Welcome back Everyone!
We've had a little time off for writing and I know you're all busy with you projects for My Jim, so this is an easy blog this week that will hopefully get you on track to sail through the end of the school year. By Friday, I want each of you to make a "To-Do List" that is a bit more meaningful than the one pictured above. Please set three realistic, achievable goals for yourself for the second semester. Along with each goal, I'd like you to provide at least two concrete steps you will take to achieve that goal. I don't have a specific word count, what I'm looking for here is for your goals to be meaningful, well-written, and achievable. For your final paragraph, please write how you will evaluate your success at the end of the school year. I will do this assignment so you have a basic template to follow.
For next week's response to a peer, provide feedback to a peer about their plan. A response like, "Great goals, Ms. Mott, I hope you can do it!" just won't cut it. You have to either comment on the methods your peer has chosen to achieve their goal, the goal itself, maybe provide some other steps they can take to achieve it. Make it meaningful. Many of you are not happy with your first semester grades in English; a lot of that has to do with skipping, or submitting poorly written blogs. I know you can all do a better job.
Good Luck! Ms. Mott
