ELA Writing Calendar

1.28.2013

LOTS TO DO!

WHOLE CLASS:

  • Read the short story, Future Tense, on page 605 in the green book
  • On a piece of lined paper (heading at the top) write a paragraph citing 2 examples from the story explaining why this story is considered to be science fiction
BLOG ADMINISTRATORS AND AUTHORS:
  • Administrators need to keep updating your blog
  • Authors (each author) needs to get at least one blog post up for students to answer tomorrow
ROVER TEAMS:
  • Begin planning your presentation for Friday.  We will officially begin drafting it tomorrow.
  • Practice presentations will be held during class on Thursday
  • The format of the presentation will be:
          1. Introduction- introduce your team and jobs
          2. Task Description- explain what your team's task is
          3. Structure of component- describe the structure of what your team was in charge of creating
          4. Program Description- If you have a programmer on your team, they will explain the program        designed, if you don't have a programmer, focus on how you built your team's specific component on your rover.    

WHOLE CLASS- CHECK YOUR BLOG POSTS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM COMPLETE.  IF YOU ARE MISSING ANY YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW TO GET THEM COMPLETED