Weekly Agenda March 7-11

Whale Talk

Monday & Wednesday
Speed Interviews
Official Journal Assignment

• student examples
• norming on rubric

Research and Interview regarding Topic
HW Finish Reading Whale Talk for Thursday and complete 3Qs per chapter.

NO Journal entry this week, Journals due FRIDAY!! #1-#6 (remember #6 is worth 10pts)

Thursday & Friday
Roughdrafting per Inverted Triangle

• working with transitional expressions
• review signal phrases active verbs
• direct quotations and paraphrasing
• the colon, semi-colon and comma for emphasis
• review appeals: to emotions, logic, ethics

Work with Style Guide

• edit draft
• peer and teacher edits and responses
• what's missing?

Review text: communication styles and methods to avoid and diffuse confrontation
-group work

HW for Next Friday: Final Draft with roughdrafts and rubric attached