September 23-26

In order to get full credit for your rough draft, I must see that it has been completed and edited by a peer. Due no later than Thursday.

Final/ totally edited stories are due at the BEGINNING of class on Friday. They must be printed.
- 12 pt font
- Times New Roman
- Double Spaced
- 3 to 5 pages

Reminders!!!

Vocabulary test Tuesday

Edit your rough draft. Have a peer edit it and then complete the final draft.

Final typed version of your story due Tuesday at the end of class.
- 12 pt. font Times New Roman
- Double Spaced
- 3-6 pages
- Indent your paragraphs

Your stories need to be detailed, creative, well written, and well edited. I will grade hard.

September 18th

Vocabulary words to date: stealthily, exasperation, Gothic, impulsively, fastidious, cavernous, prevalent, discord, treacherous, extort, ostentatious, parsimony, allude, adversity, inanimate, venerable, emblem, pathos, impertinent, obstinate, imperceptible, Metonymy

Write a rough draft for a certain genre of short story: 3-6 pages.

Vocabulary test next Tuesday.

September 11 and 12

Vocabulary: extort, ostentatious, parsimony, allude, adversity, inanimate

Genre specific story telling and rhetorical language practice

Vocabulary words for September 5th and 9th

5th: impulsively, fastidious, cavernous

9th: prevalent, discord, treacherous

    - Students will participate in Vocabulary warm-ups, SSR, and answer questions about The Man From the South
    - They will also begin activities to improve their detail in writing - "Show Don't Tell"

Thursday, September 4th

Vocabulary Words:
Stealthily, exasperation, gothic

Review elements of storytelling and begin reading in groups, "The Man From the South" by Roald Dahl