Homework
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Week of 9/7
Introduction to class
Writing Survey
Writer’s Workshop Discussion
Week of 9/13
6 Word Memoir blog post
Historical events list
Week of 9/20
Sentence Structure Notes
Explode the Moment Notes
“Telling Someone Else’s Story” 1st Draft due Friday
Week of 9/27
Explode the Moment Practice Exercise
Work on 2nd Draft of “Telling Someone Else’s Story” (due Tuesday, 10/5)
Week of 10/4
“Telling Someone Else’s Story” 2nd Draft due Tuesday
Writer’s Notebook Check Friday including:
- Lists of 10
- Best things
- Worst things
- Memorable moments
- Learning experiences
- Goals
- Historical Events List
- Freewrite
- Freewrite
- Things of which you’re proud OR Freewrite
- Sentence Structure Notes
- Freewrite
- Explode the Moment Notes
- Freewrite
- Freewrite
- Freewrite
- Show/Don’t Tell
- Sentence Audit
- Nice Long Paragraph about Something
Week of 10/11
Conferencing on 2nd drafts
Week of 10/18
Final drafts of “Telling Someone Else’s Story” due Monday
Notebook Check Friday, October 29th
Week of 10/25
Writer’s Notebook Check on Friday including:
- 10/12 – Freewrite
- 10/15 – Freewrite
- 10/18 – Freewrite
- 10/18 – Story Jumble 2
- 10/19 – Freewrite
- 10/19 – View from a Window Questions
- 10/19- View from a Window Poem
- 10/19-22 – Interesting Passage
- 10/21 – Freewrite
- 10/21 – Original This is Just to Say Poem
- 10/21 – Original Red Wheelbarrow Poem
- 10/22 – Freewrite
- 10/25 – Freewrite
- 10/25 – Original Metaphor Activity
- 10/27 – Original Metaphor Poem
Weeks of 11/1 – 11/8
Work on one choice writing piece
Weeks 11/15 – 11/29
Work on choice writing portfolio (one essay, one short story, one 15+ line poem)
Punctuation Quiz on 12/3
Week 12/6
Choice Writing Portfolio due on Wednesday (12/8)
Writer’s Notebook Check next Friday, 12/17
Week of 12/13
Entries for Notebook Check:
- 10/29 – Elements of Strong Writing Chart
- 11/2 – Lead Classification
- 11/2 – Lead Notes
- 11/2 – Lead Attempt
- 11/11 – Power Words/Connotation Exercise
- Essay Lead Notes (Funnel)
- Thesis Notes
- Essay Format Notes
- Comma Rules
- Dash Rules
- Semicolon Rules
- Colon Rules
- 12/2 – Success Poem Brainstorm and Poem Attempt
- 12/9 – Freewrite
- 12/9 – Rhetorical Triangle
- 12/13 – Freewrite
- 12/15 – T-shirt Editorial Draft
