Week of 6/19/06
Greetings 634, 734, & 834! Summer is officially here this week -Wednesday to be exact. We are feeling the heat already, and are wrapping up our genre studies. 634 - you will be compiling your collage of vignettes into a book by the end of this week. 734 - you will be drafting and sharing your myth by the end of this week. And last, but not least - 834, you will be sharing your Ray Bradbury Response to Literature on the "Author's Chair" this week. Wednesday - graduation pizza party from your teachers to you! Thursday, we'll see you at the prom! Friday - goodbye to our 8th grade graduates. Have a great summer and good luck in high school.
Homework for this week is as follows:6/23/06634: Complete collection of vignettes.734: Complete final draft of myth and fill out student rubric.834: Read! Write! Graduate with pride. Have a great summer. GOOD LUCK in high school.
6/22/06634: Revise your vignettes for content and mechanics. Be prepared to type draft #2 on laptops.734: Revise your myths and prepare to present them. (Melanie, good job presenting your myth today. Your use of dialogue made your characters come alive!)834: (We did not meet today. See you tomorrow.)
6/21/06634: Revise all your vignettes for mechanics and content.734: Revise and rewrite your myth on loose leaf.834: Read in your independent book. Be a philosopher.
6/20/06
634: Complete your story vignette in Writer's Sourcebook.
734: Complete your myth in Writer's Souucebook.
834: Read in your independent books. Write a philosopher's question based on what you are reading.
6/19/06
634: Complete your 'Place Vignette' in your Sourcebook. Review your previous vignettes to make sure they all include a snapshot, thoughtshot, and dialogue.734: Outline the plot of your myth in your Sourcebook. Don't forget to include the conflict.834: Final draft of Bradbury Response to Literature is due.
Posted by Mrs. Varga at 4:26 PM
Week of 6/12/06
Greetings 634, 734, and 834. It is hard to believe we only have two more weeks before the summer vacation - and yet we have so much to do! 634, we have begun studying the 'vignette' as a genre study. We will be reading, analyzing, and mimicking Sandra Cisneros's vignettes in The House on Mango Street. 734, we will be continuing our mythical play presentations, as well as broadening our exposure to myths. By the end of this week, we will begin to write our own myths! 834, we are more than half way through with our Ray Bradbury Response to Literature. He is most certainly a unique author!
Homework is as follows: 6/16/06
634: Complete your character sketch vignette in your sourcebook.
734: Write the purpose or lesson of your myth.
834: First completed Bradbury draft on loose leaf is due on Monday 6/19/06. 6/15/06634: Complete your poetic prose vignette in your sourcebook.734: Write a paragraph describing your mortal character in your myth. (What does he/she look like? What does he/she do? What is his/her character flaw?)834: Complete Ray Bradbury Response to Literature (paragraphs 1 - 7) in sourcebook.
6/14/06
634:Finish seed piece in sourcebook.
734:Write a paragraph describing the immortal character your myth.
834:Write and revise paragraph #7 in your sourcebook.
6/13/06634: Write a paragraph describing your first impressions of Sandra Cisneros's vignettes. What do they remind you of in your life?.734: What kinds of characters were in the Greek myths you've read?834:Write and revise paragraphs 5 & 6 of your Bradbury Response to Literature in your sourcebooks.
6/12/06
634: What is the difference between a vignette and a story?
734: (We did not meet today. Bring in your mythical plays.)
834: Rewrite and revise paragraph #4 in your Reader's Notebook.
Posted by Mrs. Varga at 6:46 PM
Week of 6/5/06
Greetings all you girls & guys in 634, 734, & 834. We have many exciting things going on this week. 634, by the end of this week, you will be presenting your Gary Paulsen Response to Literature. 734, you will be presenting your mythical plays this week. 834, you are beginning to write your Ray Bradbury Response to Literature. By the way 834, your 4th quarter exam will be given this Friday, 6/9/06.
Homework is as follows:6/9/06634: Read on in your independent book. Make a prediction and support it.734: Read on in your independent book. Make a prediction and support it. Practice for your plays.834: Read in your independent book. Bring in all drafts and revisions for Bradbury Reponse to Literature -paragraphs 1 - 3.
6/7/06634:Complete final Paulsen Response to Literature by Friday, 6/9/06734: Prepare for play presentation. Read independent book.834:Revise and rewrite 3rd paragraph of your Bradbury Reposnse to Literature.4th Quarter Exam on Friday, 6/9/06.
6/6/06634: Half day (Read in your independent book. Bring in yesterday's homework) 734: Prepare for play presentation. Read in your independent book.834: Write and revise paragraph # 2 of your Bradbury response to Literature.
6/5/06
634: Your second Gary Paulsen draft is due Wednesday, 6/7/06.
734: Revise your part of the play.
834: Revise and rewrite your Ray Bradbury introduction in your Sourcebooks.
Posted by Mrs. Varga at 11:18 AM
