December 17

Homework
    - Writing Minutes
    - Suspense story (if necessary)
    - Descriptive Essay (if necessary)
    - Narrative Essay (if necessary)
    - Expository Essay

December 10

Homework
    - Writing Minutes
    - Freewriting (I took a wrong turn on the Yellow Brick Road....)
    - Finish your descriptive, narrative, and expository essays
    - Your fractured fairy tale

November 5

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (The seven dwarfs were in my closet....)
• Suspense story (if necessary)
• Descriptive essay (Remember to use at least one decoration!)

October 29

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Suspense story
• 5 paragraph descriptive essay

October 22

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Begin work (have at least your outline completed) on your Descriptive Essay (Remember the steps!)
• Story Draft (If necessary)

October 15

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Finish your story rough draft! 

October 1

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Rough draft of your story

September 24

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Work on your suspense piece.  Please bring what you have written (even if it is not complete) to class on Thursday for peer editing!

September 17

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Spend some time creating a 4D character for your story.  Remember to include at least one moment of suspense.

September 10

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Suddenly my arms became tentacles....)
• Begin writing a short story which uses elements of suspense.  This should be about 5 pages.  You will have at least the next two weeks to work on your rough draft.

September 3

By now you know the drill :-)

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting
• Write about your trip to Saturn this summer, using your dress-ups and openers.  The style of your paper (story or essay) is your choice.

May 14

Homework

• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essays (if necessary)
• Literary Criticism

Please note: All report cards will be mailed as soon as possible.  Before I can give you a report card you will need to complete a final draft of your literary criticism (and/or other assignments).  Some of you may need extra time, and that’s OK.  Any missing/incomplete/in-progress work can be emailed to me anytime.  As soon as I receive your final assignment, I’ll send your report card as soon as possible!

May 7

Homework

• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essays (if necessary)
• Literary Criticism

April 30

Homework

• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essays (if necessary)
• Continue taking notes for your literary criticism and begin writing!

April 16

Homework

• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essays (if necessary)
• Choose a direction for your literary criticism and develop a rough thesis statement.
• Begin collecting resources for your criticism.  The MARVEL! database on your library website is a great resource even if it is difficult to use.
• Begin taking notes!

April 9

 

NO! NOT A SNOW DAY?

Snow days afford us an opportunity to catch up on assignments.  This week please finish

• Research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essays (if necessary)
• Choose a direction for your literary criticism and develop a rough thesis statement.
• Begin collecting resources for your criticism.  The MARVEL! database on your library website is a great resource even if it is difficult to use.

Feel free to email any assignments once they’re completed.

April 2

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Research Reports (if necessary)
• Persuasive Essay (if necessary)
• Finish reading 1984 (if necessary)
• Choose a subject for your analysis and develop a tentative thesis statement

March 26

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Continue working on research report (if necessary)
• Finish 1984 (if necessary)
• Persuasive essay (if necessary)
• Choose the direction for your literary criticism
• Work on your mystery

March 19

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Continue working on research reports (If necessary)
• 3rd Persuasive Essay.  Use the best arguments from the first two essays to create the best support for your opinion.
• Read chapter three in 1984
• Work on your mystery

March 12

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Continue working on research reports (If necessary) 
• 3rd Persuasive Essay.  Use the best arguments from the first two essays to create the best support for your opinion.
• Read chapter two in 1984
• Work on your mystery

March 5

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Persuasive essay (if necessary)
• Research report (if necessary)
• Short story (if necessary)
• Read chapter 1 in 1984

February 26

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Research Report (if necessary)
• Short story (if necessary)
• Persuasive essay using counterarguments

February 12

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Draft of research report (if necessary)
• Persuasive essay

January 29

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Research report (if necessary)
• Short story (if necessary)
• Choose a topic on which you have an opinion to use for  persuasive writing.  I would suggest a topic about which you do not feel extremely strongly.  Check current events for ideas.

January 22

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Research Report
• Short Story
• Work on your mystery if you have time

January 15

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• 5 page research report (if necessary)
• Short story (if necessary)

January 8

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Continue work on research report
• Continue work on short story (this should be just about finished )