For the writing assignments, I am using the link
my.hrw.com/support/hos/hospdf/hosthsprompts.pdf
to describe and choose topics.
1. choose a topic
2. brainstorm
3. have thesis
4. create into
5. begin writing
6. choose one of the essays to turn in for a grade that Friday
English II
Monday:
Descriptive writing. Make silly putty. Use as many similes, metaphors, personification, or other literary elements to describe it as you can.
Tuesday:
Narrative writing: use the photos in class or the prompts at the above web address and write a story about what you see or a story that answers the prompt.
Go over sample essays: see what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 look like
Proofreading worksheet in class
Wednesday:
Expository writing- see the prompts at the above web address
Word of the Day test, words 1-50
Thursday:
Persuasive writing - see the prompts at the above web address
Friday:
Writing review: Choose one of the four writing assignments from the week and FINISH it. All four assignments should be stapled together and turned in for a grade.
English III
Monday:
Finish Our Town
Five paragraph essays due
Tuesday:
Our Town test; study guides due
Wednesday:
Descriptive writing; see prompts at above web address
Word of the Day test words 1-50
Thursday:
Narrative writing: choose any picture and create the story that goes with it. Tell me what happened. Use transition words.
Assignment for descriptive: write at least 10 similes/metaphors or examples of personification that describe the silly putty made in class. If you were not here, describe an object using those same ten techniques. Put the list into a paragraph.
Assignment for narrative: choose any photograph and write the story behind it. Tell me what happend before and after and what the objects in the picture are doing or thinking OR use one of the "narrative" prompts from the website at the top of this page.
Assignment for expository: Choose one of the prompts from the website at the top of this page and write.
Friday:
Expository writing: focus on "webbing" or creating a plan for your writing over one of the topics from the website above
Pre-AP English III
Monday: LIBRARY; Five paragraph essays due
Tuesday: LIBRARY
Wednesday: Our Town Act 2 and 3
Word of the Day test, words 1-50
Thursday: Our Town test if time; finish Act 3
Friday:
Our Town test finished
Final draft of research paper due: All three sections
1. Intro with thesis
2. Section on author with citations
3. Section on book summary with at least one quote from the book
4. Section on time period with citations
5. Transitions from one sections to the next - show how they are all connected
6. One Works Cited page; all sources on this page must be cited in paper; all stats in paper must have reference listed on this page
7. Make sure to have a header with page number in each top right corner and an opening header on first page only, top left hand corner
8. No first or second person (I, you, etc.)
9. No abbreviations
10. No contractions
11. No sentence mistakes (RO/frag)
12. Proofread carefully
In class: descriptive writing assignment. Make silly putty.
Describe it using as many similes/metaphors, personification, and other literary elements as possible.
