9th Grade Week 3 Agenda & Obj. 9/16-9/20 Monday: Narrative Writing 9.7.3.3 Write narratives and other creative texts develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. (a-e). Tuesday: Vocab & Author’s Purpose 9. Vocab standard 9. Author’s purpose standard Wednesday-Thursday: Comparing Themes 9. Theme standard 9. writing standard Friday: Revising/Editing Narrative 9. Drafting & editing standard

Daily Writing: Cervantes 09/16/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: “Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.” ~Miguel de Cervantes “To be prepared is half the victory.” ~Miguel de Cervantes Planner: Due TODAY: Email me your 2nd draft: kathleen@stepacademymn.com Due Tuesday: Journal Title: Walter CT Due Wednesday: Title: Current Events Sept. Wk 2

Monday: Computer Lab/Narrative Type up your narrative adding the detail and show language you came up with in class and for homework. Use your time wisely in the lab! Please don’t abuse the computers or unhook the mouse or keyboards. When I give the 10 min warning: If you’re finished with your essay, print it AND e-mail it to me as an attachment. If you’re not finished, e-mail it to yourself as an attachment and finish it tonight. Close out of everything, log off, clean up your area, and line up at the door. PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE WORKING AFTER I GIVE THE 5 MIN WARNING! My e-mail: kathleen@stepacademymn.com Don’t forget the MN after stepacademy!

Daily Writing: Mean as a Snake 09/17/13 Similes and metaphors are two ways of making comparisons. Similes use “like” or “as” (He is as sly as a fox). Metaphors simply imply one thing is another (The world is a stage). Write a paragraph that uses as least 1 simile and 1 metaphor. Planner: Due tomorrow: Title: Current Events Sept. Wk 2

Tuesday: Vocab & Reading Did you e-mail me your 2nd draft? Assign new textbooks (because of the moving…) and turn to Walter Mitty questions (pg. 134). Show me your Walter CT HW in your journal. Discuss #5 with a partner as I check and finish the question. Share with the class.

Tuesday: Vocab & Reading Turn your chairs so you’re not facing your peer. Vocab & reading quiz. On the back of your vocab quiz, write the answers to the reading and writing quiz on pg. 152-153. If you have questions about what a word means in the sentence, or what a word means within a definition, please ask!

Daily Writing: Social Media 09/18/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: Have you ever attacked someone or his/her ideas online? Write about what happened. If you’ve never attacked anyone, write about ideas you’d like to attack, and why.

Wednesday: Comparing Themes Hand in your current events HW. 2nd narrative drafts?? Read about themes on pg. 160 (take notes). As we read, If I Forget Thee Oh Earth and Silent Spring, fill out a Venn diagram. Journal title: Venn on Earth and Spring Read 161-166 and finish the Critical Thinking ?s. Journal title: Earth CT Share your answers with a partner. Share with the class.

Daily Writing: Angelou 09/19/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” ~Maya Angelou “I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” ~Maya Angelou

Thursday: Comparing Themes Read from Silent Spring on pg. 167-170. Finish your Venn on Earth and Spring diagram in your journal. Finish “After You Read” on pg. 171 (including Comparing Themes, Writing to Compare Themes, & Vocabulary). Title: Comparing Themes Hand it in before you leave.

Daily Writing: Jordan 09/20/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: “I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” ~Michael Jordan “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” ~Michael Jordan Planner: Due Wednesday: Email me AS AN ATTACHMENT the final draft of your narrative essay. Due Thursday: Turn in your rubric, marked up 2nd draft and editor’s checklist on Thursday. Kathleen@stepacademymn.com

Peer editing directions & checklist. Friday: Editing Peer editing directions & checklist. Find at least two people to fill out the check list (double sided) and edit your paper. Email me your final draft of your narrative no later than Wednesday night. Turn in your rubric, marked up 2nd draft, and editor’s checklist on Thurs. Peer Grade (turn it in before you leave): On a separate piece of paper write each editor’s name, a grade for them, and a justification for the grade. YOU will be graded on your honest detailed explanation.