June 25, July 2, and July 9

Did you have a happy Tanabata? Have you been watching the World Cup? Are you sleepy today? Isn't it hot?

On June 25 we talked about asking wh-questions to improve your writing. I picked up your descriptive writing assignment. I found a similar worksheet exercise at Time For Kids.

On July 2 I handed out a page of editing marks called "Correction Symbols." We learned about Compare and Contrast paragraphs. The homework assignment was to brainstorm a topic of a compare-and-contrast paragraph using a (Microsoft Word) table or a Venn diagram, and then write your compare-and-contrast paragraph with a target length of 10 sentences.

Today we practice peer-editing of student writing on a worksheet "Student Writing Errors" and in the textbook on pages 60-62. I picked up your Compare-and-Contrast paragraph assignment.