For Monday's class

Reminder: Parent teacher interviews are on Thursday.  We have an early dismissal that day
Have a great weekend

English 8

Write a journal of at least 5 sentences. What does it mean to be smart to you?

English 12
Definitions and sentences for Mars is Heaven

Define the following words and use them correctly in a sentence:

1.       Leviathan

2.       Cupola

3.       Arsenal

4.       Semaphore

rCreative Writing: work on your character profiles. We are going to create monologues on Monday.

For Friday

English 8

Bring silent reading books
highlight images that you thought were effective in the Poem: "To this Day"

English 12
No homework

Creative writing
Begin filling in your character profile.

For Thursday, March 30, 2017

English 8

Finish your compare/contrast  paragraphs for tomorrow. I will be collecting them. You will need to hand in your checklist with your paragraph.

English 12
You will be writing your essay in class tomorrow. Have your outline ready to go. I will be collecting it with your essay.

Creative Writing
Read the article that was handed out in class today. How to create characters.

for Wednesday, March 29, 2017

English 8

Tonight, plan your compare contrast paragraph. We will  be writing tomorrow in class.

Topic Sentence
Transition Sentence
Thesis Statement
Similarities

Differences:
Imagery
Theme
Resolution

Reminder: Reading book is needed for Thursday.

English 12

Perfect your thesis statement. Begin your outline. We will be working in groups on them tomorrow.

Creative Writing

Bring a reading book to class for tomorrow.
Take another one of your name combinations and create a brief character profile for that person.
We will be doing more work with our characters tomorrow.

For Tuesday, March 28, 2017

It was great to see you all again. We have lots to do after the break.

English 8
Write your own thesis statement for the compare contrast paragraph.

Sentence 1: topic sentence/general/addresses the main idea
Sentence 2: Transition sentence: "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury is no exception.
Sentence 3: Thesis statement: My example from class: Although the plot, setting, and conflict are the same in both versions, it is the story's use of imagery, its theme and its resolution that make it more engaging and powerful

English 12

Create a thesis statement for the essay on Legend of the Sugar Girl. Discuss the dual nature of gifts in the story.


Creative Writing

Make a list of 10 character names. One list of first names and one list of last names.

For the break

English 12

Send in your outlines for irony in The Lottery if you have been away

Read: Legend of the Sugar Girl. You can find it online.

English 8

For your compare/contrast paragraph: Write one more topic sentence, write your second sentence, write 3 points you will make. We are going to work in groups to write this after the break.

Creative Writing

Please email dialogues if you haven't handed them in.

Have a wonderful spring break. You deserve the very best!

for Friday, March 10, 2017

English 12

Overdue assignments! They must be handed in on Friday. No excuses please.

English 8

We talked about the film and the story. We are going to write a paragraph that compares the 2. Think of the main points and examples from the story or the movie.

Creative Writing

Good copies of dialogues for tomorrow. I will edit over the vacation and then you can do a final edit after the break. I want to do one more assignment after the holiday, but I think we need to talk about Poetry month in April and about where we want to go next with our writing.