Your Significant Adult Reflection RD

So Ladies! By now you should be well on your way to generating the rough draft of your Significant Adult Reflection - due on Monday, November 5th. Remember to refer assiduously to the Writing Reflection Handout I passed out in class AND emailed you a while back. If you simply answer each question thoroughly, giving each a full paragraph, in the end you'll find that...voilà...you have a five paragraph essay! It's that easy! (Of course, feel free to generate more than five paragraphs; after all, you have a three page margin!) Remember to word-process your RD, double spaced with lines numbered. Refer to the green RD rubric that we went over for the Bee Tree practice essay to remind yourself of other important RD details. But more importantly, pace yourself so that you don't end up ruining your weekend with a last minute rush job. Nobody enjoys that...neither the writer nor the reader!

Dr. Sandler's presentation on Thursday

Ladies! Tomorrow morning, right after Community Meeting, we will hold a very brief rehearsal of our Bunny Sandler presentation...practice having the fourteen "firsts" readers speak loudly, clearly, succinctly and with good energy...that kind of thing! Oh...and just so you know, tomorrow will also be the first event at which you, as 8th graders, will sit on chairs at the back of the room (versus languish on the hard linoleum as in years past!) Needless to say, this is one of those instances where "with great privilege comes great responsibility." You will be responsible for getting your chair, occupying it quietly and with notable respect for both the speaker and the rest of the audience, returning the chair...that kind of thing. I know that Dr. Sandler will be most impressed with your knowledge of her personal and professional background, as well as your general warm enthusiasm for her visit. I was very impressed with your ability to answer the questions I'd given you to research less than twenty-four hours earlier. You guys rock!

Subscribe to my calendar...

...as there are many due dates pending! At this point in time you should be finishing up with your Significant Adult book and planning your interview. Don't back yourself into a corner on this...or you'll regret it!

On another note, your Final Draft (FD) packet for the Bee Tree essay is due on Tuesday, October 23rd. No excuses!!