CW+Previous+Week's

= = = = = = =Week of 1/5 to 1/9=

Monday 1/5
Grade Check Who Owes Essays Paper Return Begin to review Bench Mark Long, Middle, Close Essays

Tuesday 1/6
Complete Holiday Essays and submit

Wednesday 1/7
Complete review of benchmark essays

Thursday 1/8
Lesson on verb tense today and tomorrow - cover material in the following order:

Friday 1/9
Conclude lesson on verb tense: =Week of 12/22 to 12/26=

Monday 12/22
Unfortunately you will be unable to view the rest of the movie today because it is streamed from my Amazon Video File, which cannot be accessed by anyone but me. We will see the last 20 minutes of the film after the holiday. Today you will do the following quick write, which will count as 25 points.

Tuesday 12/23
Half day - holiday activities

Wednesday 12/24
Holiday

Thursday 12/25
Holiday

Friday 12/26
Holiday = = =Week of 12/15 to 12/19=

Monday 12/15
Read each of the following Christmas pieces from TeenInk. After you read each piece, discuss it as a class. What was the writer's message? What made the piece well-written? What literary techniques were employed?

Friday 12/19
= = = = =Week of 12/1 to 12/5=

Monday 12/1
Holiday

Tuesday 12/2
Make up work. Use the following directions: THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK MISSING. The sub will give you a list of what essays you owe. You are to complete and submit anything that you owe by the end of class on Wednesday. My daughter will bring your papers home so that I can grade them. Below are all of the directions for the three assignments to which I am referring. Anything you owe me must be made up and submitted by the end of class on Wednesday, or you will earn a zero for the grade. **IF YOU DO NOT OWE ME ANY WORK, TAKE A QUITE FREE PERIOD - THERE WILL BE NO MOVING SEATS OR TALKING BECAUSE OTHERS ARE WRITING.**

**Long, Middle, Close Essay - begun on Monday 11/17 and submitted on Wednesday 11/18**
Read the following benchmark essays Set up your essay in Google.Docs with the following page headings. Share with me and give me editing privileges CW1........................................................................ Your Name Long, Middle, Close Essay....................................... Period Rough Draft.............................................................. Date

Remember to double-space your essay. Write the rough draft with your heart. Print out the rough draft when done. Change heading at the top to final copy. Proofread and edit with your head. Submit both rough draft and final copy when complete. Staple rough draft to the back of the final copy Your essay is due by the end of the class on Wednesday 11/19

**TeenInk Critique - class assignment for Wednesday 11/12 - NOTE - You can find the TeenInk Magazine in the back of the room.**
You are to choose two articles of fiction to read from the November issue of TeenInk and then you are to write a paper declaring what your favorite piece was and why. You are to list the title of the piece, summarize it in the first portion of the essay, and then in the second part explain what your liked about the piece and why it was well written.Do your writing in Google.docs. Set up your page headings as follows: Article Critique......................................... Your Name Teen Ink ........................................................Period Title of Article.............................................. Date

No you do not write "Title of Article", you name the title of the article you wrote about.

**Read the following personal narratives and then write a one page paper explaining which was your favorite and why. Use the following page heading:**

 * CW!................................................................................Name**
 * Narrative Critique.........................................................Period**
 * Title of Article...............................................................Date**


 * BY TITLE OF ARTICLE, I MEAN WRITE THE NAME OF THE NARRATIVE YOU CRITIQUED!**



Wednesday 12/3
Review directions for Christmas Essay Set up essay page in Google.docs Choose topic

Thursday 12/4
Work on Christmas Essay

Friday 12/5
Work on Christmas Essay

= = =Week of 11/24 to 11/28=

Monday 11/24 to Wednesday 11/26
THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK MISSING. The sub will give you a list of what essays you owe. You are to complete and submit anything that you owe by the end of class on Wednesday. My daughter will bring your papers home so that I can grade them. Below are all of the directions for the three assignments to which I am referring. Anything you owe me must be made up and submitted by the end of class on Wednesday, or you will earn a zero for the grade. **IF YOU DO NOT OWE ME ANY WORK, TAKE A QUITE FREE PERIOD - THERE WILL BE NO MOVING SEATS OR TALKING BECAUSE OTHERS ARE WRITING.**

**Long, Middle, Close Essay - begun on Monday 11/17 and submitted on Wednesday 11/18**
Read the following benchmark essays Set up your essay in Google.Docs with the following page headings. Share with me and give me editing privileges CW1........................................................................ Your Name Long, Middle, Close Essay....................................... Period Rough Draft.............................................................. Date

Remember to double-space your essay. Write the rough draft with your heart. Print out the rough draft when done. Change heading at the top to final copy. Proofread and edit with your head. Submit both rough draft and final copy when complete. Staple rough draft to the back of the final copy Your essay is due by the end of the class on Wednesday 11/19

**TeenInk Critique - class assignment for Wednesday 11/12 - NOTE - You can find the TeenInk Magazine in the back of the room.**
You are to choose two articles of fiction to read from the November issue of TeenInk and then you are to write a paper declaring what your favorite piece was and why. You are to list the title of the piece, summarize it in the first portion of the essay, and then in the second part explain what your liked about the piece and why it was well written.Do your writing in Google.docs. Set up your page headings as follows: Article Critique......................................... Your Name Teen Ink ........................................................Period Title of Article.............................................. Date

No you do not write "Title of Article", you name the title of the article you wrote about.

