HW from Thursday, 10/5/17

Due on Tuesday, 10/10/17

1) Your "Descriptive Setting" paper is due on Tuesday, 10/10.  You will write a descriptive composition about a favorite place.  Do not tell a story, although you may insert yourself into the description if you wish.  Follow all directions and instructions below. 

Remember:

* Be descriptive (i.e. don't give a "weather report") without being “flowery” (i.e. don't overdo it and make it excessive and silly).

* Incorporate at least one example of good figurative language in your description—simile, metaphor, or personification—as discussed Tuesday in class, but you should not use the practice sentence that you wrote in class on Tuesday. 

* Highlight it with a colored highlighter in Draft 1 so I can find it easily. Do not highlight it in Draft 2.

NOTE: If you have any questions about how to do any of these things in your word processor, check with your parents or an older sibling or friend.  If you still need help after trying that, feel free to call me. I am happy to help.

Please observe the following parameters for your paper:

* Length: at least 200 words and no more than 300 words

* Format: 1-inch margins, automatic double-spacing, no extra lines, 12-point font (Times New Roman or Garamond)

* Header set to automatically show up on top left of each page, with 3 single-spaced lines as follows:

Full name (First Last)
Date due (October 10, 2017)
Title: (Descriptive Setting—Draft 1 (or Draft 2, whichever is appropriate)

* Footer set to automatically show up on bottom center of each page, with page number

* Two drafts (in addition to the ten numbered descriptive sentences you wrote for homework last Tuesday):

===> Draft 1 must be proofread first by you, then by a parent and one other person (get signatures).  

===> Draft 2 should be the corrected one, based on your feedback from the two who proofread your paper.  

This means that once you've written Draft 1 of your paper, you will proofread it carefully to make sure it makes sense and you've caught all the errors you can find. Only then will you have a parent AND one other person read over it—making suggestions for improvement or marking errors they see—and then sign it. DO NOT EVER ASK SOMEONE TO PROOFREAD A PAPER YOU HAVE NOT YOURSELF CAREFULLY PROOFREAD!

For Draft 2, you will revise and correct the proofread Draft 1 paper based on your proofreaders' suggestions.

After this, staple the three papers together: Put the homework sentences on the bottom, then Draft 1 (with signatures and highlighting of figurative language), then Draft 2 (the beautiful, corrected copy) on top. Do not fold your papers.

Just to clarify:

The ten descriptive sentences you wrote were intended to give you a head start on your paper in that it got you thinking (and writing creatively) about the place you had chosen for your paper. Feel free to use any of those sentences in your paper as you write your first draft! That said, if you have changed your mind and would like to write your paper about a different place or would rather not use some of those sentences you already wrote for some reason, that's fine, too. Feel free. It's up to you.

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 five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, 10/31/17. 

+ Make your bed! :)

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OPENING (oral presentation of Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/10: Caleb (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 10/12: Ashley (CWA); William (CWB)

For Tu, 10/17: Evan (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

For Th, 10/19: Maddie (CWA); Carissa (CWB)

For Tu, 10/24: Robertson (CWA); Caitlin (CWB)

For Th, 10/26: Cassie (CWA); Luke (CWB)

For Tu, 10/31: Caleb (CWA); Alexa (CWB)

For Th, 11/2: Ashley (CWA); Lillianna (CWB)

For Tu, 11/7: Evan (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 11/9: Maddie (CWA); Wiliam (CWB)

For Tu, 11/14: Robertson (CWA); Ivy (CWB)

For Th, 11/16: Cassie (CWA); Carissa (CWB)

Happy Thanksgiving! No KEYS on 11/21, 11/23

For Tu, 11/28: Caleb (CWA); Caitlin (CWB)

For Th, 11/30: Ashley (CWA); Luke (CWB)

For Tu, 12/5: Evan (CWA); Alexa (CWB)

For Th, 12/7: Maddie (CWA); Lillianna (CWB)

For Tu, 12/12: Robertson (CWA); Grace (CWB)

For Th, 12/14: Cassie (CWA); William (CWB)

Merry Christmas! No KEYS on 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28