DW:  Reflections on your Poetry Collection.

Things to consider: 

• What did you enjoy about the project? 
• Did you actually like working on it? and why?
• Or was it chore…why do you think it was?
• What do you wish you could have spent more time on or do better on?
• Your effort? Can you say you put good honest work into the project? or not?
• Were you pleased with your final product when you submitted it?
• What did you learn about poetry?

We are continuing with our essays.  Things to consider:

• What order are your 3 body paragraphs going to be in?
• Introduction paragraph must a clear thesis statement.
• Concluding paragraph draws your reader to the same conclusion (your thesis) as you were writing about in your introduction.
• You are then working on putting the essay together…make sure the paragraphs flow nicely together, work on transition sentences
• Check your grammar and spelling!  This is formal written work, therefore, no contractions or “I” (first person) used.  Use ”  for titles of the stories ie. “Fish Cheeks”
• First rough draft of the complete essay is due at the end of class on Friday, May 6.  You may want to have it already printed and work on editing and checking grammar and spelling in class.

On Friday, you will hand in a complete essay.  There will be 5 parts/paragraphs to your essay (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion).  You are not limited in number of words, but it should be about 1000 words minimum.

Keep all your paragraphs, drafts, outlines etc….you will be handing them back in to show progress throughout the essay writing exercise.

Reminder of Vocab Week 11 Quiz on Friday, May 6th

Read Animal Farm

DW:  Go back to your very first DW on February 1st (topic was Poetry)…now that we have done a Poetry unit this semester.

Reflect/respond on what you wrote on February 1st.

We are now officially working on essay writing.

Three similarities common to “Fish Cheeks,” “So what are you anyway,” and “Paper Menagerie”

OR

Analysis of a short story or your choice (“Ruthless,” “The Open Window,” or “The Dinner Party”)

Aim for at least 1000 words.  Not a problem considering most students are pretty much already close to this with the three paragraphs written so far.

You will have class time each day to work on the essays.  Laptop cart has been booked.

Essay will be due Friday, May 13th.

DW:

• Vocab:  Egregious
• Genre:  Coming of Age

Vocab Quiz Week 10 tomorrow, Friday, April 29

Paragraph #3 based on the short story or stories are due at the end of class on Friday, April 29.

By the end of class tomorrow all students should have submitted 3 paragraphs based on the short story or short stories that we have been working on since last week.

DW:

• Vocab:  Infamous
• Genre:  Children’s Fiction

Second Paragraph was due today!  If you are still working on it…finish up for tomorrow and submit.  Thursday, you are moving onto your THIRD formal paragraph on the Short Story assignment.

Third and final paragraph will be due on Friday at the end of class!   I have booked the laptop cart for the rest of the week.

DW:

• Vocab:  Furtive
• Genre:  Ghost Story

DW:

Vocab:  Prognosticate

Genre:  Dystopian

Continue on with second common topic/idea based on “Paper Menagerie”, “So what are you anyway” and “Fish Cheeks” Venn Diagram  AND rework and improve the first paragraph handed back today.

OR

Write a paragraph based on the one story you read this week (“Ruthless”, “The Open Window” or “The Dinner Party”).  You should pick out at least three topics based on your analysis of the story and come up with evidence for each of the topics. (Examples:  The importance of setting in the story.  How symbolism is significant to the story.)  Then choose one topic to write about for your story

*In your paragraph remember to give a thorough explanation of your topics as well as specific examples/evidence from the story to back up your topics.  Also include quotes directly from the story that exemplifies your topic.

DW:

• Vocab:  Eminent
• Genre:  Fantasy

Vocab Week 9 QUIZ:  Friday, April 22

DW:

• Vocab:  Clandestine
• Genre:  Science Fiction

Vocab Week 9 QUIZ:  Friday, April 22

DW:

• Vocab:  Laceration
• Genre:  Romance

Short Story Analysis handout for: The Dinner Party, The Open Window, Ruthless due Wednesday, April 20th

DW:

• Vocab:  To go up in smoke
• Genre:  Magical Realm

Lamb to the Slaughter:  Short Story Analysis worksheet

Short Story Analysis worksheet for one of the stories assigned in class today

• The Dinner Party
• Ruthless
• The Open Window

BOTH due on Tuesday, April 19