Revision Due date for packet #3 (revision optional): December 12 PACKET #4 DUE JANUARY 5 Honors due dates: (Honors assignment attached below) Cycle #1 no later than 9/15: writer selected 9/15 – 10/17: read stories, read literary criticism, meet with me for support, organize your ideas week of 10/17: outline complete for conference w/me week of 10/24: draft complete for conference w/ me 10/31: Paper Due Cycle#2 no later than 11/10: writer selected11/10 – 12/5: read stories, read literary criticism, meet with me for support, organize your ideas week of 12/5: outline complete for conference w/me week of 12/12: draft complete for conference w/ me 12/19: Paper Due DAILY HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS For Friday, 10/24 Re-read "The Wife's Story" Short written response:
For Friday, 10/17 Unpack one of the Marni sentences from sheet For Wednesday, 10/8 Read "Fiesta" from Drown by Junot Díaz Mark it up with your observations and Make a timeline of events in the story For Wednesday, 10/1 Honors: read packet Non honors: read second chapter in packet (whole packet optional) Written response: what do you want from sharing work in this class? For Monday, 9/29 Do Sentence Diagramming Diagnostic #3 (attached below) FIRST PACKET DUE MONDAY, 9/22 For Wednesday, 9/10 Read chapter from The BFG Response: What do we know about the characters? How does the author show us who they are? For Monday, 9/8 Read "Shitty First Drafts" from Bird by Bird Response: based on your own experience writing, do you accept what she says? For Friday, 9/5 Bring in a story you like For Wednesday, 9/3 |
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