English 8
- Bring and HAVE FINISHED READING "The Outsiders"
- Due Jan 10/11: by now you have found your adult and chosen your book for the "Reading with an Adult" project. Bring that book to class for silent reading from now on.
- 2.1: on Wednesday please bring a song (the title is fine but if you can get the song itself onto an iPod that's good too) that you think connects to THE OUTSIDERS.
English 11 AP
Do what you need to do on your unit.
Do what you need to do on your unit.
Writing 12: Next meeting: January 25th at 7:15am.
To see details regarding the last month's assignments, go to the archives.
First assignment: Write your earliest memory. Help the reader experience that memory. Email it to a peer for feedback when you're done, then revise and email it to me with a question you'd like me to focus on and give you feedback about.
2nd assignment: Get a large piece of paper (or do this on a prezi or whatever suits your fancy) and make a massive web of everyone in your past and present life who you've had a signifiant connection to. From each person on your web make branches which explore the story that lies in that connection to each person. Ask your parents or siblings to fill in the years that you don't remember as well. This is brainstorming. Do not let any idea be censored. Shut up your inner critic and just go nuts with the web.
3rd assignment: Consider the web you created for the last assignment and choose thread around which you will build your memoir. By memoir I mean that you will be writing a story of your life - you are not writing the entire story of your life from birth to now (that is an autobiography). Choose a thread and develop it into a 12 page memoir. A draft is due in class on Jan 25th at 7:25am (double spaced). If you have troubles and would like more guidance, please email me to set up an appointment.
WRITING CONTESTS
The Writers' Union has some awesome contests - deadlines range from Feb to the Spring: http://www.writersunion.ca/cn_main.asp
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