September 13

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting * (The last message from the starship was, "Let us drift.  It's for your own good."
• Use the outlines you completed for homework last week to create paragraphs.  Here's an example.

Pearls

1.  Oysters / food / pearls

2.  pearls / form/ object / sand / oyster

3.  causes / irritation

4.  secretes / mother-of-pearl-forming / substance / object / irritation

5.  layers / substance / pearl / formed

6.  Japanese / way / encourage / pearl / artificially

7.  3-4 years / pearl / form

becomes the paragraph:

     Oysters can provide both food and pearls.  Pearls are formed when an object like sand enters the oyster.  The sand causes irritation.  The oyster secretes a mother-of-pearl-forming substance which covers the object and prevents irritation.  After layers of the substance have covered the object, a pearl is formed.  The Japanese have cleverly discovered a way to encourage oysters to form a pearl artificially.  It usually takes three to four years for a pearl to be formed.

Statue of Liberty

1.  huge / monument
2.  located / Liberty Island / NY
3.  built / copper / 100s ft.
4.  given / US / France / 1884
5.  symbol / friendship
6.  2 million  / people / come
7.  monument / freedom / famous

becomes a paragraph that looks similar to

The Statue of Liberty is a huge monument. It was erected on Liberty Island near New York City. Made from copper, this gracious lady stands hundreds of feet high. Originally given to the U.S. by France as a symbol of friendship, the Statue of Liberty remains an American landmark. Today, over two million people visit the statue every year. The Statue of Liberty remains a world famous tribute to freedom.

*Complete Freewriting after all other assigned writing is complete.