Author's Chair and Peer Response

Mrs. Moreno and I are very proud of you (both 702 and 731) for the amazing attention and focus you exhibited during Author's Chair and Peer Response. We will continue to celebrate our writing as our ELA community learns and grows. The hallway bulletin board (right across from the main office) is filling up with exemplary (high-level) work. Look through your peers' stories as you pass by. These stories should serve as models for your writing. If your story didn't make it up there this time, you will see it displayed inside our room. Everyone should aim to be highlighed outside. That takes focus, hard work, and attention to detail. Revision is key. Many of you worked very hard to revise after handing in a final draft. Thanks to all of you who checked comments on Teacherease, met with me and Mrs. Moreno in conferences, and wrote a new and improved published piece.

Our next unit will be Response to Literature. We will discuss this more when we meet early next week.

Reading Logs and Reader's Sourcebooks will be collected on Friday (both classes). Please refer to your Reader's Sourcebook Rubric to get yours ready for grading. Reading logs should be complete and contain reading information for every day (some days will have two log-ins). Read this weekend and respond according to the Homework assignment (October #6): Make an inference based on characters' motivations.

Have a great three-day weekend!