Bellwork: A package arrives at your doorstep with your name on it. What do you do?
Review guidelines for the final portfolio/final short story, along with the Saturation Project. Please come see Miss Newman to make sure you know what you need to do for each of those projects!
What is due?:
All late work is due January 3rd
First draft due on December 17th
Final projects/Saturation project due on January 7th
Bellwork: Write about the letter Q. (This is #6 – they are due today!)
Plot plan assignment:
We watched the Pixar short “Blue Umbrella” and filled in the following chart:
“Once upon a time there was __(Character)___. Every day, __(Status Quo)____. One day ___(Change)___. Because of that __(overall goal of character)__. Because of that __(Complication to plan)___. Until finally __(resolution)__.
You need to do at least three of these by Thursday. They can be handwritten.
This is in addition to the setting assignment, which is due on Thursday as well.
What is due?:
Setting and Plot plan assignments due Thursday (12/5)
Bellwork: You discover that aliens have now shadows. To prove this you. . .
Continue with the Pixar story tip sheet
Introduction to the Medieval Story assignment and to Fiction
What is due?:
Medieval Story final assignment is due on Tuesday November 5th. Typed, approximately 2 pages. Must use the elements that you randomly selected with the numbers you chose. Be creative!
Bellwork – Use the following words in a paragraph: Ugly, Notebook, Salt, Chairs and Panicky.
Bellwork was turned in today. Get it in!
Sourcebooks 19 and 20
“Trick or Treat”
Work Time
What you need to get:
What you need to do:
What is due?:
Bring four copies of your rough draft on Tuesday. If you would like me to get it printed for you, please email a copy of it to me by Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM. Your copies should be typed, not hand written, please.
Sourcebooks: Joy (#17, Make ‘Em Worry), and #12: Tell, Don’t Show
Read: “On Loss and Remembrance”
Assignment: Portfolio piece plan
What you need to get:
Get notes on the Sourcebooks
What you need to do:
What is due?:
“Mulberry” assignment due Tuesday
Come on Tuesday with a basic outline of what your final essay will be for the non-fiction unit. You should plan on including 3-4 different events that are connected somehow, and be prepared to explain your plan to Miss Newman on Tuesday
Bellwork: “You need four hats for a one-day outing?”
Sourcebook #10
How-To assignment
What you need to get:
Notes on the “How To” assignment
What you need to do:
Get started on the first draft of your final piece. It can be something you’ve been wanting to write about forever, or it can be an expanded version of an assignment you turned in for class, but the rough draft is due on Tuesday, October 8th.
