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 * September**

due Thursday, Sept. 8th - you will need a log/journal for class. It would be helpful if you could bring in a pack of 100 3x5 index cards for vocabulary words. For Thursday, you will need to bring your summer reading book.

Due Monday, Sept 12th - Summer Reading assessment. Bring your summer reading book. You will be asked to break it down by social, cultural, economic and historical elements, and then define theme according to these elements. You will be writing an essay in class.

Wed - no homework unless you still have not gotten a log and index cards. We will begin Vocabulary, and we will set goals.

For Tues. finish your "Coat of Arms" - make sure you write the paragraph that explains it.

For Monday, the 26th, finish your two page story that is based on Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" Vocabulary Quiz on Monday, always the first day of the week! []

Lesson 1 first 12 words. Lesson 1, second 13 words for Oct. 3

Wed. Sept. 28 - Read "The Found Generation" actively which means a highlighter or a writing utensil. Fri. Sept. 30th - finish writing your RFI questions for "The Found Generation." We will be going to the library on Friday to refresh our brains on how to search databases and research. October Tues. Oct. 4th- We will be returning to the library to finish up our bibliography assignment and evaluating sources. Keep in mind, we are headed toward a personal essay that touches upon society, culture and history. Thurs. Oct. 6th - Vocabulary Test Lesson 1, second 13 words - link above. Also bring your instructions on Personal Essay assignment. You will begin these in class.

I don't see you guys until next Friday 14th because you have PSAT's on Wed. Please work on your personal essays. Here is assignment - Personal Essays

Thursday - 20th -make sure you have full rough draft, intro, 3 paragraphs that address social, culture and historical self, and then last paragraph, what you intend to do in the future. You will also need the three articles that you will include in your body paragraphs with you. On Thursday, we will write summaries of these articles and choose sentences/passages that can be included in our essays. due on Monday the 24th Steps in writing the Personal Essay Thursday we will return to computer lab to put correct citation in essays and work cited page. Monday is proofreading day, Wed Nov. 1st - Final Draft of essay is due with all rough drafts. Final Draft with response logs and articles due on Tuesday, Nov. 1 For Thursday, Nov. 3, please finish the Reading for Information article and questions. On Thursday, the 10th, many of you will be on a field trip. We will be working with "Feeding the Piranha." Questions are these: 1. Do you manipulate your parents? How? Why? What is the outcome? 2. Do your parents manipulate you? How? Why? What is the outcome? When is manipulation acceptable? When is it an act of control? In class on Tuesday, we read "Teenage Wasteland." In your journal, ask as many questions as you can about the story, and then try to answer those questions and respond to the story. Response should be 2 pages, not including questions. Nov 18 - I should have all your logs/journals. You completed a free write today in Donny's perspective. Extra credit - why did we explore Donny's perspective? Nov. 30 - Those of you who did not finish the questions that went with the short stories "Lies," please have them by Wed. Also on Wed. you should have finished writing your three body paragraphs for your first Literary Analysis. Those of you who received partial credit for beginning this process, make sure you finish for homework for full credit. Friday December 2- rough draft of literary analysis due. If you have this at the beginning of class, you will be allowed to go to computer lab to type this up. Otherwise, you are destined to remain in class with me and complete your rough draft. Monday Dec. 12th - 3 drafts with peer conference sheets are due. Also, pick a poem to memorize, print it out or copy it down and bring it in on Monday. Poetry - December!!! Poetry Outloud Poem and response. Memory Poem Poetry terms. Your first slam poem due Jan. 3rd New Year - Yeah!!!!!!! New Opportunity to Shine!!! Poetry Workshop continues: Writing Folder check on Monday January 9th and in it should be: Poetry terms and definitions POL poem POL terms defined POL response 5 Original poems

Literary Analysis of your POL poem. Thesis and 5 quotes should be ready for Friday, 3rd. Five quotes on five different pages so that we can learn to write around the quotes.

On Friday, we will build our body paragraphs. For Tuesday, the 7th, please type up what you have so far. We will be working with rough drafts in class on Tuesday.

Wed. Jan. 18 - share your POL poem with the class. It should be memorized by now!