Today in the lab, we will be posting our narratives on iWrite.LDHSS.ca. The site is currently a private site which means that only students who are logged in can see student work. (Parents/Guardians/Teachers, please email me for a guest account, or ask your students to show you the site.)

The purpose of this site is to celebrate our work and to showcase examples of great student writing. On the right hand side of the iWrite.LDHSS.ca website, you can find a list of “award winning stories” that received a level 4 (4-, 4, 4+, 4++ or 80% and higher) in one or more of the following categories:

• Great Ideas and Organization
• Great Inferencing
• Great Word Choice / Voice
• Great Editing / Quotation Marks (Dialogue)

Rubrics went home yesterday to be signed. Students have until the end of Term 2 to revise and resubmit their work if they wish to improve their marks. (At the very least, students must fix all of the errors identified on the rubric. For more information, please see me during second nutrition break.)

Things to do in the lab

Part 1. Publish your narrative onto iWrite.

Publish the story you handed in to me onto iWrite without changing anything (yet).  Here is an example of what your story will look like on iWrite. (You must be logged in to see it.)

1. Log into iWrite.LDHSS.ca. Please do not add any personal information in your profile. Please do not change your password.
2. Add New Post
3. Copy and paste your narrative from your Google Docs file into your iWrite post. (You only need to copy the story. Please do not copy your name, your marks or the peer revising TAG tables.)
4. Type in the title of your story into the title of the post
5. On the right hand side, please click on the appropriate categories:
   1. Your class: E8B, R7C, R7F
   2. If you have an award-winning story, please click on the appropriate award(s)
6. Click on the submit for review button.
7. Wait for the teacher to moderate (approve) your story and publish it to the site.

Part 2. Revise your narrative based on comments from the rubric.

1. You must spend time revising your stories (even if you don’t plan on handing them in to be re-marked.)
2. All changes must be made in your Google Docs file. (This is so it’s easier for me to compare the two versions of your story. If you revise your story on a different piece of paper or software, I will not accept it.)
3. Please make sure you fix all of the errors identified in the rubric or I will not re-mark your narrative.
4. There is a separate rubric for students who want to redo their assignments. Please see me for details.
5. After you have improved your story and fixed all of the mistakes, you can copy-and-paste the new version into iWrite.  

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

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