WEEK+4

September 27 - October 1

Monday. Grade 9 English -- complete organization sheet on "Sharks" (sequencing in a paragraph) English 122 -- begin planning creative piece for portfolio. Writing time in class on Wednesday. Period 3 - editing worksheet

Tuesday:English 9 - no homework assigned English 122 -- work class tomorrow for the creative writing piece and/or reading time for the upcoming book talk. Skills sheet on revision and editing will be checked in class on Thursday. We read "What I've Learned From Writing: (p. 256) in class today and completed a response. If you were absent, please read the essay for tomorrow and you will be given the specific response questions then.

Wednesday: English 9 -- complete story map for "Kath and Mouse" (most students finished this in class) English 122 -- Finish revision and editing skills sheet for Thusday. First draft of writing assignment is due on Friday. We will peer edit in class on Friday and again on Monday (with the revised draft).

Thursday: English 9 -- complete worksheet "Avoiding Sentence Fragments" English 122 - answer question 1 (parts a and c) on page 288 ("Making Poetry Pay") and complete first draft of creative writing piece for Friday.

Friday:

English 9: Complete the following assignment on the short story "Kath and Mouse": Choose one of the main characters from your graphic organizer. Write a paragraph about your character, using the information from your graphic organizer. Your paragraph must include: a topic sentence (include the name of the short story and the character's name) 3-5 sentences in the body (get this information from your graphic organizer) summarizing sentence There will be no sentence fragments or run on sentences in your paragraph. On Monday, you will pass in your graphic organizer, your paragraph draft, and your final copy.

English 122:

In class today we read the poem "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes. The following questins were answered and collected in class. If you were absent, please complete for Monday. The poem is readily available on line. Also, we peer edited your creative pieces. Revised draft is due on Moday. We will edit again, with a different peer.