Weekly Agenda: November 2–6, 2009

Tuesday, November 3
Vocabulary Quiz
Review purposes of personal narrative
Read excerpt from Black Boy (pp.655-659)
Discuss the social background, purpose, and intended audience
“Where I’m From” Poem
- brainstorm, draft, share
HW: Respond to post-reading questions #1, 3, & 4


Thursday, November 5
Introduce Six Traits Writing Rubric
- explain, discuss
- model scoring on part of a student narrative
- students practice scoring an anonymous student narrative
- self-evaluate journal entry (from 10/30) or “Where I’m From” poem
HW: None