January 9 and 10

Vocabulary Wiki

Questions

October 3-6

1. We looked at the work we have completed so far this quarter and I updated the gradebook to reflect what you have and have not completed.

2. We worked on notebooks. You should have about 7 or 8 pages done. You need 15 pages by the end of the quarter.

3. Your prompts are due next Wednesday. You need your written prompt, and your sample piece to be COMPLETED by Wednesday the 12th.

September 28th and 30th

We read and commented on the following pieces:
Rem
MacKenzie
Hayley

Friday you will have a substitute. Please make sure you are ready to share your pieces. Print 11 copies and share them with classmates. Read the pieces aloud and spend 5 minutes writing on them and 5-10 minutes discussing them.

Please have the substitute write down the names of students who are ready.

Your final draft is due on Tuesday the 4th of October.

Monday the 26th

Today we printed images.
Your assignment is to select a song and tell the story behind it.
include:

• dialogue
• conflict
• character
• sensory details

September 22nd

Today we spent time creating a works cited page and printing 20 images.

Homework:
Write 1-2 pages in your notebook utilizing an image (or two).

September 16

So, we've written dialogue pieces (due today) as well as flash fiction (these were due on Monday).

The reading we paired with the flash fiction was "Sticks" by George Saunders.
The reading we paired with dialogue was initially "Hills Like White Elephants" by Earnest Hemmingway.

Writer's notebooks are next!

Today we discussed keeping a writer's notebook.
I handed out notebooks.
HMWK:
Come in with one page completed.