April 25

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Well, at least we know the fire alarms work!)
• Essay Draft (Either a first or second draft of the essay on the topic of your choice.)
• Fractured fairy tale

April 11

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?)
• Essay Draft (Either a first or second draft of the essay on the topic of your choice.)
• Begin writing your fractured fairy tale

Happy Easter!

April 4

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling to a member of a secret society that you are one of them.)
• 5 Paragraph essay on the topic of your choice (if you still need to finish your rough draft)
• Fractured Fairy Tale 
• Continue working on your character sketch---the four sections we began in class.  
• Once you are comfortable with your character begin writing some notes on the plot (what happens) of your story

March 21

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (You were thrown into the volcano as a sacrifice.  The volcano spit you back out.)
• Begin work on your 5 paragraph essay.  (You have 2 weeks to complete the essay)
• Choose your topic (your choice!)
• Ask yourself questions
• Gather a source (The World Book Encyclopedia at Digital Maine Library is a good place to begin!)
• Skim your source
• Brainstorm topics
• Choose topics
• Create an outline
• Take notes
• Write (Remember to include your new dress-up--an adverb--in each paragraph.)

March 14

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (S/He looked into the mirror and did not see a reflection....)
• Finish Bee Essay 
• 5 paragraphs (Intro, Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic 3, Conclusion)
• Topic and Concluding sentences for each body paragraph
• Dress-ups and openers in all 5 paragraphs
• Add a lead (first sentence(s) of introductory paragraph)
• Reflect lead in the last sentence of your essay
• Any late, missing, or corrected work (Inca essay, Saturn essay)

March 7

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting ("Can someone please explain why I was assigned this mission?")
• Take notes and begin writing the essay on bees.

February 28

Homework

• Writing Minutes 
• Freewriting (I would have won the race had it not been for that boy and his obsession with mashed peas.)
• Add a conclusion paragraph to your Saturn essay.