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Name:_______________________________________ Period:______(Calendar and Log are on our Web site).

No.

Date Assn'd

Assignment

Due

Done

1

 12/3   12/3  

2

 12/3 Potion Short - Final typed draft: Potion Rubric 12/7  

3

 12/6 War Story: rubric and sequence boxes ["How to Tell War Stories"] 12/8  

4

 12/8 War Sort Story: typed and double-spaced 12/10  

5

 12/6 Poetry for Cumulus: Minimum of two corrected selections for submission 12/14  

6

 12/15 Snow WHite Planning and Sequence 12/15  

7

 12/16 NSnow White Parody: hand draft 12/16  

8

 12/22 Bring a children's animal story 1/3  

9

 1/6 Bring a children's book to read (2nd chance) 1/7  

10

 1/6 First draft of children's book (without images): Rubric 1/11  

11

 1/6 Pictures for book 1/12  

12

 1/6 Typed final with images 1/14  

13

 1/10 Sequence for animal book 1/10  

14

 1/13 Progress Report signed 1/18  

15

 1/18 Sensory Write: peel an orange and write about it using your 5 senses. You cannot use the following words: orange, mandarin, clementine, tangello or tangerine 1/18  

16

 1/19 Blind Brown Bag
If you were absent take an object and describe it using your 5 senses. Create 1-3 paragraphs.		    

17

 1/20 3 Random Nouns
Write a short story using 3 nouns you pick from a box. You will have 20 minutes. Circle the word when you use it. A minimum of one handwirtten page, single spaced, of normal-sized handwriting, is expected. If you are absent use these nouns: farm - sailboat - radio		    

18

 1/24 Magical Realism Starter 1/24  

19

 1/25 Magical Realism Typed 1/26  

20

 1/27

Write from a picture: choose a picture and use it for inspiration. Write a picture starter. Submit paper with picture on top (but not stapled). Label genre choice in heading. Genre choices: Western, Science Fiction, Fantasy or Sport Story

 1/31  
21 1/31

-Take the reader behind the wheel of the worst driver you've ever known. RUBRIC

-Write a scene in which a moving automobile hits a young boy on a
bicycle. Describe the scene four different times, from the following
four points of view: the driver of the car, a passenger in the car, the
child on the bicycle, and a pedestrian who witnesses the accident. You
may guide your readers to believe that one of the versions is the
"truth," or you may allow your readers to decide for themselves, or
even question the very notion of "truth."
2/1
upon entry to class
  
22 1/31 Field Trip letter signed 2/1  
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