Happy Friday,

I was not able to be at school today, but here is an summary of the plans I left for our guest teacher.

Students completed a study guide for the Research Writing Quiz on Monday. If you were absent, the study guide can be found on Canvas under Modules/Information Research Resources/Study Guide for Research Quiz. The first version is for periods 1 and 5, and the second version is for periods 2, 3, 6. You will need to print out the guide to complete it. Students did a pencil and paper version, so on the printed version I numbered each underlined area; it has a total of 20 answers. You will need to add these. Here is what you need to know for the quiz:

• All classes will have a quiz on MONDAY (this is a change from the original day, Friday). The quiz will cover the strategies used in research writing. Know the strategies listed below and:
• Know when and why they are used in research writing. 
• Know where they would be placed in paragraphs.
• Know which paragraph they would be used in.
• Strategies:
• definition
• claim
• supporting bullets (parallel points)
• topic sentence
• evidence transitions (For example, the researcher states...)
• evidence and its punctuation
• thought prompts 
• explanation
• concluding sentence
• restatement of claim and bullets
• worldly statement/quote/thought for the reader
• data/dates/statistics

Also, partners worked on their informational books. You should be moving on to the next chapter and have a clear idea of what should be included in those. I LOVED conferring with all of you on Thursday and seeing your amazing books!

Have a beautiful weekend!