Expectations for today's assignment (along with the other expectations):

nRestate the position in the intro as well as the point of the paragraph.

nRestate the point of the paragraph in each power 2 (detail).

nTransition words in power 2s

nComplete, developed, sentences.

Make any necessary corrections to your first paragraph. This WILL include transitions and the necessary Power 1 and Power 2 adjustments, and your power 3s. DUE THURSDAY.

Today we discussed transition words for Power 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s. Their assignment is to copy the following paragraph and insert the appropriate transition words from the pink sheet (transition words) that I handed out today. They need to highlight the words that they add. Students had 15 minutes to work on this in class.

"I am for schools having fundraisers. Fundraisers help a school fund activities that they would not normally be able to afford. Our school has 2 fundraisers and they earn over $40,000. Last year we were able to spend some of that money on going to Camp Lutherhaven where we spent 2 days there learning about the wilderness and playing games. I think that fundraisers help kids give back to their school. It takes very little effort to do your part in supporting your school. Last year I raised $800 by myself by calling friends and relatives that all were more than willing to donate. I am definitely for having fundraisers in schools because it allows the students to have programs they normally wouldn’t have as well as the opportunity to give back to the school."

We peer edited the powerboxes that were assigned yesterday. For today's in class/homework assignment, they are to take the 4 complete powerboxes that they have, and polish up the 1 or 2 from today that they are going to work from, and the 1 or 2 from yesterday, so they have 3 that they are excited to use.

In the next few days we will be adding to these so it is important that each of the 3 powerboxes are set and ready to go using mostly complete sentences. This will be due tomorrow. Students had 15 minutes to work on this in class.

Today we had a fire drill...great. Took some time out of rotations. But we were able to get through today's DOL and collect assignments.

Assigned today was to come up with the power 3s for the other 2 sets of powerboxes. Those will be due tomorrow.

Halloween permission slips went home today too. We will be spending Monday, the 31st, at Riverfront Park enjoying some ice skating and watching a movie on the IMAX. We will be taking city buses down there as well. FUN!

Students got their DOL #6 test back today. We went over the 2 powerbox paragraphs. We did some editing, and due tomorrow will be the same 2 powerboxes re written...better.

In writing we discussed the power 3s (examples) and I showed some student examples.

Their assignment is to take two of their four powerboxes that they created last night, and fill in the examples (power 3s). We will share those in class tomorrow and do some more peer editing.

We will also have a DOL test tomorrow.

In class today we peer edited the power 2s we had for the 5 main ideas. Students removed one of the main ideas that they felt was not as strong, so they now have 4 power 1s, and three power 2s for each one. Their assignment today was to clean those up and put them in powerboxes. This will be due tomorrow.

Students used 5 of the 6 main points today. Assigned were three power 2s (details) for each of the five power 1s (main idea). They had ~30 minutes to work on this in class. This assignment will be due tomorrow.

Create a web with a minimum of 6 main points on one of the following topics. You must decide to be for or against the topic as well. Due tomorrow.

Cell phones in school

4 day school week (same total hours, 1 less day)

Transportation to and from school

DOL Test on Friday.