Organizing Text and Organizing Portfolios

Last class we went over a few things.  After going through a self-assessment sheet together, we moved on to looking at the use of commas for standard conjunctions.  Remember FANBOYS?

FANBOYS is when you combine two sentences together using a comma and a conjunction like for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

For example, I went to the park, and I bought a popsicle.

Remember that this construction requires two complete sentences with subject, object, and verb.  Handouts will be given out next class for your binder.

We then attempted to organize the chunks of text that the students will be reading for next class.  Students were told that they should pay attention to how the text is blocked in their learning log, and comment on what sort of effect this creates.

For next class, please read "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried".  For those of you who haven't already, please complete your narrative package in order to hand in to me.

The narrative package consists of a self assessment rubric, a peer-editing sheet, a narrative worksheet, a rough draft, and a final draft.

A copy of the self-assessment sheet can be found below.  See you in class!

Self-Assessment Rubric: Narrative Package

Please give yourself a score out of 5, and provide some justification as to why you gave yourself this score.

Criteria	Score (out of 5)	Justification
Through your narrative package, can you easily track the learning that you have done? Have you included all parts – worksheet, peer-editing sheet, rough draft, and final?
Have you followed the suggestions that were given to you by your peers? If you have not, explain your reasoning.
How much thought and effort have you put into writing your narrative?
How is the overall quality of the work? Think about grammar and spelling errors, the form and ordering of the narrative, and the stylistic presence of the piece.

Any final remarks: