CORE ONE only - finish online edit for two other people assigned in class

On Wednesday, we shared in Google Docs our essay for comment with two other classmates.

Tonight, for HW, you must comment on two other student essays as follows:

1. You must comment on each paragraph:

• highlight an area of the essay, then select comment to get the comment text box...
• explain the information that you feel this paragraph needs to make it a more meaningful paragraph.
• you may ask a question for your comment that requires the writer to give more information or details for the paragraph.

2. When you are done, you must have a comment for each paragraph with a suggestion for more detail.

3. Since another student is also commenting, your comments must be different from the other student comments.

CORE 2 only HW for 1029 due 1030 - Hooks and Leads suggestions

1. Read the handout: Here is a great handout on hooks and leads
2. Write 3 new and different types of hooks(from the list above) for your Good Deeds essay
3. We will use your new hooks for our "Hook Off" Contest in class on Thursday.
4. Write your hooks on a piece of notebook paper.

ALSO - Bring:
1. Bring typed, double spaced second draft of your Good Deeds essay(completed on Tuesday night's HW) to class for editing on Thursday.
2. Lastly, bring your current event summary write-up and article that was to completed Monday night for HW. We will do a Current Event Scavenger Hunt in class on Thursday.

Deeds Edit #1 HW for 10/28 due 10/29

CORE 2: Rewrite your Good Deeds essay from the comments and marks made in class.

CORE 1: (as homework)If you did not finish your essay before our editing session, you need to have a parent work with you to do this simple edit step:

0. First, sign the paper and print your name.

1. Read the essay all the way through - do not think of editing in any way, just read for understanding.

2. Read the essay a second time with a pencil in your hand.

• you will only edit for two types of passages in a specific way - no grammar, punctuation, spelling, or any rewriting of any kind should be performed.
• you will be marking passages - word strings between 3 - 12 words

• Find about 4 ideas that "really pop out" in someway - great ideas, well written, really speaks to the reader, excellent sentence structure - for what ever reason.
• underline these passages, and put a star at the beginning and end of each of these lines or sentences.
• Find about 4 ideas that present unclear ideas, need more detail, or need more work in order to make better sense of the ideas presented
• Use bubble brackets at the beginning and end of each of these passages. 
• When you are done, pick two star-lined and two bubble bracketed passages and make two comments about each of these passages. 
• Be descriptive, but make sure that your comments allow your son or daughter to write a good second draft with more detail that reflects quality 7th grade writing.

Work for Tuesday's Class

1. Complete the Survey here
2. Bring your article write up and staple your printed article behind it.
3. Make sure your first draft of your good deeds essay is complete.

We will use the current event assignment for an in class activity at the beginning of  Tuesday.

We will be peer editing and process writing the Good Deeds essay all week.

CORE 1 HW - due 1029 - Scavenger Hunt - Summarize your article here

Take this survey about your article.

Take the class survey to help make the class the best it can be with your input

Class Survey here

Due 1028 - Current Event

Due - Detail
1028
Fill out this Current Event form for the article you found last week