Welcome back from the long weekend! Last week was an exciting one in US History with a Presidential Candidate Debate and our guest speaker Willie LeClaire, medicine man and cultural emissary of the Eastern Shoshone.

  Please note: HW Due on Wednesday - Character sketch. Also,  a grade for research will be assessed on Friday. 

  Monday: No school for students. Teachers are in professional development.

  Tuesday: We will be in the media center for our historical fiction project. Students will be recording and coding research details to help them write historical fiction storybooks. Today we will learn and practice research strategies with reference sources. HW Due Tomorrow: Character Sketch – Students will write a 1-2 paragraph character sketch based on their American Indian research. Guiding questions will be provided.

  Wednesday: 1. HW Check and share 2. Plot summary– Students will be mapping their historical fiction plots. We will revisit our anchor text The Unbreakable Code as an example. 3. Online research continues for students who complete the plot summary.

  Thursday: Final day for media center research. Students will need to wrap-up using our extensive media center non-fiction collection. Research notes and citations will be checked tomorrow at the end of class. Students will need to show at least 2 non-electronic resources and 2 electronic (database or appropriate website) resources.

  Friday: Students will be working on their historical fiction project at any one of the 3 levels depending on their progress: 1. Finishing online research and note taking 2. Completing their plot summary 3. Starting the writing of their storybooks. **All students will need to conference with the teacher today to show research and citations. Research will be graded on a. Completeness (both number of resources and thoroughness of details) b. Coding (students coded details for elements of hist. fiction) c. MLA citations