VERY IMPORTANT!

Every student must have the book, The Glory Field, by Walter Dean Meyer. We will start using those in class and at home Monday the 2nd of November; that's just next Monday! The students will fall behind if they don't have their own copy. Much of this will be read at home on their own and we'll have activities and discussions over the reading at school.

Thank you for having your copy on time!

What's up this Week?

November 9th through 13th

It's gonna' be a GREAT week!

Monday: Vocabulary for next section of Glory Field/Prose Analysis

Homework: Don't forget creative writing due tomorrow! Also, we have our list 8 quiz Friday so you might start studying for that and reviewing words from past lists!

Tuesday: Continuing with our analysis essay on a passage from Glory Field

Homework: Read through page 113 of Glory Field.

Wednesday: Character Analysis chart for Elijah, Abby and one other important character from this section and the plot chart. Continue with the essays

Homework: Read to page 137

Thursday: Literary Circle discussion of Glory Field/ work on essays

Homework: Study for root word quiz list 8; rough drafts due tomorrow. We will peer edit after quiz.

Friday: List 8 quiz. Peer edit essays

Homework: Finish editing and revising essays. They are due Monday.

REMEMBER THAT HOMEWORK MAY CHANGE DURING THE WEEK AND UPDATES ON THE BOARD TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE MY WEBSITE!

Guidelines for Creative Writing

Creative Writing Portofolio

Parameters for your portfolio:

• It must be neat and professional looking!
• It must be free of grammar/spelling errors
• It must be original
• It be something you are proud of!

Some ideas for genre:

• poetry of any kind (sonnets, quatrains, limericks, cinquains, concrete poems, simile or metaphor poems, etc...)
• short stories
• chapters from a book you are working on
• journal entries (I will read these so make sure you are okay with that!)
• Scenes and acts from a play you are working on
• letters
• illustrated comic books
• illustrated children's books

You are not limited to these ideas. If you come up with another idea, go for it! The idea is for you to have a nice portfolio of original work to take with you at the end of the year. This will be graded for completion every week. Each work should be dated on the back with the Friday of that week's date. The notebooks will stay in the classroom!