HW for Thursday, 11/29

Read packet 3 and write journal 3.

HW for Tuesday, 11/27

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

AND

Read packet 2, write 200 word journal response (Journal #2)

HW for Monday, 11/26

Read the packet you've been assigned -- either King Arthur or Gilgamesh -- and write a 200 word response (label it either "King Arthur Journal 1" or "Gilgamesh Journal 1".  What do you think of the story so far?  How is it similar to/different from a fairy tale?

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 11/26

Research these questions:
What is a legend?  How are legends different from fairy tales?

We'll discuss your answers -- extra credit for everyone with a good response!

HW for Thanksgiving Break

Finish draft 1 of your compare/contrast essay.

Also, if you're behind, please use the time to catch up.

HW for Monday, 11/19

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date. DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Thursday, 11/15

Draft 3 of your Cinderella story, using the corrections I gave you.

If you haven't turned in draft 1, do that, have it edited, then do draft 2.

If you haven't done draft 2, do that.

HW for Tuesday, 11/13

1)

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

AND ...

2)

Click here and read one of the following Rumpelstiltskin-esque stories, then answer these 3 questions:
1) What is the subject of the story (one word);
2) What is the theme of the story (one sentence -- does not have to be a moral or lesson);
3) Write 5 sentences comparing/contrasting this version to the version we heard in class today.

Purzinigele

Tarandandò

Tom Tit Tot

Whuppity Stoorie

The Rival Kempers

HW for Monday, 11/12

Draft 2 of your Cinderella story is due tomorrow.

Catfish, Nahom, Maesun, Emani -- use thee peer edits we did in class today.  Tomorrow you will turn in the first draft, the worksheet, and the second draft, all together.

Ariel, Raemiesha, Rakicia, Danielle -- click here and ask someone at home or a peer to fill out this sheet/edit your story.  Tomorrow you will turn in the first draft, the worksheet, and the second draft, all together.

Remember, you lose 10 points for every day a draft is late.  If you don't have your first draft tomorrow, then, you will lose 20 points on that and 10 points on your 2nd draft.

Kenyatta,
Read the Cinderella story that I passed out in class.  If you'd like, go to this site and listen to it:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/cinderella.html
Once you've done that, answer the questions at the end of the packet -- please do so on a separate sheet of paper.

HW for Thursday, 11/8

Cinderella, Cinderella . . .

While keeping in mind the essential plot elements we've been studying (and referring often back to your chart, which we'll fill out in class), write your own Cinderella story with a new setting. You might imagine a skateboarding Cinderella, a hip-hop Cinderella, a high-fashion Cinderella, a science-fiction Cinderella, and so on. Pay attention to the ways in which the plot must change along with the setting. 

The first draft is due Monday.  It must . . .

1) follow the formatting guidelines

2) be at least 500 words long

3) be shared with me through googledocs (my email is ngedutis@gmail.com)

We will peer-edit the stories on Monday, so if you do not have the first draft, you will not be able to participate in class and therefore won't be allowed in the room.  You will lose a letter grade for every day that the story is late.

Mi'kmaq

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AaGRLCkZ_3OsLSV7ntOESPXYQ__JSTL0d4zYlYpW4Xc/edit

HW for Tuesday, 11/6

1) Read any of the Cinderella stories (except for the first 3) on this site: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html
and complete the Plot and Settings Elements chart.

AND

2)

IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (150‐200 words)

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 11/5

Try these:

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y4Spelling/tenses1y4.htm

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y4Spelling/tenses2y4.htm

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y4Spelling/tenses3y4.htm

HW for Monday, 11/5

Read the Cinderella story that I passed out in class.  If you'd like, go to this site and listen to it:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/cinderella.html
Once you've done that, answer the questions at the end of the packet -- please do so on a separate sheet of paper.

HW for Thursday, 11/1

Independent Reading Project Week One:
Pick an independent reading book, then . . .

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

PLEASE BRING YOUR BOOK WITH YOU TO CLASS ON MONDAY!