Ice Storm Day!!!
Only half the class was here so I did not introduce anything new.

Things for this week:
1. Genus Hour Fair is Wednesday!
Please make sure you are ready and your blog is up to date.

2. Your letter. (format will be introduced tomorrow)
Remember you are writing to someone about one of issues that we have been talking about in class (residential schools, water quality issues on Canadian reserves). Tell them your concerns and thoughts on the issue, why you are telling this to them and something you'd like them to do about it. Here is the rubric:

Letter/ Call to Action Name: ____________ 

Theme:	Comments	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1
Thinking -​What you say  - persuasive ideas  - Are your ideas explained  and supported with  evidence?  - Is there a call to action  for your reader?
Communication - ​How  you say it  - word choice  - SPG
Knowledge - ​What you  write   -Conventions of a formal  letter - Salutation/closing  -body paragraph(s) etc.
Application - ​The way  you connect it  - Makes connections to  other ideas that help your  audience relate to the  argument   - Is highly persuasive