Please forgive me for the lapse in blog updates! On February 3, I was attending a collaborative meeting with McClure’s 7th grade language arts team. On February 4 and 5, I was out of school with a terrible sinus infection. (I started on antibiotics on Friday, so I’m hoping I avoided passing any infectious germs to my students!)

Students were given part of the class period on Monday (2/1) and Tuesday (2/2) and the ENTIRE class period on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (if needed) to draft and revise the “trust” piece. On Thursday, students were asked to have at least the rough draft completed for Friday. Since I ended up having to be absent on Friday, however, completed drafts were not checked until today.

*Click here to download the REVISING CHECKLIST for “trust” piece.

*The FINAL DRAFT of this piece is DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12. Remember, the maximum length for this piece is 1000 words.