Comp/Lit 9: 9/30/10

Work Day!

• Today we had several small tasks to take care of.  There were times when there were up to three different activities taking place.
• We started with the Cornerstone Survey.   The students that were given permission to take the survey, took about 30 minutes to do so.  The other students could either work on completing the Commonly Confused Words or work on the Writing Assessment Rewrite.
• During this time, I checked and collected homework.
• After all of the survey's were complete, the students put together their Time Capsules.   This consisted of putting their letter to themselves into an envelope, sealed it and signed the closing.  Then they put all of their time capsule items into a large manila envelope and wrote their name on the outside. 
• After all Time Capsules were complete and collected, we discussed the Ender's Game Paragraph.  I introduced them to the Forbidden Words and I talked about the most common errors I found while reading the paragraphs.  The students need to proofread much more thoroughly.
• The Portfolio was the final activity of the day.  The students will keep a portfolio of work for the entire year.  The portfolio will consist of all major assignments/projects, tests and quizzes.  I passed back the necessary work and we filled out the Table of Contents.  Once all of the appropriate assignments were logged on the Table of Contents and in order, I collected the portfolio.
•  Homework: VFA #5-6; Writing Assessment Rewrite, and upload it to Turnitin.com, study the commonly confused words (accept, except-can, may); Complete the "Cookies" follow-up activity, check grades online.