Mr. Rennie's Class

  The students are all immersed in the publishing of their memoirs for this week. We are attempting to use and incorporate all the skills we have explored so far in an effort to improve their piece. We have worked on Leads, Paragraphing, Thoughts and Feelings, Description and Detail Dialogue and Proofrreading this term. The piece they are completing is to be an example of their best writing and show evidence of what they've learned as writers. I am so far very impressed with their willingness to change and improve their work. Most really want to make their writing stronger.

  As they finish their memoirs and inquiries they are cartoonng on Tondo. We have eliminated playing games as an option after writing. Yet the kids are really enjoying cartooning and don't view it as writing, creative and purposeful, which it is. The students are actively involved and on task with writing tasks at all times in the lab. They have all improved at a rate which will surprise many of their parents.