Due:
Explorer Project - Main Events page (paragraph draft)
Classwork
Today in class we worked on writing a rough draft paragraph using the research facts we found online about our Explorers. Students are practicing how to take a fact and create a compound sentences using their own words. We also learned how to use editing/correction symbols today and we practice peer editing. This will become common practice for us in class -- writing drafts and peer editing.
Homework
Students are rewriting their first drafts tonight using today's peer edits and suggestions. Their rewrite is due in the morning; I will edit their next draft before we write our final drafts on the project paper sheet (or type at home).