1. PROSPECT
HILL
SCHOOL
Welcome to…
TOWN
MEETING
February 11, 2015

2. PLEASE STAND
FOR THE PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE

3. Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good,
With brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!

4. Today’s Learning Objective
We are going to learn what it means to
STRIVE FOR ACCURACY,
and learn a strategy to help you
STRIVE FOR ACCURACY.

5. An Animated Feature Striving For Accuracy
Watch and listen with these questions in mind:
What does it mean to Strive for
Accuracy?
What strategies did Marcus use to Strive for Accuracy?

6. STRIVE means to TRY HARD ACCURACY means to GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT
Preview of Vocabulary
STRIVE means to TRY HARD
ACCURACY means to GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT
STRATEGY means a PLAN OF ACTION to achieve a goal

7. Striving for Accuracy:
An Animated Feature

8. Remembering the Story Details
Who were the characters?
Where did the story take place? (setting)
What was the problem?
What was the ending of the story (tie up)

9. Using details from the Animated Feature…
Now, Let’s Discuss
Using details from the Animated Feature…
1. What does it mean to STRIVE FOR ACCURACY?
2. What strategies did Marcus use to STRIVE FOR ACCURACY?

10. Joe and the Book Report Please watch and listen for:
And now…a short play
Joe and the Book Report
Please watch and listen for:
How Joe completed his book report to “just get the job done,” and
What STRATEGIES Joe’s friends suggested to help him “Strive for Accuracy.”

11. There are three words to remember,
From January to December,
If you want to be a gem, Prepare,
Monitor, Review.
If you want to win it,
Don’t wait til the last minute,
Get right to work, begin it, Prepare,
So follow the instructions,
Without corner-cutting,
Skip over nothing, Prepare,
Monitor, Review!
Prepare, Monitor Review!

12. Use of the Writing Process Grammar, Usage and Mechanics
Book Report Rubric
                                                                                         
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Self
Assess-ment
Use of the Writing Process
Used all steps of the writing process, with distinction
Used all steps of the writing process appropriately
Used some steps of the writing process:
- Planning
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing
Only used a few steps ✔
Title
Creatively specific, interesting, short and intriguing
Specific, interesting, short and intriguing
Some of the following:
specific, interesting, short or intriguing
One or none
Grammar, Usage and Mechanics
All correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar
Mostly correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar
Some correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar
Little correct
Kate Alix 2013

13. What does it mean to Prepare, Monitor and Review?
PREPARE the task ahead of time,
MONITOR the work in progress, and conduct a final
REVIEW before you hand it in.

14. When you want
to do your
very best
work, you
STRIVE FOR
ACCURACY,
and you
PREPARE,
MONITOR,
and REVIEW

15. When you want
to do your
very best
work, you
STRIVE FOR
ACCURACY,
and you
PREPARE,
MONITOR,
and REVIEW

16. Hail, Prospect Hill
Way up on a hill, there's a place that is dear, Where friendships abound and grow year after year. We work hard and reach high, and show others we care, At my school Prospect Hill! Oh, Prospect Hill, the lion roars our reputation, For we learn and we know, we think and we grow, At my school Prospect Hill. Hail Prospect Hill, the root of my strong education. For we learn and we know, we think and we grow, Hail my school, Prospect Hill!