Friday, April 25, 2014
We continued to work on "The Lottery" Essay Questions and your properly constructed response.
**It is due today at the end of class.**
*****I will not be taking this assignment late unless you have an excused absence!!!*******
Friday, April 25, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
We continued to work on "The Lottery" Essay Questions and your properly constructed response.
**It is due at the end of class on tomorrow: Friday the 25th.***
*****I will not be taking this assignment late unless you have an excused absence!!!*******
We continued to work on "The Lottery" Essay Questions and your properly constructed response.
**It is due at the end of class on tomorrow: Friday the 25th.***
*****I will not be taking this assignment late unless you have an excused absence!!!*******
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Today we read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Many of you have already read this story. That is okay because the most important part of this assignment is not the reading of the story but the writing that you must do after reading or re-reading the story. You need to pick one of the two essay questions to respond to. Please remember that this is an essay response. You will be graded on the content of your essay, grammar, mechanics, and the proper formatting of a formal paper.
Today we read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Many of you have already read this story. That is okay because the most important part of this assignment is not the reading of the story but the writing that you must do after reading or re-reading the story. You need to pick one of the two essay questions to respond to. Please remember that this is an essay response. You will be graded on the content of your essay, grammar, mechanics, and the proper formatting of a formal paper.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Everybody got to listen to me talk to you about finishing the school year, making sure you get your work done, and passing all of your classes. The number of school days you have left in school are in the teens. You are almost done with high school. Make sure you finish!
I met with each student individually to talk about missing assignments and your grades in all of your classes. Students then worked on anything they were missing. If you were not here you can come and see me about missing work.
Everybody got to listen to me talk to you about finishing the school year, making sure you get your work done, and passing all of your classes. The number of school days you have left in school are in the teens. You are almost done with high school. Make sure you finish!
I met with each student individually to talk about missing assignments and your grades in all of your classes. Students then worked on anything they were missing. If you were not here you can come and see me about missing work.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Tuesday and Wednesday you were working on your own to complete your narrative as I was working with the EOI English II students.
Tuesday and Wednesday you were working on your own to complete your narrative as I was working with the EOI English II students.
- We will not have writing prompts this week. We will spend the entire week working on your narrative.
- **It is due Thursday, April 17th unless you have an excused absence.**
- When you turn it in you need to include the following:
- Character Sketch
- Setting Map
- Hand Written Rough Draft
- Typed and Printed Final Draft (double spaced, 12 point font, minimum 3 pages)
- Rubric Stapled to the Front
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
- We will not have writing prompts this week. We will spend the entire week working on your narrative.
- **It is due Thursday, April 17th unless you have an excused absence.**
- When you turn it in you need to include the following:
- Character Sketch
- Setting Map
- Hand Written Rough Draft
- Typed and Printed Final Draft (double spaced, 12 point font, minimum 3 pages)
- Rubric Stapled to the Front
Monday, April 14, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
- We will not have writing prompts this week. We will spend the entire week working on your narrative.
- **It is due Thursday, April 17th unless you have an excused absence.**
- When you turn it in you need to include the following:
- Character Sketch
- Setting Map
- Hand Written Rough Draft
- Typed and Printed Final Draft (double spaced, 12 point font, minimum 3 pages)
- Rubric Stapled to the Front
Friday, April 11, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Today's writing prompt: make sure you explain your answer and give evidence to support it.
Today's writing prompt: make sure you explain your answer and give evidence to support it.
What are your feelings
about state mandated testing in education? Explain your answer.
- We read a couple of newspaper articles about the 3rd grade reading test and watched a couple of recent news clips. Then we discussed and debated state testing and the new 3rd grade reading test.
- Remember that your narrative is due next Thursday April 17th.
- It must include the following:
- Character sketch
- Setting map
- Hand written rough draft
- Typed and printed final draft
- Rubric stapled to the front
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Write a dialogue that describes this story.
We talked about dialogue and how to use it in your story. Remember that dialogue has to serve a purpose. It should drive the plot forward, explain something that happened in the past, or explain something about a character's past or personality.
Write a dialogue that describes this story.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
- After the writing prompt we talked about setting and how to create a vivid, clear, descriptive setting for your story. Remember that setting should describe what you actually see as well as how it smells, sounds, and feels.
- We finished up the class by working on our narratives.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Make sure you explain your answer in today's writing prompt.
Make sure you explain your answer in today's writing prompt.
- We discussed the five parts of a narrative: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.You can look at the PowerPoint HERE.
- With a partner analyze "The Most Dangerous Game" and pull out the five parts of a narrative. Specifically note where the exposition ends and the rising action starts.
- “The Most Dangerous Game”
- Identify the following points in the story
- Exposition:
- Rising Action:
- Climax:
- Falling Action:
- Resolution:
- Then we discussed what makes a well developed character. This would include:
- A physical description
- Background
- Personality
- Values
- How they interact with other characters
- Attitude
- We finished the class by thinking about what you will write your narrative about and begin developing our characters.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Come on! Be imaginative and write a good story.
Come on! Be imaginative and write a good story.
- Since just about everyone missed at least one day last Thursday and Friday for a lot of various reasons we will be finishing "The Most Dangerous Game" today.
- Again, please make sure you actually read the story.
- The Reading Guide Questions are due tomorrow.
Thursday & Friday, April 3-4, 2014
The writing prompt for Thursday:
The writing prompt for Thursday:
- We read "The Most Dangerous Game" and answered the questions on the The Most Dangerous Game Reading Guide.
- We are going to be using this story next week as an example for our narrative we will be writing. It is very important that you read this story as we will be using it as a stepping stone for what we do next.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
For today's writing prompt make sure you describe your creature in great detail and then give an explanation as to why it would be scary.
For today's writing prompt make sure you describe your creature in great detail and then give an explanation as to why it would be scary.
- Today we did the vocabulary for "The Most Dangerous Game".
- If you finish the vocab you can go ahead and start reading the story. Make sure you are completing the reading guide as you read.
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