First Quarter Projects: Writing a sci-fi story, Writing a personal narrative
First Quarter Writing Goals: Creating a suspense Curve (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, and Denouement), Writing examples of imagery, Creating internal thought, Formatting dialogue
Second Quarter Projects: Personal Narrative, cont., Paragraph Writing, Realistic Fiction
Second Quarter Writing Goals: Writing a claim, Incorporating an excerpt into expository writing, Adding Transitions, Creating and color-coding a hamburger paragraph.
Third Quarter Projects: Four Paragraph essay, non-fiction article
Third Quarter Writing Goals: Identifying theme, central idea, mastering detail and contrast transitions, writing an opening and closing paragraph based on a thesis. identifying author's craft elements within non-fiction.
Fourth Quarter Project: Non-Fiction Article
Fourth Quarter Writing Goals: Note-taking from non-fiction sources, writing a bibliography, paraphrasing and excerpts, identifying and using various text structures
Homework:
Response Journal #1 Due Monday, Sept. 8th
Response Journal #2 (sci-fi literary questions) Due Monday, Sept. 15th
Response Journal #3 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 1) Due Wednesday, Sept. 24th
Response Journal #4 (Compare/Contrast and Excerpt Practice) Due Friday, Oct. 3rd
Response Journal #5 (Short Story) Due Friday, Oct. 10th
Final Copy of Journal #5 (Short Story) Due Friday, Oct. 17th
Response Journal #6 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 2) due Wednesday, Oct. 22nd
Response Journal #7 (Imagery, Suspense, Character Development, Personal Narrative) due Wed. Oct. 29th
Response Journal #8 (Personal Narrative Pre-Writing, imagery, internal thought) due Wed. Nov. 12th
Personal Narrative Typed Draft due Tuesday, Nov. 18th
Response Journal #9 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 3) Due Friday, Dec. 5th
Response Journal #10 ("The School Play" questions) Due Friday, Dec. 12th
Response Journal #11 ("Lob's Girl" questions) Due Friday, Dec. 19th
Response Journal #12 ("Where Are You, President Cleveland?") due Tuesday, Jan. 13th. *JOURNAL COLLECTED*
Response Journal #13 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 4) Due Friday, Jan. 23rd
Response Journal #14 (Theme Worksheet 1-3) Due Wednesday, Feb. 11th
Response Journal #15 (Theme Worksheet 4-16) Due Friday, Feb. 27th
Essay Due Typed Wed. March 4th (This counts has HW #16)
Response Journal #17 (Narration Types) Due Monday, March 16th
Response Journal #18 (Double Context Sentences) Due Thursday, March 26th
Response Journal #19 (ELA practice pack) Due Thursday, April 2nd
Response Journal #20 (Non-Fiction Questions) Due Thursday May 7th
First Quarter Writing Goals: Creating a suspense Curve (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, and Denouement), Writing examples of imagery, Creating internal thought, Formatting dialogue
Second Quarter Projects: Personal Narrative, cont., Paragraph Writing, Realistic Fiction
Second Quarter Writing Goals: Writing a claim, Incorporating an excerpt into expository writing, Adding Transitions, Creating and color-coding a hamburger paragraph.
Third Quarter Projects: Four Paragraph essay, non-fiction article
Third Quarter Writing Goals: Identifying theme, central idea, mastering detail and contrast transitions, writing an opening and closing paragraph based on a thesis. identifying author's craft elements within non-fiction.
Fourth Quarter Project: Non-Fiction Article
Fourth Quarter Writing Goals: Note-taking from non-fiction sources, writing a bibliography, paraphrasing and excerpts, identifying and using various text structures
Homework:
Response Journal #1 Due Monday, Sept. 8th
Response Journal #2 (sci-fi literary questions) Due Monday, Sept. 15th
Response Journal #3 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 1) Due Wednesday, Sept. 24th
Response Journal #4 (Compare/Contrast and Excerpt Practice) Due Friday, Oct. 3rd
Response Journal #5 (Short Story) Due Friday, Oct. 10th
Final Copy of Journal #5 (Short Story) Due Friday, Oct. 17th
Response Journal #6 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 2) due Wednesday, Oct. 22nd
Response Journal #7 (Imagery, Suspense, Character Development, Personal Narrative) due Wed. Oct. 29th
Response Journal #8 (Personal Narrative Pre-Writing, imagery, internal thought) due Wed. Nov. 12th
Personal Narrative Typed Draft due Tuesday, Nov. 18th
Response Journal #9 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 3) Due Friday, Dec. 5th
Response Journal #10 ("The School Play" questions) Due Friday, Dec. 12th
Response Journal #11 ("Lob's Girl" questions) Due Friday, Dec. 19th
Response Journal #12 ("Where Are You, President Cleveland?") due Tuesday, Jan. 13th. *JOURNAL COLLECTED*
Response Journal #13 (Vocabulary Sentences - Unit 4) Due Friday, Jan. 23rd
Response Journal #14 (Theme Worksheet 1-3) Due Wednesday, Feb. 11th
Response Journal #15 (Theme Worksheet 4-16) Due Friday, Feb. 27th
Essay Due Typed Wed. March 4th (This counts has HW #16)
Response Journal #17 (Narration Types) Due Monday, March 16th
Response Journal #18 (Double Context Sentences) Due Thursday, March 26th
Response Journal #19 (ELA practice pack) Due Thursday, April 2nd
Response Journal #20 (Non-Fiction Questions) Due Thursday May 7th