters so they can work on their self-evaluation of the essay in class.  After the self-evaluation, students will be assigned a partner for peer editing of the rough draft.  If students do not finish peer-editing in class, they will be given time to finish up this step in class on Monday.
• Monday, November 2 – Any pairs that did not finish peer editing will be able to do so, and students who have finished peer editing will have time to work on revising their essays.
• Friday, November 6 – Final Moldy Bread Essay is due. Students will follow the check lists on the back of the rubric to prepare the essay for submission.  Students will be turning in all of the following: rubric/check list, final essay, peer-edit worksheet, rough draft, self-evaluation/revising worksheet,  graphic organizer for planning/prewriting essay, and observation log.

Language Arts Advanced – Students were given several due dates for Hound of the Baskervilles.

Tuesday, November 3:

• Book must be completed
• Turn in chapter responses for chapters 12-15
• Turn in Vocabulary Ch. 12-15

Friday, November 6:

• Unit Test – Hound of the Baskervilles
• Annotation Check
• Students will be able to use annotated book for at least one essay question.

Monday, November 9:

• Hound of the Baskervilles Unit Projects Due (For information, please see the tag “The Hound of the Baskervilles.” The handout describing the project and the rubrics that were distributed to students are available there for downloading if you have lost your copy.)

Do not forget that the rough draft of the moldy bread essay is due on Friday, October 30.  Students should also bring in their moldy bread that day for the judging.  Here are all of the handouts students have received and will receive related to this project.  We will be working on the rough draft in class the week of October 26.

Parent Information Letter

Observation Log

Prewriting Moldy Bread

Revising Moldy Bread

Peer Edit Moldy Bread

Essay Format

Rubric & Check Lists