Post date: Sep 26, 2009 3:8:21 PM
If you will be in school on Monday, read over your informal pieces and select one you would like to revise and polish. For Monday, bring the piece to class. We will begin work on the revision in class.
For Tuesday, 9/28, everyone should have selected a piece. Bring the piece to class. We will work on revision strategies in class. You should complete in writing the "Writing Conference with Yourself" under Handouts for Writing.
On Tuesday night, everyone should revise her piece based on what we did in class and send the REVISED piece to nicenet.org. When you log on to nicenet. org,
•CLICK ON CONFERENCING
•THEN WRITE THE TITLE OF YOUR PIECE IN THE NEW TOPIC BUBBLE
•EVERYONE IN THE CLASS WILL BE ABLE TO READ YOUR REVISION
•EVERYONE IN THE CLASS WILL BE ABLE TO SUGGEST CHANGES TO YOU
Wednesday, 9/30, no class, but on Wednesday night, everyone should read at least five pieces at nicenet.org and list suggestions for each piece.
•Be respectful in your suggestions
•Be specific in your suggestions.
•If a piece already has five responses, then move on to a piece that needs feedback;
In Class on Thursday, 10/1 we will discuss more revision strategies. You must have your piece in class. This is important. Please make sure you have a hard copy of your revision.
For Friday, 10/2 finish the revision. The revised piece needs to be turned in to ME and to nicenet.org. We will read the finished pieces in class.