Computer Typing Day

Items Due Today: ROUGH Draft of Storytelling Essay, submitted through Edmodo.  See rubric at end of this post.

Due Next Class:

• Thursday, 09/29: Group Children's Story presentation, during 8th, in Cardinal Theatre

Future Due Dates:

• Thursday, 10/06: Children's Story Individual Essay, via Edmodo (more info to come) by MIDNIGHT.

Today's Bellringer: none today

What we did today: Students worked on rough drafts of storytelling essay (see post from 09/13/16).

Skills: Writing to Inform.

ELA Common Core Standards covered:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.A: Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B: Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.C: Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.D: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.E: Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.F: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).