C: Is Mrs. Watson amiable or quarrelsome? (Write a character sketch of Mrs. Watson)

C: Is Mrs. Watson amicable or quarrelsome? (Write a character sketch of Mrs. Watson)Expectation: 6-8 sentences

C: In The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, is the conflict more internal or external?

C: In The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, is the conflict more internal or external? Teacher expectations: 6-8 sentences and use at least two test-to-text or text-to-self connections.

We're learning...

Today went much smoother than Tuesday. I went to the computer lab early and logged all of the computers in so the students didn't have to waste time waiting for the computers to load up. Everyone had plenty of time to post a comment and read what other classmates wrote as well. Most of the students have said they enjoy typing their response to the writing prompt as opposed to hand writing it. One thing I will revise for next Tuesday is to have the students sign in to blogger first and then go to the class blog. Today, I had the students go straight to the blog and try and post a comment and then blogger was asking them to choose a profile. Then we had to copy their comment, go to blogger, sign in and then access the class blog and paste thei comment..it got very confusing.

A: What I thought you taught about nouns and adjectives.

A: What I thought you taught about nouns and adjectives. Expectations: 8-9 sentences with two examples of nouns and two examples of adjectives in your writing.

Some observations and lessons

It seems like it's been awhile since the class has interacted on the blog due to spring break. One thing I wish I would have done with the students when they were creating their blogger accounts was to ask the students to write down their user name and passwords. I would have kept this master list. (I did keep a list of the students' names and their display names). We learned quickly that the students did not remember their passwords and they can only have their password emailed to them. Unfortunately, we don't have access to yahoo, gmail, or hotmail here at school. Thus, the students who could not remember their password could not participate in the blog today. Another feature which I changed on the blog format was the word verification to post a comment. The students were having difficulty recognizing the words and typing the letters correctly. They were getting frustrated and overally I felt that this was hindering the students from typing the writing prompt. It's as if the goal of the research project was being lost because the students were spending so much time with the word verificiation. One of my frustrations with blogger is that it asks for a display name, but to log in the user must put in their email address which is often different than the display name. Again, this is confusing for the students that I am working with.

E: noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb

E: noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb teacher expectation: 7-8 sentences Circle the word that is different than the other three. Write 3-4 sentences explaining how that word is different than the other three. Then, write 3-4 sentences explaining how the other three are alike.

Writing Prompt Type C 7-8 sentences

Which would you rather do, go to the army or be a teacher?