**Read the following personal narratives and then write a one page paper explaining which was your favorite and why. Use the following page heading:**

 * CW!................................................................................Name**
 * Narrative Critique.........................................................Period**
 * Title of Article...............................................................Date**


 * BY TITLE OF ARTICLE, I MEAN WRITE THE NAME OF THE NARRATIVE YOU CRITIQUED!**



Thursday 11/27
Holiday

Friday 11/28
Holiday = = = = =Week of 11/17 to 11/21=

Monday 11/17
Return all graded Dialogue Essays Read the following directions for the essay Read the following benchmark essays Set up your essay in Google.Docs with the following page headings. Share with me and give me editing privileges CW1........................................................................ Your Name Long, Middle, Close Essay....................................... Period Rough Draft.............................................................. Date

Remember to double-space your essay. Write the rough draft with your heart. Print out the rough draft when done. Change heading at the top to final copy. Proofread and edit with your head. Submit both rough draft and final copy when complete. Staple rough draft to the back of the final copy Your essay is due by the end of the class on Wednesday 11/19

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Tuesday 11/18
Mrs. Miller is out today - please be on your best behavior Work on Long, Middle, Short Essay - due end of class on Wednesday 11/19

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Wednesday 11/19
Work on Long, Middle, Short Essay - due end of class on Wednesday 11/19

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Thursday 11/20
Mrs. Miller is out today - please be on your best behavior Read the following personal narrative aloud and then discuss what you like about the story and what made it an excellent piece of writing

Friday 11/21
Read the following personal narrative aloud and then discuss what you like about the story and what made it an excellent piece of writing

Monday 11/10
Last day to work on dialogue essay in class - all essays are to be submitted at the end of class or at the beginning of class tomorrow.

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Tuesday 11/11
Share some benchmark dialogue essays

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Wednesday 11/12
Mrs. Miller is out today. You are to choose two articles of fiction to read from the November issue of TeenInk and then you are to write a paper declaring what your favorite piece was and why. You are to list the title of the piece, summarize it in the first portion of the essay, and then in the second part explain what your liked about the piece and why it was well written.Do your writing in Google.docs. Set up your page headings as follows: Article Critique......................................... Your Name Teen Ink ........................................................Period Title of Article.............................................. Date

No you do not write "Title of Article", you name the title of the article you wrote about.

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Thursday 11/13
Mrs. Miller is out today. A personal narrative is a story about a true event that happened in your life and changed your life in some way. Silently read the three following narratives. You will be writing your own personal narrative within the second marking period, and this will provide you with some valuable examples on how to approach this upcoming assignment. Read the pieces very carefully because tomorrow's brief writing assignment is based on today's reading assignment.

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Friday 11/14
Return graded essays BM Essays

Write a brief paper clarifying what was your favorite personal narrative and why. Directions follow:

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Monday 11/3
Return graded Halloween Essays Share the following benchmark Halloween essays - we will not be able to cover all of these today, so we will continue to read them tomorrow

Tuesday 11/4
Complete sharing of benchmark Halloween essays Read the directions for the dialogue writing assignment and set up your paper in Google.docs

Before you begin to write you Dialogue Assignment, read the following short story by Ernest Hemmingway in which he focuses on the use of dialogue to create mood and plot: I would also suggest that you reread Megan Steber's Halloween story because her story is built largely around the use of dialogue.

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Wednesday 11/5
Work on Writing Dialogue assignment - due end of class on Friday

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Thursday 11/6
Work on Writing Dialogue assignment - due end of class tomorrow

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Friday 11/7
Work on Writing Dialogue assignment - due end of class today

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Monday 10/27
Complete Halloween Writing Prompt Essay and submit at the end of class today or at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Tuesday 10/28
Skill Review: Quotation Mark Rules - Creative Writing Lesson 20 - Handout 49 - pages 1 and 2 - review quotation marks rules on page 1 - do practice using quotation marks on page 2 - we will review and grade in class tomorrow Skill Review: Using Quotation Marks - Creative Writing Lesson 20 - Handout 50 - do practice of inserting proper quotation marks in dialogue - we will review and grade in class tomorrow

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Wednesday 10/29
Review and grade dialogue worksheets from yesterday

Review the following tutorials on writing dialogue
Complete the three worksheets on punctuating dialogue

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Thursday 10/30
Self-grade the worksheets you did yesterday on punctuating dialogue and submit for grade

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Friday 10/31
View the following tutorials

//Pennsylvania Standards:// //1.4 Writing// //1.5 Speaking and Listening// = = = = =Week of 10/20 to 10/24=

Monday 10/20
Work on Halloween Essay

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Tuesday 10/21
Work on Halloween Essay

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Wednesday 10/22
Work on Halloween Essay

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Thursday 10/23
Work on Halloween Essay

