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Labor Day || **Sept. 4, 2012** First day of school > (What do you notice? Looking at craft) > [|Michael's essay] > [|My essay] > 3. Brainstorming beliefs || **Sept. 12, 2012** [] [] || **Sept. 13, 2012** [] [] [] []
 * **Sept. 3, 2012**
 * 1) [|Syllabus]
 * 2) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 3) Read Walt Whitman's [|"There Was A Child Went Forth"]
 * 1) [|Introductory collage assigned] || **Sept. 5, 2012**
 * 2) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 3) Set-up of Writer's Notebook
 * 4) Review [|rubric] for notebook
 * 5) Return to poem from yesterday.
 * 6) Again discuss craft. Look at models. Begin writing own. Use [|scaffold], if necessary. || **Sept. 6, 2012**
 * 7) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 8) Continue working on poem.
 * 9) Use P-Q-S to share poem with group.
 * 10) Begin grammar diagnostic, if time allows. || **Sept. 7, 2012**
 * 11) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 12) NWEA goals
 * 13) Share introductory collages
 * 14) Finish grammar diagnostic ||
 * **Sept. 10, 2012**
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Begin[| six-word stories]
 * 3) Examination of state's goals for English 12--Leadership Qualities
 * 4) Personalize inside cover of Writer's Notebook || **Sept. 11, 2012**
 * 5) [|WITD]
 * 6) Work on six-word stories & upload
 * 7) [|This I Believe] examples
 * 8) [|Abby's essay]
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Share six-word stories
 * 3) Reading/Listening to "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?)
 * 4) Listen:
 * 5) []
 * 6) []
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Continue Reading/Listening to "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?)
 * 3) Listen:

Read: [] [] [] || **Sept. 14, 2012**
 * 1) [|WITD]Constitution Day [|--Info on the 1st Amendment]
 * 2) Begin drafting of own "This I Believe" ||
 * **Sept. 17, 2012**
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) NWEA testing || **Sept. 18, 2012**
 * 3) [|WITD]
 * 4) NWEA testing || **Sept. 19, 2012**

> 1. [|WITD] 2. Submit first draft of "This I Believe" ||
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 1) Read "Failed to Teach the Children" & annotate
 * 2) Examine craft
 * 3) Drafting of "This I Believe" || **Sept. 20, 2012**
 * 4) [|WITD]
 * 5) Value line based on yesterday's reading
 * 6) Writing Group to look at "This I Believe" || **Sept. 21, 2012**
 * **Sept. 24, 2012**

[|WITD]

Examine [|tips] for college essays. We will also look at the [|steps] needed.

[|Brainstorming for college essays]

Choose topics:

[|List 1]

[|List 2] (taken from MSU and GVSU apps) || **Sept. 25, 2012**

[|WITD]

Drafting of college essays.

Individual conferences on "This I Believe" essay. || **Sept. 26, 2012**

[|WITD]

Grammar practice via [|Study Island]

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Continue working on college essay and individual conferences on "This I Believe" essay. || **Sept. 27, 2012**

[|WITD]

Final draft of "This I Believe" is due.

Continued work on grammar and college essay.

Group revision using P-Q-S. || **Sept. 28, 2012**


 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Scholarship or college essay due at end of class. [|See rubric.] ||