1/14-1/21

Use the previous blog post to log on to the Write to Learn website and revise your introductory paragraph USING THE NOTES FROM CLASS to guide your work.  Please submit a printed version of the essay OR a hand written copy of the introductory paragraph on 1/20 or 1/21.

We will take our CGA on 1/20 and 1/21.  Please come to school well rested and ready to do your best.

Enjoy your time off!

LAST BONUS POINT OPPORTUNITY FOR QUARTER TWO

Spread the word...tell a friend (or two) that I've posted this opportunity to earn bonus points.

All you need to do is:

1.  Log on to the Write to Learn website:
https://www.pearsonkt.com/cgi-bin/writeToLearn/login.cgi?schoolID=34664

2.  Username: S + your 8 digit student ID number
     Password:  First initial of first name + first initial of last name ( CAPS) + MMDD of date of birth

3.  Print out your essay: "The Perils of Indifference" or ask Ms. Taylor to print it for you if you don't have a working printer.

4.  Bring your printed out essay to class tomorrow or Thursday.

We will be using this essay to review best practices in writing and we will edit these essays in class in the coming weeks.

1/5-1/12

Analyzing a myth for the theme.

Standard:  LAFS.8.RL.1.2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Directions:  After reading the myth, “Pandora’s Box” on pages 456-459.

• ·         Write about the dynamic characters and tell how each character played an important role. 
• ·         Then research the setting by rereading the myth and state the various places the myth took place. 
• ·         Next, summarize the plot of the story; include the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. 
• ·         You will then identify the symbols (the symbolic items) in the myth and state how they actually mean more than the simplicity of the item(s). 
• ·         Lastly, you will use all four elements and ask yourself, “What did the author want to teach me?”  This is the theme of the story.

You will then draw a dowry casket and in a creative manner you will write about the setting, characters, plot, symbols, and theme of the myth; create your design on construction paper or copy paper.  Feel free to use your imagination and have fun with this assignment. 

Note:  time will be given during two class periods to work on this task and it is due on Wednesday, 1/14 for A day and Thursday, 1/15 for B day. 

Note:  on Tuesday, 1/13 (B day) I will have a sub.  Do NOT turn your assignment in to the sub. 

Additionally, since the quarter ends on January 15, I will not have time to grade all of the assignments; therefore, this task will be entered in on the grade portal as a quarter three assignment.