HW from Monday, 10/24/22

We missed class on Thursday, 10/20/22 due to my injury. Then you came to class unprepared, without your homework completed, on Monday, 10/24.

Due on Thursday, 10/27/22

Still incomplete from previous assignments:

1)  PLEASE DO THIS!! We need dividers to organize your materials!

Get all of the materials that are listed on the handout entitled "Class Supply List for Creative Writing"—purchased and organized. Bring them to class for our next class meeting, and each class meeting thereafter.

2) Save the link to the homework blog as a favorite or bookmark on your computer. Get help from a parent or friend, and call me if you can't figure it out.

3) Read all of pp.125-126 in your Writer's Inc. book. The sections are entitled "Writing with Style" and "Key Stylistic Reminders."

New assignments from today (Monday, 10/24):

3) Complete Copywork #3.

4) Complete penmanship practice.

5) Complete the items listed below in the "Also, daily" section!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log  as you go along—in multiples of 5, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading Log is due on Monday, October 31.

+ Print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as your complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

+ Be on the lookout for any errors you see in print anywhere! Grammatical errors, spelling errors, mistakes of any kind. Take a picture or bring me the print material where you saw the error, for extra credit!

ALEX ~ HW from Monday, 10/17/22

Due on Thursday, 10/20/22

Still incomplete from previous assignments:

+ Get all of the materials that are listed on the handout entitled "Class Supply List for Creative Writing"—purchased and organized. Bring them to class for our next class meeting, and each class meeting thereafter.

New assignments from today (Monday, 10/17):

1) Read all of pp.125-126 in your Writer's Inc. book. The sections are entitled "Writing with Style" and "Key Stylistic Reminders."

2) Write three descriptive sentences—using the five ways we have learned to enhance description—following the models we did previously with the sentences <The man walked.> and  <The child cried.> This time, write one each for a farmer, a banker, and a baker. 

3) Complete the items listed below in the "Also, daily" section!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log  as you go along—in multiples of 5, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading Log is due on Monday, October 31.

+ Print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as your complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

+ Be on the lookout for any errors you see in print anywhere! Grammatical errors, spelling errors, mistakes of any kind. Take a picture or bring me the print material where you saw the error, for extra credit!

ALEX ~ HW from Thursday, 10/13/22

Due on Monday, 10/17/22

Still incomplete from previous assignments:

+ Get all of the materials that are listed on the handout entitled "Class Supply List for Creative Writing"—purchased and organized. Bring them to class for our next class meeting, and each class meeting thereafter.

+ Figure out what's going on with your email, making sure that you are receiving the emails I am sending you.

New assignments from today (Thursday, 10/13):

1) Read all of pp.130-131 in your Writer's Inc. book. The section is entitled "Using Strong, Colorful Words."

2) Write the two good sentences I asked for. That is, write more descriptive sentences—using the five ways we learned to enhance description—following the model we did together in class with the sentence <The man walked.> You will do one more example of <The man walked.> and also write one for <The child cried.>

3) Complete Copywork #2 as instructed on the handout.

4) Complete your penmanship practice on the lined paper I gave you. Practice writing perfectly formed letters and words using a lowercase g, d, and p.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log  as you go along—in multiples of 5, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading Log is due on Monday, October 31.

+ Print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as your complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

ALEX ~ HW from Monday, 10/10/22

 Due on Thursday, 10/13/22

1) Get all of the materials that are listed on the handout entitled "Class Supply List for Creative Writing"—purchased and organized. Bring them to class for our next class meeting, and each class meeting thereafter.

2) Select your first Reading Log book, if you haven't already, begin recording your reading on the Reading Log. You are aiming for an average of 30 minutes per school day (M-F), but you may read and record your reading from any days of the week or weekend. Remember, you must record your reading in round multiples of five (rounded down), and your parent must initial each day to indicate that you did the reading and recorded it accurately.

3) Send me an email—from your own email account if you have one, or from the parental email you will be using for our class correspondence, if not—before our next class meeting on Thursday. NOTE: Whenever you send me an email, write your name, CW, and the subject/name of the assignment in the subject line. You will be graded this time on whether you do this correctly in this email.