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Friday 10/24
Work on Halloween Essay

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Monday 10/13
Teacher Inservice

Tuesday 10/14
Mrs. Miller out sick today Select stories from October TeenInk and read them aloud

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Wednesday 10/15
Mrs. Miller out sick today Select stories from October TeenInk and read them aloud

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Thursday 10/16
Mrs. Miller out for field trip today Mr. Davis is the sub today Mr. Davis will hand out your graded place essays - please read over the comments made on your papers and then place them into your class envelope Mr. Davis will read the following bench mark essays to you and make comments as to things done well and challenge areas. Mr. Davis will be reading from the hard copy. Read stories in the order they appear:

If Flame is written at the top of your essay, place it in the collection box, so I can edit it for The Flame

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Friday 10/17
Mrs. Miller is out for a doctor's visit today Mrs. DePuy is the sub today - she will review the following directions with you: //Pennsylvania Standards:// //1.4 Writing// //1.5 Speaking and Listening//

= = =Week of 10/6 to 10/10=

Monday 10/6
Read the following as models of Halloween stories:

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Tuesday 10/7


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Wednesday 10/8
Halloween Write Around

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Thursday 10/9
Mrs. Miller out for doctor's visit today Share Halloween Write Arounds

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Friday 10/10
Finish sharing of Halloween Write Arounds

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Monday 9/29
Group editing lesson on Place Description Essay

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Tuesday 9/30
Work on Place Description Essay

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Wednesday 10/1
Finish Place Description Essay and submit When done with Place Description Essay, work on any other work that you may owe.

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Thursday 10/2
Reading of selected pieces from TeenInk

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Friday 10/3
Reading of selected pieces from various copies of The Flame

//Pennsylvania Standards:// //1.3 Reading Literature// //1.5 Speaking and Listening// = = = = = = =Week of 9/22 to 9/26=

Monday 9/22
Last week we read the following place description essays in class. Choose one of the following pieces to reread and then write a critique of it. In your critique, do the following: first write a brief summary of the piece, next explain why you liked the piece and what made it a example of quality description. Finally, list at least two senses that were used and quote the specific line. List two figures of speech that were used: quote them and list what type of figure of speech it is. Your piece should be 1-1-1/2 page in length. Use Google.docs and 12 point Times News Roman Font. Single-space page heading and double-space essay. Use the following page headings:

CW1 Name Place Essay Critique Period Name of article Date



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Tuesday 9/23
View three videos on using sensory details in writing: "Use All Five Senses to Bring Your Setting to Life" "Using Sensory Language" "Sensory Details" Read the three essays below that incorporate good sensory details:

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Wednesday 9/24
Explain Sensory Language Chart and distribute Review sample essay written from above chart: Choose a place to describe for your Place Essay Review Place Essay Directions Complete Sensory Language Chart and submit for a grade

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Thursday 9/25
Work on Place Description Essay

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Friday 9/26
Work on Place Description Essay

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=Week of 9/15 to 9/19=

Monday 9/15
Weekly review of wiki Who owes position paper Who owes Nature Scene or Flame Critique - finish at home and submit by Friday of this week Lesson on editing marks Share benchmark essays

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Tuesday 9/16
Return graded Nature Scene Essays Lesson on verb tense consistency

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Wednesday 9/17
Read aloud as a group the following pieces on description of place:

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Thursday 9/18
MRS. MILLER IS OUT TODAY - PLEASE BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR Read aloud as a group the following pieces on description of place:

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Friday 9/19
Lesson on consistent verb tense

Lesson on misplaced modifiers

Review Directions for Place Essay and set up file in Google.docs if time permits

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=Week of 9/8 to 9/12=

Monday 9/8
Weekly review of wiki Lesson on editing Complete rough draft of Nature Scene Essay

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Tuesday 9/9
Work on final copy of Nature Scene Essay

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Wednesday 9/10
Complete final copy of Nature Scene Essay and submit by the end of the class period

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Thursday 9/11
MRS. MILLER IS OUT TODAY - PLEASE BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR Choose a piece from last year's Flame and write a critique of it. Before you do this, read the following directions and sample critique. Note - there are some convention errors in the sample critique.

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Friday 9/12
MRS. MILLER IS OUT TODAY - PLEASE BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR Selected readings from TeenInk Magazine

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=Week of 9/1 to 9/5=

Monday 9/1
Labor Day Holiday

Tuesday 9/2
Have students log into wiki and explain wiki use to class Pass out manilla envelopes and have students put their names on the front - this is where students are to temporarily keep their handouts until they get a paper binder. Nature Scene Essay Distribute Handout 41 - read excerpts and discuss use of the senses in each Distribute Handouts 42 and 43 - arrange students in groups and fill out handout 43 - one excerpt per group - each group will discuss and each group member will fill out HO43 per what was the group consensus

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Wednesday 9/3
Read the three sample essays and discuss the use of description in each: Cover the directions for the Nature Scene Essay:

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Thursday 9/4
Distribute HO 46 and discuss Show students how to set up file for Nature Scene Essay

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Friday 9/5
Work on rough draft of Nature Scene Essay

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