We took the SRI (Lexile) today and there were some pretty big jumps throughout the classes. Good work. I guess I need to find harder books.
I returned the timed writings today and a couple things came through.
We are good at using quotes in our writings.
We know we need to mention the title and author in our papers.
We know to start off with a quick intro and end with a quick conclusion.
We remember to explain the quotes after we use them.
There are also some things we need to work on.
Although we use quotes, we don't introduce them or set them up so that the message is as clear as it can be.
Although we remember to explain the quotes after we share them, we don't always offer good explanations. The explanations need to be fleshed out and developed.
We need to remember that a claim must be a sentence.
We need to be sure we understand the material that we are quoting. Telling someone to lie about their age so that they can stay alive is not dehumanizing.
Try to remember these things when you write papers later this year and into high school.
We'll finish our jigsaw work tomorrow. We'll have a quick open note assessment over it. Then we will look closely at pages 66-69. Powerful stuff. Text code it well.
Juxtaposition examples are due Monday. Be sure you've typed your proper heading on the top.
See you soon.
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