HW from 10/23/12

Due on 10/25/12:
 
* CW #5.  Please take note of how this dialogue is punctuated.  

*  Review rules for properly punctuating dialogue.   Refer to section 468.3 on page 468 of your Writer's Inc. book or to the rules listed on the class webpage under Topics of Study, Quarter 1 for a review of how to correctly punctuate dialogue.
 
* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.  Also be sure you are prepared to properly apply the grammar lessons we have had so far, particularly how to correct/avoid run-on sentences and sentence fragments and how to correctly punctuate dialogue.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/18

Due on 10/23/12:

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.

* Copywork.

* I will be sending you an email this week stating any items you haven't completed this quarter.  Please be prepared to turn those in or make those up next Tuesday in class or during lunch.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/16/12

Due on 10/18/12:

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.

* Make a list of as many attributions ("said replacements") as you can think of.   Examples include replied, answered, questioned, etc. You will receive extra credit if your list is typed into columns and alphabetized. Be prepared with this list tomorrow in class.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)


------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):


For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/11/12

Due on 10/16/12:

* Write a paragraph (at least five good sentences) describing the person you have chosen.  Your person may be real or fictional but must be human.  I need to know something of the physical description, but I must also know at least one thing about the person's character from your description.




* On a separate sheet of paper, write a dialogue between your person of choice (the one you described in your paragraph) and one other person.  Each speaker must speak at least five times.  Please be sure you have at least ten good sentences of dialogue, even if your dialogue ends up being longer than five things spoken by each person.

NOTE: Your dialogue must be correctly punctuated.  Please first find a conversation in a novel and notice how it is punctuated.  Then refer to section 468.3 on page 468 of your Writer's Inc. book or to the rules listed on the class webpage under Topics of Study, Quarter 1 for a review of how to correctly punctuate dialogue.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

* Look for and find one of the following (in print--bring the print material with you):
+ a description you like of a place, OR
+ an example each of both a simile and a metaphor.
We only read the place descriptions in class last week.  Please be sure to have your simile/metaphor examples with you next class, if that's what you chose to do.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer): For Tu, 10/16: Emily T.
For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/9/12

Due on 10/11/12:

* If you turned in your paper today, you have no homework.  If you didn't turn in your paper yet, it is due Thursday.  See below for assignment.

* Write a paper describing a place you like.  (You will likely use the place you have brainstormed ideas about, but it must be one of the three places listed on the sheet you submitted for homework.)  

Your description must utilize each of the ways we have discussed for enhancing description:
+ the five senses
+ specific, descriptive nouns
+ exciting verbs
+ adjectives
+ adverbs
+ phrases
+ figurative language (at least one example each of simile, metaphor, and personification)

Please do NOT give me a "weather report" about your place.  Please also do NOT tell a story.  This is just to be a wonderful description of a place.  (I will be emailing you a document containing many of the good descriptions of places which your classmates found.  You may also refer to CW#1 for E.B. White's description of the barn.)

The paper is to be between one and two typewritten pages long when formatted as follows:
+ standard 1-inch margins
+ header containing your name and the assignment (called "setting paper")
+ footer containing a page number in the middle of the page
+ 12-point font (Times New Roman or Arial)
+ double-spaced
+ standard 5-space indentions for paragraphs
+ no extra space between paragraphs 
In other words: your paper must be long enough to go onto the second page from the first, but it may not be so long as to go onto a third page.

When you turn in the paper on Thursday, you must turn in:
+ the homework you submitted with the three places on it (already graded and returned)
+ the homework chart you made, along with the five sentences you wrote (already graded and returned)
+ a handwritten (or typed) very-rough draft, which you should have one other person read over
+ a second, typed rough draft of your paper, incorporating the suggestions of your "editor"

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

* Look for and find one of the following (in print--bring the print material with you):
+ a description you like of a place, OR
+ an example each of both a simile and a metaphor.
We only read the place descriptions in class last Thursday.  Please be sure to have your simile/metaphor examples with you next class, if that's what you chose.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/11: Hardy A.

For Tu, 10/16: Emily T.
For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/4/12

Due on 10/11/12:

* Write a paper describing a place you like.  (You will likely use the place you have brainstormed ideas about, but it must be one of the three places listed on the sheet you submitted for homework.)  

Your description must utilize each of the ways we have discussed for enhancing description:
+ the five senses
+ specific, descriptive nouns
+ exciting verbs
+ adjectives
+ adverbs
+ phrases
+ figurative language (at least one example each of simile, metaphor, and personification)

Please do NOT give me a "weather report" about your place.  Please also do NOT tell a story.  This is just to be a wonderful description of a place.  (I will be emailing you a document containing many of the good descriptions of places which your classmates found.  You may also refer to CW#1 for E.B. White's description of the barn.)

The paper is to be between one and two typewritten pages long when formatted as follows:
+ standard 1-inch margins
+ header containing your name and the assignment (called "setting paper")
+ footer containing a page number in the middle of the page
+ 12-point font (Times New Roman or Arial)
+ double-spaced
+ standard 5-space indentions for paragraphs
+ no extra space between paragraphs 
In other words: your paper must be long enough to go onto the second page from the first, but it may not be so long as to go onto a third page.

When you turn in the paper on Tuesday, you must turn in:
+ the homework you submitted with the three places on it (already graded and returned)
+ the homework chart you made, along with the five sentences you wrote (already graded and returned)
+ a handwritten (or typed) very-rough draft, which you should have one other person read over
+ a second, typed rough draft of your paper, incorporating the suggestions of your "editor"

* Please email me as soon as you have read over this assignment, indicating that you understand that you are to have two drafts of your paper when you turn it in on Tuesday.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

* Look for and find one of the following (in print--bring the print material with you):
+ a description you like of a place, OR
+ an example each of both a simile and a metaphor.
We only read the place descriptions in class on Thursday.  Please be sure to have your simile/metaphor examples with you next week, if that's what you chose.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/9: Josh C.
For Th, 10/11: Hardy A.

For Tu, 10/16: Emily T.
For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/2/12

Due on 10/4/12:

* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

* Look for and find one of the following (in print--bring the print material with you):
+ a description you like of a place, OR
+ an example each of both a simile and a metaphor.
We did not use this on Tuesday.  Please bring to class again on Thursday.

* Think about the place you've decided you would like to write about for your paper.  Make a grid with your five senses listed across the top.  (You may want to consider turning your page to landscape orientation--i.e. longways parallel to the ground.)  Under each heading, brainstorm a list of at least five things about your place that could be true concerning that sense.  We did this yesterday with the place "school room."

* On a separate sheet of paper, choose one brainstormed idea from each column (one of the five senses).  Write one good (!), descriptive sentence for each of the five senses you brainstormed (for a total of five good, descriptive sentences).  Both the chart and the sentences are due tomorrow.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/4: Claire M.

For Tu, 10/9: Josh C.
For Th, 10/11: Hardy A.

For Tu, 10/16: Emily T.
For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.