April 25

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Well, at least we know the fire alarms work.)
• Research Report Draft
• Short Story

April 11

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?)
• Research Report Draft
• Begin writing your short story

Happy Easter!

April 4

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling to a member of a secret society that you are one of them.)
• Research Report draft (if necessary)
• Story
• Continue to develop your character
• Once you are comfortable with your character begin sketching out the general idea for your plot---what happens.

March 21

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (You were thrown into the volcano as a sacrifice.  The volcano spit you back out.)
• Work on your research report.  Some of you may be able to turn in your rough draft next week
• Any late or missing work

March 14

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (S/He looked into the mirror and did not see any reflection....)
• Informal Essay Draft (If necessary)
• Continue working on your research report.  (You should be writing this week!)
• Begin to create bibliography (This part of your paper will go through drafts as well!)

The MLA link on the side of the page will help you as your create your bibliography.  The list on the left of the page will help you navigate how to cite a particular type of source.  One quite helpful tool is the "Citation Machine" at the top of the page.  This is a helpful tool; however, it is not foolproof.

March 7

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting ("Can someone please explain why I was assigned this mission?")
• Final draft of Informal Essay
• Continue work on research report
• Begin work on your bibliography by keeping track of your sources.  Bring your sources to class next week, and/or email me a list of your online sources, so we can work on formatting your bibliographies together!

February 28

Homework

• Writing Minutes 
• Freewriting (I would have won the race had it not been for that boy and his obsession with mashed peas.)
• 2nd or Final draft of informal essay (Activities or Survival) if necessary
• Continue gathering resources and taking notes.