Guiding Questions
August 18: What is dialect? How can I show that I understand what dialect is? August 20: How does dialect help us understand a story? August 22: Why are transition words important to your writing? August 29: How are context clues used in reading? In life? September 3: Writing Lab mini-lesson; How much should adverbs be used (as little as possible); How do we fix run on sentences? (with commas and conjunctons); How often should we use pronouns in writing? (almost never). April 8: How can I demonstrate what a well-written reflection letter look like? April 10: What is worth sharing in a book chat? April 12: How does an effective commercial use informational text to enhance and sell a product? April 16: What ways can I use context clues to define words? April 17: What if your life depended on defining one unknown word, and all you have for help are context clues and a small group of peers? How can you demonstrate this skill or prove you have it? May 1: How does a comment on a peer's writing effect their writing? May 13 (GRADE 8): What is the best way to present a persuasive argument? May 13: How can VoiceThread demonstrate what I'm learning from a novel? May 21 (Grade 8): What persuasive techniques or types of appeal will I/we use to persuade our audience that our controlling argument is right? May 28: How do I calculate my 4th-quarter grade? |
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