Writing

Writing Week of 5/9 For Thursday, 5/12: Bring in what you consider to be your best piece of creative writing. This might be your speech, something you did on your own, something from your Writer's Notebook, your "little me" story from the beginning of the year, or a story you did for Jim the Boy (not the essay). Do NOT include poetry. By Friday, 5/13: Bring in all your writing. You may bring in the copy that I have marked on or a "clean" copy or both. You could also (but don't have to) include pieces from your Writer's Notebook (if so, type them). You could also (but don't have to) include all your Paragraphs for Indies. This will go into your Writing BINDER. Here is a list of what (as far as I can remember!) should be in your writing binder. Please tell me if I've left out something. **Required** Little Me Story from 1st week of school. Speech Little Worlds WIT's (8th only) The Pearl Essay Adrian Mole diary piece Parent Diary piece (8th only) Ellen Foster in-class essay (8th only) Jim the Boy Story Jim the Boy Essay <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Stories from writing groups <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">This I Believe (8th only) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Repeated Line poem <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Conflict poem

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">**Optional** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Any Indies writing <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Any Writer's Notebook piece(s) (typed) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Any other poetry (typed)

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Week of 5/2 __ Note: Change in assignment. We will NOT do podcasts. Eighth graders should print out and turn in copies of This I Believe pieces on Friday.

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Week of 3/21: __ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Graders: Upload your "This I Believe" pieces to Google Docs. Check there daily until you and I agree that your piece is finished. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th Graders: Complete speeches. Turn in Jim the Boy stories (see Literature Tab).

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">__Week of 2/28__: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Grade Groups: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Bring in your most recent piece in finished draft by Wednesday. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th Graders: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Continue speech work and readings. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**__Week of 2/21:__** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">** 8th Grade groups: ** This week, we'll meet in writing groups to share and discuss your current pieces. You should have a finished draft to turn in to me by Friday, 2/25. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">** 7th Graders: ** Continue with speech writing; you should be scheduled for a 2nd or final reading this week unless you have reached a different agreement with John or Sydney. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**__Week of 2/14__:** Download, print, and bring in this paper on Figurative Language <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Grade  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">**All**: Begin work on a new story with a goal of one page (typed) or two pages (handwritten) by Friday. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**Tuesday group**: Bring in your Ellen Foster essay to review for fragments/run-ons. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**Wednesday group**: We'll work on new story ideas and review Figurative Language. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**Thursday group:** We'll work on new story ideas and review Figurative Language. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">7th Grade <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">**All:** Speech goals per John and Sydney    __<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Week of 2/7 __ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Bring in Writers' Notebook  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Bring in the following writing pieces:  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Little Me story  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Essay for __The Pearl__  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> All stories you have written (sevies should have 2 from fall)  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;"> Eight-balls Speech  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Eight-balls stories due Tuesday 2/8  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Sevies bring in White 2" Binder by Friday 2/11

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Week of 1/18 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Bring in your Writer's Notebook. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">7th Graders: Turn in 1st draft of speech. Class time will be used for grammar or vocabulary exercises and conferring with John or me about your speech. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">8th Graders: Turn in 1st draft of story (or as much as you have of a longer work) on Wednesday. Class time will be used for grammar or vocabulary exercises, partner readings, or conferring with me about your story.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Eighth Grade Parent Interview:

Here are the directions for the essay on __The Pearl__: And here is the power point about how to write thesis sentences, topic sentences, and literary essay paragraphs:

__<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Eighth Grade Writing __ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Here are the two instruction pages for the writing we did in class last week. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px;">Seventh Grade Writing __ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">We're learning about the writing process by writing small moment stories. We are working in class and at home, generating ideas, creating entries in our notebooks, practicing "zooming in" on tiny periods of time, and writing scenes that show rather than tell our stories. We published a small moment story in early October and are working on more stories. We're getting a whole body of work going so we can select the best part or parts to use in speeches. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Click on the links to download some of the materials we have used in class. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">  <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">

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