BCMS Friday Rewind
Week of November 13, 2017
Authentic Audience, Wonderful Writing - A teacher's guide to planning a high-interest, engaging writing project
In this article in AMLE Magazine, teacher/author Dominic Carrillo describes how he gets high-quality writing from his middle-school students through authentic audience, wide reading, imperfect first drafts, helpful feedback, peer editing and Google Docs:
Helpful feedback
Once students have produced first drafts, Carrillo has them sit in a large circle and establishes what Ron Berger calls a “culture of critique.” General feedback (“Good story, I liked it”) isn’t helpful. Nor is rude and hurtful feedback (“Boring” “That sucked”). To model helpful, specific comments, Carrillo shows a six-minute video about a first grader’s efforts to draw a butterfly, “Critique and Feedback, The Story of Austin’s Butterfly” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOSiU42P8Gc. “Ultimately,” says Carrillo, “students see the value of quality feedback and are ready to critique knowing that the end goal is to create excellent, publishable writing… Whole-class peer critique goes from being a dreaded and uncomfortable idea to a purposeful and valued part of the process.” Over two or more class periods, students read their writing aloud (or have the teacher read anonymous submissions) and classmates offer comments and suggestions.
Tuesday, November 21 - Afternoon Assembly Alternate Schedule
1st Period 8:50 - 9:38 (48min)
2nd Period 9:43 - 10:29 (46min)
3rd Period 10:34 - 11:20 (46min)
5th Period 11:25 - 12:11 (46min)
4th Period 12:16 - 1:36
6th Period 1:41 - 2:27 (46 min)
Prime Time * 2:32 - 2:37
*Take attendance
Assembly 2:42 - 3:25
8th Grade Lunch
Lunch 12:11 -12:36
4th Period 12:41 - 1:36
7th Grade Lunch
4th Period 12:16 - 12:41
Lunch 12:41 - 1:06
4th Period 1:11 - 1:36
6th Grade Lunch
4th Period 12:16 - 1:11
Lunch 1:11 - 1:36
Congratulations to our October Bison Buck winners! 6th grade: Jacob Saylor, 7th grade: Mckenzie Christensen, 8th grade: Darby Bersie.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT BCMS
- Monday, November 20 - BCMS Parent Teacher Conferences - 4:00 - 8:00 pm
- Wednesday, November 22 - No School
- Thursday, November 23 - Thanksgiving
- Monday, November 27 - All incomplete grades for quarter 1 are due in CAMPUS
- Monday, November 27 - 8th grade choir concert - BHS PAC - 7:30 pm
- Tuesday, November 28 - 7th grade orchestra concert - BHS PAC - 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, November 29 - ESP meeting with Marie - 3:50 pm - conf. room 100
Buffalo Community Middle School
Email: mlubben@bhmschools.org
Website: http://www.bhmschools.org/schools/buffalo-middle
Location: 1300 Minnesota 25, Buffalo, MN, United States
Phone: 763-682-8200
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