4) Memorize the following list of your five senses—look, smell, taste, sound, feel—using those exact words in that exact order. Be abler to recite it quickly when prompted.

5) Read all of p.141 in your Writer's Inc. book—the sections entitled #4 ("Hooking Your Reader") and #5 ("Keeping the Reader Interested"), including the boxes containing the sections "Use sensory details," "Use specific action," and "Use dialogue." (NOTE: I'm not certain that you have the correct edition of the Writer's Inc. book. It the page numbers here are not correct, let me know in a text or email and I will scan and send you a copy of the correct pages.)

6) Also read p. 148, entitled "Sample Personal Narrative" (called "The Game").

HW from Thursday, 1/31/19

Due on Tuesday, 2/5/19

1) Continue memorizing your chosen Scripture memory verse (Titus 2:11-14 or Ephesians 4:29-32). It is now past due, and you should be ready to recite it at any time you are called on to do so. Keep practicing, to keep it firmly in your memory!

2) Make a memory card for your second Scripture memory verse—the other of the two (Titus 2:11-14 or Ephesians 4:29-32) that you haven’t already memorized for your first verse. Bring this card to class on Tuesday, and begin memorizing this verse immediately.

3) Make all suggested corrections and edits to the D1 of your mystery story that was returned today. Address all concerns marked on the paper and all concerns checked on the grading review sheet. Once you have fixed everything, you should continue with your story. Write at least four more full pages by Tuesday. (You have both Friday and Monday, which are school days, plus the weekend. If you can write more, please do!)

4) Read pages 50-72 in the Mark Rodriguez book. As you read, notice how the tone of Mark’s journaling changes and matures as he gets older. Write down as many different ways of journaling (styles of writing, points of view, subjects, etc.) that you can think of that Mark demonstrates in his writing. Be sure to have this list and the book with you in class on Tuesday.

NOTE: You may mark the minutes read for this assignment on your reading log, as we discussed yesterday in class. Mark it as a fractional number, with the first being the number of minutes you read in your regular Reading Log book and the second being the number of minutes in the Mark Rodriguez book. If you didn’t read in either one, mark it as zero. Examples: 15/30 (15 minutes regular book, 30 minutes MR book), 0/60 (no reading in regular book, an hour reading MR book), 45/0 (45 minutes in regular book, nothing in MR book).

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure—or the Mark Rodriguez book—aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The February Reading Log is due on Thursday, February 28.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

* Write a second-person journal entry in your backwards writer’s notebook.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 2/5: Ethan (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 2/7: Allie (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

For Tu, 2/12: Natalie (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 2/14: Caroline (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 2/19: Silas (CWA); Ian(CWB)

For Th, 2/21: Alan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 2/26: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Th, 2/28: Kristopher (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

CWA: Stephen, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Caroline, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Kaitlyn, Elisa, Ian, Sophia, Hunter

HW from Tuesday, 1/29/19

Due on Thursday, 1/31/19

1) Continue memorizing your chosen Scripture memory verse (Titus 2:11-14 or Ephesians 4:29-32). It is DUE to be recited on Thursday. Practice, practice, practice using the techniques on the handout we discussed! Be ready to recite it word perfect, with bold confidence.

2) Finish your name poem in your writer’s notebook. Make sure you like it.

3) Write a second-person journal entry in your “journal” (backwards writer’s notebook) each day. Check off that you have done so by putting a check mark next to the number on the calendar of your Reading Log.

4) Write a springboard poem, using the parameters demonstrated in the sample poem we looked at yesterday, entitled "I Am."

I am a romantic girl who loves to dream.

I see exotic lands on the other side of the world.

I hear waves crashing on a distant shore.

I see a setting sun and a rising moon.

I pretend to be someone else.

I feel the wind on my face; I stand in a golden meadow.

I touch the infinite sky as I soar with silver wings.

I worry that I will be trapped in this town forever.

I understand that I am a dreamer.

I dream of magical, fantasy worlds.

I try to hold on to this world of imagination.

I am a romantic girl who likes to dream.

