Homeroom:
Welcome Mrs. Specker's HR!
Step Up day!
Writing prompt:
You are at the end of your sixth grade school year. Reflect for a moment and consider what went well, and what could be improved upon.
Put a formal heading on your paper starting on the first line:
On the front of your paper:
make a T chart for "Went Well" and "Room for Improvement"
List 3 to 5 items on each side of the "T" chart - writing in complete sentences
On the Back:
Respond to the following prompt in a paragraph:
What do you hope for in your seventh grade school year?
Grade 7 Agenda:
Normal R/A this morning.
We will prepare for Moore State Park after R/a and depart by about 9:30.
Class agenda:
Take out your paragraph comparing and contrasting the effects of changing mass and distance on the strength of gravity.
Paired Reading:
trade paragraphs
Read and hilight/annotate positive aspects
look for the following in the paragraph:
clear topic sentence
use of appropriate transitions words between ideas
use of appropriate content vocabulary
identifies one or more similarities in the effect of varying mass or distance
supports each claim with observations/evidence from the graphs
identifies one or more differences in the effect of varying mass or distance
supports each claim with observations/evidence from the graphs
closing/CONCLUDING sentence
Discuss and rewrite a hybrid paragraph using the best of both works as a guide for improvement.
Four square Reading:
groups of two pairs
each pair trades paragraphs
Read and hilight/annotate positive aspects
look for the following in the paragraph:
clear topic sentence
use of appropriate transitions words between ideas
use of appropriate content vocabulary
identifies one or more similarities in the effect of varying mass or distance
supports each claim with observations/evidence from the graphs
identifies one or more differences in the effect of varying mass or distance
supports each claim with observations/evidence from the graphs
closing/CONCLUDING sentence
the group of four to Discuss and rewrite a hybrid paragraph using the best of both works as a guide for improvement.