September 27

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (We thought the employees in costume at the amusement park were only pretending.  We were wrong.)
• Complete an outline for an expository essay on the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.  You do not need to use any other resources than the one I gave you.
• You may begin composing your expository essay.

September 20

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Green mist swirled inside the only bottle among the empty jars.  The peeling label read, "Do not touch!")
• Finish your flashback story.  Remember to take some time to "explode" important moments in your story!

September 13

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting * (The last message from the starship was, "Let us drift.  It's for your own good."
• Use the outlines you completed for homework last week to create paragraphs.  Here's an example.
• Begin composing the story based on your picture.  We will be experimenting with flashbacks in this story.  You will want to begin your story at a moment of action, then you will use a flashback to explain what happened leading up to this event.  Once you come to the moment you have already described you will continue the story to the end.
• Make sure you use clear signal words to indicate that you have traveled back in time
• Use the past perfect tense (had + verb) in your flashback to indicate that that this part of the story was complete before your opening scene.
• Check out the links below if you need to review flashbacks or past perfect verb tense!

Flashbacks
Past Perfect Information 

*Complete Freewriting after all other assigned writing is complete.

September 7

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting* (Take out the book closest to you.  Open to page 55.  The second sentence on the page is your writing prompt.)
• Pre-write/Brainstorm your story.
• Look closely at the picture.**  What is actually happening?
• Then think about what caused this scenario.
• Next think about how this scenario ended.
• Your pre-writing/Brainstorming does not need to be in complete sentences, nor does it need to be in an outline.  This is just a record of thoughts you might use.

* Complete Freewriting only after you have finished the rest of your assigned writing.

**  If you were not in class, you can choose a picture from here.