For the springboard poem, the format is as follows:

* Each line is a complete sentence that ends with a period and starts with "I _________" (any present tense verb).
* It does NOT rhyme.

* It consists of three stanzas (poetry lines grouped together) of four lines each.

* The first and last lines of the poem are identical.

* The poem is written in first person. It is to be about you.

NOTE: Please title your poem "I Am" and have the first (and last) line begin with "I am a..."

5) Type out your poem. Print it. Proofread it. Have someone else proofread it. Make sure it follows all the correct parameters, and that you like it!

6) Print a corrected, beautiful draft and bring both drafts to turn in on Thursday.

7) Feel free to continue reading in the Mark Rodriguez book. 

NOTE: You may mark the minutes read for this assignment on your reading log, as we discussed yesterday in class. Mark it as a fractional number, with the first being the number of minutes you read in your regular Reading Log book and the second being the number of minutes in the Mark Rodriguez book. If you didn’t read in either one, mark it as zero. Examples: 15/30 (15 minutes regular book, 30 minutes MR book), 0/60 (no reading in regular book, an hour reading MR book), 45/0 (45 minutes in regular book, nothing in MR book).

8) Your January Reading Log is due on Thursday.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure—or the Mark Rodriguez book—aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The January Reading Log is due on Thursday, January 31.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

* Write a second-person journal entry in your backwards writer’s notebook.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 1/31: Wyatt (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 2/5: Ethan (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 2/7: Allie (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

For Tu, 2/12: Natalie (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 2/14: Caroline (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 2/19: Silas (CWA); Ian(CWB)

For Th, 2/21: Alan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 2/26: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Th, 2/28: Kristopher (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

CWA: Stephen, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Caroline, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Kaitlyn, Elisa, Ian, Sophia, Hunter

HW from Thursday, 1/24/19

Due on Tuesday, 1/29/19

1) After thinking about and planning out what you ultimately want to happen in your mystery story, make a plot line diagram of all the major events in your plot. I would recommend making a numbered list first, then plotting it on the plot line. Use a sheet of plain computer paper to make your plot line diagram. 

2) Read all of p.141 in your Writer's Inc. book—the sections entitled #4 ("Hooking Your Reader") and #5 ("Keeping the Reader Interested"), including the boxes containing the sections "Use sensory details," "Use specific action," and "Use dialogue."

3) Continue memorizing your chosen Scripture memory verse (Titus 2:11-14 or Ephesians 4:29-32). I will give extra credit to those who are ready to recite it next Tuesday, but it is DUE to be recited next Thursday, 1/31. Practice, practice, practice using the techniques on the handout we discussed! Do not put this off or you will not be able to recite it word perfect, with bold confidence.

4) Finish reading the introductory pages in The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of Mark Rodriguez (henceforth called “the Mark Rodriguez book”). In your writer's notebook, as entry #2 for Quarter 3, write your thoughts and reactions after hearing of the events surrounding the night that Mark Rodriguez went home to be with the Lord.

5)  Read in the Mark Rodriguez book the prologue all the way to page 49. You may read more if you would like, but you should read through all of Part I (to page 49) before next Tuesday. 

NOTE: You may mark the minutes read for this assignment on your reading log, as we discussed yesterday in class. Mark it as a fractional number, with the first being the number of minutes you read in your regular Reading Log book and the second being the number of minutes in the Mark Rodriguez book. If you didn’t read in either one, mark it as zero. Examples: 15/30 (15 minutes regular book, 30 minutes MR book), 0/60 (no reading in regular book, an hour reading MR book), 45/0 (45 minutes in regular book, nothing in MR book).

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure—or the Mark Rodriguez book—aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The January Reading Log is due on Thursday, January 31.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 1/29: Aylene (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Th, 1/31: Wyatt (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 2/5: Ethan (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 2/7: Allie (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

For Tu, 2/12: Natalie (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 2/14: Caroline (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 2/19: Silas (CWA); Ian(CWB)

For Th, 2/21: Alan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 2/26: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Th, 2/28: Kristopher (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

CWA: Stephen, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Caroline, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Kaitlyn, Elisa, Ian, Sophia, Hunter