318,Class of 2010, Give a little advice….

8th graders.

You will be graduating as the 8th grade class of 2010.
Think about what that means.
In June you will have completed almost nine years of school.
In you journal today, reflect on that time.
Think back.

What was your first day of school like?

What were your friends like?
Have they changed?
How about your teachers, what are they like?

Write some advice for the classes that follow you on how to graduate the 8th grade.
You may write your advice as a step by step process to graduate.

You may write your advice as a list such as top ten things to do your 8th grade year.

It can come as advice on how to get good grades and get along with teachers.

Write some advice for the classes that follow you.

Write it the best way you know how.

127 and 223, Week 21 Creative Writing

• LOG IN to your computer (User: Student)
• OPEN Class Website (Use Firefox to open website, writeichms.wordpress.com)
• OPEN your folder (Click on Finder “Smiley Face” icon in your Dock)
• OPEN your journal (Open your Pages file from your folder)
• Select a journal topic to write about from the class website reading the website entries tagged “Journal”.
• Or write about the following:

(1.) What is on your mind?
(2.) How you are feeling?
(3.) Something that learned
(4.) ask Mr. Loreto for a writing idea.

• Check- in

Monday, February 8, 2010

Today, choose write about your experience as a writer in Creative Writing. Have you written more? Have you been able to write what you want? Is there something you’d like to write? Today, the journal is about you as a writer. Describe what type of writer you would like to be. Write for ten to fifteen minutes and then stop, reread what you wrote and save your journal.

Lesson, First Class Workshop: How to save your work, and use First Class File Storage.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Today, choose a journal topic/writing prompt from the Right to Write website and write in your journal. This is your second to final journal entry. Please make sure you save your journal.

Lesson, Complete Final Projects/Save to your first class. Second to last day of class. Preparation for Gallery Showing.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Today, choose a journal topic/writing prompt from the Right to Write website and write in your journal. This is your final journal entry. Please make sure you save your journal.

Short Survey.

Gallery Showing.

Champions

The New Orleans Saints are the World Champions of football. They are the best at what they do. What would you like to be the best in? What would you like to be the World Champion of? Write in your journal an explanation of the kind of World Champion you’d like to be, how you would do it and why you want to be a World Champion.

Firsts!

Last night, the New Orleans Saints won their first ever Super Bowl! Write about an important first for you. It could be your first day of school. The first time you stayed away from home. The first time you could ride a bike. What are some firsts that are important to you?

Two options.

One. You can write about a first and tell the story that goes along with it.

Two. You can write a list of ten important firsts in your life. Each first must be written in a complete thought/sentence.

318, Week 20 Agenda

318, Week 20, Right to Write BLOG

• LOG IN to your computer (User: Student)
• OPEN Class Website (Use Firefox to open website, writeichms.wordpress.com)
• OPEN your folder (Click on Finder “Smiley Face” icon in your Dock)
• OPEN your journal (Open your Pages file from your folder)
• Select a journal topic to write about from the class website reading the website entries tagged “Journal”.
• Or write about the following:

(1.) What is on your mind?
(2.) How you are feeling?
(3.) Something that learned
(4.) ask Mr. Loreto for a writing idea.

• Check- in

Monday, February 1, 2010

Today is the first day of February. Welcome to February. In your journal, please write ten things about you. Go to the following webpage, 10 things about me, for more information.

• 1. One thing I like is …..
• 2. One thing I dislike is….
• 3. One thing I like to eat is….
• 4. One thing I like to hear is…
• 5. One thing I like to see is….

• 6. One thing I like to feel is…
• 7. One thing I like to smell is…
• 8. One thing I have learned this year is….
• 9. One thing I would like to learn is….
• 10. One thing you do not know about me is…

Homework, Slide Show

• Slide 1: Title and Heading
• Slide 2: 1st Journal Entry
• Slide 3: Photograph
• Slide 4: What is it?
• Slide 5: Photograph
• Slide 6: How did I get it?
• Slide 7: Photograph
• Slide 8: Why did I bring it?
• Slide 9: Photograph
• Slide 10: Tell A Story
• Slide 11: Credits
• Slide 12: Thank You
• Slide 13: Blank

Lesson. Introduction to Keynote.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Start by taking this survey. 5 Fundamentals Student Survey.

When people think of writing, they often think that writing uses only words. Writing can take many forms. The most common early writing people do is drawing. Today, in your journal draw a picture. Go to this website, Write it down, to see an example.

Lesson. Keynote. Use your shapes to Draw.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Good Wednesday.
Today, we will be writing in our journal about the news

Go find some news.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Check out the new post.

Today will be going over our slide show.
It should be completed by tomorrow, February 5, 2010.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Friday. Friday Friday.
Fridays are good days.
Fridays are days where you get to catch up on your work.
So, here is what we’ve been doing…

1. (Wednesday, January 27, 2010) Started a journal. Play. We want recess.
2. (Thursday, January 28, 2010) Homework assignment, bring in an item from home.
3. (Monday, February 1, 2010) Writing about your homework.
4. (Monday, February 1, 2010) Homework slide show
5. (Monday, February 1, 2010)Ten things about me
6. (Tuesday, February 2, 2010) Drawing Journal
7. (Wednesday, February 3, 2010) News Journal
8. (Thursday, February 4, 2010)Spanish Journal

Today, your journal challenge is to write a list of adjectives that describe a place.

• You may not say the place.
• You may only use adjectives to describe the place.
• You must use at least a dozen adjectives to describe it.
• See the example right here.