Didn't write the autobiographical piece? It's really very simple. Give your readers a glimpse of who you are, your family, friends, hobbies, talents, or describe what your day is like, what your dreams are, or what you'd like to do in the future. Break the text into three parts, any three parts you would like to write, making each somewhere around 500 words, adding up to around four to five pages. You may have a bit more, depending on how many pictures or illustrations you have, and some sections may be longer than the others. Add some clever titles or subtitles to make it easier for your readers to follow.
When you come to class on Thursday, you will receive instructions on how to format and email the paper to me (bjames@spsmail.org). That is all you will hand in at this point. Keep your folder with the first drafts and conference notes. Your papers will be sent to a college English class in China for final conferencing by way of email. When your responses are mailed back to us, we will return to the folders for a final perusal before you turn it in.
This I Believe still not completed? You also have a link to the NPR website with sample essays to read so that you can glean some ideas and tailor yours after the samples. This site provides more information.
Reading posts are impossible to create if you don't read. What can I say? Good writers read. If you aren't reading independently, grab a book and start. Your third blog reading response is due on Friday, October the 10th, the last day of the quarter. You will have completed three writer's notebook installments and three blog reading
responses.
Every Friday something is due! It will be either a reading response or a 5 type written, double spaced pages to add to your writer's notebook. (Handwriting is fine as long as you keep length in mind...)
The next project is an analysis of the film Crash, which we will watch the first week of second quarter. This academy award winning movie provides a powerful illustration of cultural perspectives. You'll need to get a letter of permission signed since the movie contains some "colorful" language and violence. It will give us all something to think about, write about, and a chance to utilize resources and provide attribution
Don't slack off! Keep writing, reading, blogging, and expanding your talents and thinking! And here's a bonus: Jot down two book titles written by author Antony John for extra points. He is coming to visit Parkview students, but he won't be here on a day we meet, so I can't bring our class to the library to hear him. He'll be speaking about his writing, and he'll actually facilitate a writing workshop.
Every Friday something is due! It will be either a reading response or a 5 type written, double spaced pages to add to your writer's notebook. (Handwriting is fine as long as you keep length in mind...)
The next project is an analysis of the film Crash, which we will watch the first week of second quarter. This academy award winning movie provides a powerful illustration of cultural perspectives. You'll need to get a letter of permission signed since the movie contains some "colorful" language and violence. It will give us all something to think about, write about, and a chance to utilize resources and provide attribution
Don't slack off! Keep writing, reading, blogging, and expanding your talents and thinking! And here's a bonus: Jot down two book titles written by author Antony John for extra points. He is coming to visit Parkview students, but he won't be here on a day we meet, so I can't bring our class to the library to hear him. He'll be speaking about his writing, and he'll actually facilitate a writing workshop.
I hope Antony John can inspire students who are struggling with their writer's notebooks, which is simply an opportunity to practice writing without worrying about a scoring guide. It's an opportunity to be rewarded for practice only, to flesh out ideas, to play with style... I'll take notes and share what Mr. John says.
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