This afternoon, during period 7, please work in the lab to prepare your portfolio (due next week).
In your portfolio, you will need to identify:
The deadline for the Nancy Thorp poetry contest and the Bennington Young Writer's Award are this week. If you have poetry (Nancy Thorp or Bennington) or fiction or essays (Bennington) consider submitting your work!
Our next author to examine is none other than Stephen King--just in time for Halloween! Learn a little about the author here. For participation credit today, please list three things you have learned about Stephen King that you did not know before from this article/video. Turn in your index card with this information by the end of class.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes Project:
Please read at least 3 of the stories in this collection by next week.
As you read, pay attention to the way the story is written and plotted. Be able to answer:
HOMEWORK: Read the stories in the collection. 3 are required; you may read more if you'd like.
In your portfolio, you will need to identify:
- Your best written draft (revised or crafted).
- Your best poem draft.
- Your best fiction draft.
- A 1-2 page reflection on your writing this marking period. What have you learned? What do you still struggle with? What do you want more assistance/advice on? What are you pleased with in your writing? What questions/weaknesses do you have about your own writing? etc.
Your final portfolio is due next week. Please begin to prepare it. You may, if you wish, obtain feedback of your writing so that you can revise the work you have already written, or spend your time writing new work.
Your best drafts will be graded separately to your weekly portfolio drafts. All grades will be be averaged together for a final grade for the marking period.
Your best drafts will be graded separately to your weekly portfolio drafts. All grades will be be averaged together for a final grade for the marking period.
The deadline for the Nancy Thorp poetry contest and the Bennington Young Writer's Award are this week. If you have poetry (Nancy Thorp or Bennington) or fiction or essays (Bennington) consider submitting your work!
Our next author to examine is none other than Stephen King--just in time for Halloween! Learn a little about the author here. For participation credit today, please list three things you have learned about Stephen King that you did not know before from this article/video. Turn in your index card with this information by the end of class.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes Project:
Please read at least 3 of the stories in this collection by next week.
As you read, pay attention to the way the story is written and plotted. Be able to answer:
- Who is the protagonist?
- How does King characterize his characters through actions, description, thoughts, and dialogue?
- What is the setting?
- What is the tone of the story and how does King create a mood with his diction?
- How do the events in the story build suspense or conflict?
- How do the stories you read resolve?
HOMEWORK: Read the stories in the collection. 3 are required; you may read more if you'd like.
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