Saturday, September 11, 2010

September 14, 2010

Please print a copy of your memoir (whatever you've written so far -- rough draft) and bring it to school today, or (if you can't get it printed) bring your thumb drive. 

1.  Print (if needed) and continue to work on your memoir (handwriting).  
2. More examples of memoir
3. Peer Review
4. More time to write and revise. 


Schedule for memoir:
September 10 -- Type and print a draft.
September 14 peer review -- revision
September 16 -- Revise in computer lab.
September 22 -- Final revisions and editing in computer lab -- ready  to hand in.


Extra credit for a Useless Fact: The ZIP in Zip code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.  Tell me this fascinating factoid and earn 3 points of extra credit.  
ZIP is an acronym, "a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words." (Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.)

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