Scroll down and then, if needed, click on "Older Posts" (at the bottom of the page), and continue to scroll down until you find what you want, or check out the "Blog Archive" (table of contents) at the right, or use the search box at the upper left.
Look at the Blog Archive for posts on various subjects. Click on the arrow by a month to see all posts for that month.
You could use the search bar at the upper left to look for particular subjects.
On blogs, newer posts appear at the top, so as you scroll down, you are reading older posts.
Another useful item is the calendar in the margin at the right. Some of the events provide more information when you click on them. B-Days are marked because that is the day we meet in our Creative Writing classes.
FYI: You can access the district calendar on the district website or here.
This post was originally posted August 16, 2010.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
NPR Writing Contest
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129752769&sc=fb&cc=fp
Quote from the site linked above:
Our contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read in three minutes or less. We're looking for original work no longer than 600 words.
Each round, our judges throw out a challenge. This time, your story must begin with the line, "Some people swore that the house was haunted." It must end with, "Nothing was ever the same again after that."
Deadline September 26.
If yours is posted by NPR, you get an A for the term!
Quote from the site linked above:
Our contest has a simple premise: Listeners send in original short stories that can be read in three minutes or less. We're looking for original work no longer than 600 words.
Each round, our judges throw out a challenge. This time, your story must begin with the line, "Some people swore that the house was haunted." It must end with, "Nothing was ever the same again after that."
Deadline September 26.
If yours is posted by NPR, you get an A for the term!
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.
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
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.)
Contest -- Write About a Book
This is sponsored by Scholastic, and I just found out about it today.
The entries must be postmarked by September 20, so if you'd like to do it, you'll need to hurry.
For information about the contest, the prize, and how to enter (including the form that must be filled out), go to
http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/essaycontest.htm
To enter, print clearly/or type an answer to
the following question on 81/2 X 11 paper:
“What is the book you will always remember and why?”
Entries must be fully original, must not exceed 250 words and must be in the English language.
If you're a winner, you get an A for the term!
The entries must be postmarked by September 20, so if you'd like to do it, you'll need to hurry.
For information about the contest, the prize, and how to enter (including the form that must be filled out), go to
http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/essaycontest.htm
To enter, print clearly/or type an answer to
the following question on 81/2 X 11 paper:
“What is the book you will always remember and why?”
Entries must be fully original, must not exceed 250 words and must be in the English language.
If you're a winner, you get an A for the term!
Monday, September 6, 2010
September 10, 2010
Bring your thumb-drives on September 10.
Bell-Ringer: Select any of the prompts from your taped in list to write about in your composition book.
Examples and non-examples of memoir.
Your memoir needs a "so-what."
Computer lab 223 for working on your memoir. Bring your thumb-drive. You may also email it to yourself.
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.
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
Bell-Ringer: Select any of the prompts from your taped in list to write about in your composition book.
Examples and non-examples of memoir.
Your memoir needs a "so-what."
Computer lab 223 for working on your memoir. Bring your thumb-drive. You may also email it to yourself.
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.)
Friday, September 3, 2010
September 8, 2010
September 8, 2010
Bring your thumb-drives on September 10.
Bell-Ringer: Pick up composition book. Tape into your composition book, read and respond to "Rambling Autobiography." Follow the directions on that sheet.
Me-Bags
September 8 (Don't forget over the long weekend!)
Hannah
Monica
Katie
Emmalee
Miranda
Elise
Libby
Drew
Kyle
Austin
Kastan
Brody
Finish me-bags and do writing: my favorite item, a striking item from someone else's bag.
More prewriting. brainstorming-- school
trees and spider webs -- holidays
Collecting ideas for writing memoir. (receive handout to tape in your composition book)
What makes a bad memoir? a good one?
Memoir assignment: You will write about a memory from your own life. It will include enough detail to make it interesting and have a "So What?"
Possible Examples --
Restaurant
Disneyland (overhead)
if time -- "Lies"
Writing Workshop
Bring your thumb-drives on September 10.
Bell-Ringer: Pick up composition book. Tape into your composition book, read and respond to "Rambling Autobiography." Follow the directions on that sheet.
Me-Bags
September 8 (Don't forget over the long weekend!)
Hannah
Monica
Katie
Emmalee
Miranda
Elise
Libby
Drew
Kyle
Austin
Kastan
Brody
Finish me-bags and do writing: my favorite item, a striking item from someone else's bag.
More prewriting. brainstorming-- school
trees and spider webs -- holidays
Collecting ideas for writing memoir. (receive handout to tape in your composition book)
What makes a bad memoir? a good one?
Memoir assignment: You will write about a memory from your own life. It will include enough detail to make it interesting and have a "So What?"
Possible Examples --
Restaurant
Disneyland (overhead)
if time -- "Lies"
Writing Workshop
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010
1. Bell-Ringer: Write creatively about the photograph shown. You can see it here (the top picture) at
2. Me-Bag Presentations
September 3
Hannah
Rachel
Monica
Kennedi
Kenzie
Heidi
Madi
Robyn
Skye
Taylor H.
Katie
Courtney
Emmalee
Miranda
3. Prewriting -- What do you do before you write?
Notes and prewriting exercises should be recorded in your composition book. Label the page "Prewriting" and include today's date.
1. Bell-Ringer: Write creatively about the photograph shown. You can see it here (the top picture) at
More Creativity
2. Me-Bag Presentations
September 3
Hannah
Rachel
Monica
Kennedi
Kenzie
Heidi
Madi
Robyn
Skye
Taylor H.
Katie
Courtney
Emmalee
Miranda
3. Prewriting -- What do you do before you write?
Notes and prewriting exercises should be recorded in your composition book. Label the page "Prewriting" and include today's date.
- observing
- collecting experiences
- free writes
- focused free writes
- brainstorming
- trees and spider webs
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