Eng.+12+Sept.

Labor Day || Sept. 3, 2013 First day of school > (What do you notice? Looking at craft)
 * Sept. 2, 2013
 * 1) [|Syllabus]
 * 2) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 3) Read Walt Whitman's[|"There Was A Child Went Forth"]
 * 1) [|Introductory collage assigned]

Alternate view of [|Literacy Stampede]

[|Writing for Today's World] || Sept. 4, 2013 > [|Michael's essay] > [|My essay] > 3. Brainstorming beliefs || Sept. 11, 2013 [] [] || Sept. 12, 2013
 * 1) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 2) Set-up of Writer'sNotebook
 * 3) Return to poem from yesterday.
 * 4) Again discuss craft. Look at models. Begin writing own. Use [|scaffold], if necessary. || Sept. 5, 2013
 * 5) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 6) Continue working on poem. || Sept. 6, 2013
 * 7) [|Writing into the Day]
 * 8) Share introductory collages
 * 9) Continue grammar, if time allows. ||
 * Sept. 9, 2013
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Poem is due--share with group using P-Q-S
 * 3) Begin[| six-word stories]
 * 4) Personalize inside cover of Writer's Notebook || Sept. 10, 2013
 * 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?) || Sept. 13, 2013
 * 3) [|WITD]Constitution Day [|--Info on the 1st Amendment]
 * 4) Begin drafting of own "This I Believe" ||
 * Sept. 16, 2013

[|WITD]

Examine craft in # "This I Believe" essays (What do you notice?)

Listen:

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Read:

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Visit [|NPR's This I Believe site] and browse essays. Find 3 to read and comment on. || Sept. 17, 2013 >
 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Drafting
 * 3) [|Rubric]
 * 4) Begin grammar diagnostic, if time allows. || Sept. 18, 2013
 * 5) [|WITD]
 * 1) Drafting and work with writing group
 * 2) Grammar work || Sept. 19, 2013
 * 3) [|WITD]
 * 4) Revision
 * 5) Read "Failed to Teach the Children" & annotate
 * 6) Grammar work || Sept.20

[|WITD] 2. Work on first draft of "This I Believe" and revise with writing partner ||
 * Sept. 23, 2013

[|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. 24, 2013

[|WITD]

Review steps and tips

Drafting of college essays

[|Rubric] || Sept. 25, 2013

[|WITD]

Grammar practice

Continue working on college essays

Go to [|padlet] to share ideas

[|List 1]

[|List 2] (taken from MSU and GVSU apps) || Sept. 26, 2013

[|WITD]

Continued work on grammar and college essay.

Writing groups meet and revise using P-Q-S || Sept. 27, 2013


 * 1) [|WITD]
 * 2) Continued drafting of essays ||
 * Sept. 30, 2013

[|WITD]

[|Examine examples of scholarship/application essays]

Begin writing on two topics from the lists below (or from colleges/scholarships which interest you):

[|List 1]

[|List 2] (taken from MSU and GVSU apps.) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

[|Maya Angelou "Phenomenal Woman"]

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