Do Now: Check out the well-organized paragraph graphic organizer under the pages tab. 

Aim: How do we summarize our research?
Today you should be ready to conduct some preliminary research into one of the essential questions of this first unit.

How much of our brain function are we born with and how much do we learn? How can/do we re-wire our brains at times of crisis and challenge? What is the relationship between our brains and our minds? How do our brains and/or minds define us as individuals? By the end of class, you should be able to summarize what you learned in a well-organized paragraph. Use the paragraph graphic organizer under the Pages tab on the right if it helps you to organize your notes.

Today's Agenda
What's due

• Editing sheets

• "Where I'm From" poem

• Where I'm From self-evaluation

• Engrade account and message

• Link to blog and daily postings

Publishing Day for "Where I'm From" poems is Friday!!!!!


Reminder: Bookmark this page and write it down because this blog is the first blog you will visit each day. You also can access it from home to catch up on work you missed.

See 10/1/2013 posting for creating your own blog

I. Do Now
II. Mini lesson: A well-organized paragraph
III. Writing Workshop
IV. Posting/ Closing

Always check Engrade for your up to the minute progress in this class.

Final drafts of  poems are due. This is your first project of the semester so it will count as 33% of your grade so far in this class.