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Feb 21st |
Descriptive Writing #1 |
-Submit your first original, informal descriptive writing piece on paper in class on February 14th. Then once I've checked it, submit it to D2L, using the Microsoft Word template for format #1 linked at the top of this page if you'd like me to accept this.
-1st paragraph tells what the setting looks like. 2nd paragraph tells what the main character looks like. The action starts in the the 3rd paragraph.
For this first story, use past tense and third person. I will indicate incorrect verb tenses with yellow highlighting and problems with where sentences start and stop using blue highlighting.
-The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting.
-Try for no more than 1.5 to 2 pages in length.
-Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing.
-Expressive and personal writing only. Be descriptive (that means describe all new settings and characters when they show up first).
-Make your story as colourful and interesting as you can.
-(no informational pieces. No essays. No journalism. Nothing meta/no stories about being assigned a story to write)
Your filename should start with "DW1" |
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Feb 28 |
Descriptive Writing #2 |
A second story of the same sort at you did for Descriptive Writing #1, with the same rules as above, only using prescribed format #2.
This format will make your story look just like an essay, but do not actually write an essay or quote or cite sources. Write a story. (You're just practising format for when we write the actual essays.)
-1st paragraph tells what the main character looks like. 2nd paragraph tells what the setting looks and feels like. The action starts in the the 3rd paragraph.
For this second story, use past tense and either third or first person. I will indicate incorrect verb tenses with yellow highlighting and problems with where sentences start and stop using blue highlighting.
The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting.
Double the 1.5 to 2 pages length for the double-spaced format #2 (2x1.5=3, 2x2=4).
Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing. Informal and personal writing only. Be descriptive, colourful and interesting.(no informational pieces. No essays. No journalism. Nothing meta/no stories about being assigned a story to write)
Your filename should start with "DW2."
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Mar 7 |
Descriptive Writing #3 |
Submit your third original, informal descriptive writing piece to D2L, using prescribed format #3. Don't forget a paragraph to describe the setting, and one for the main character. The subheadings will be like "chapters" in your story.
This assignment will not be submitted in rough copy for me to edit so you can then do a final draft. Proof-read it carefully, catching all of the kinds of errors I was pointing out for Descriptive Writing #1 and #2.
For this third story, use past or present tense and either third or first person.
The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting. Try for 1.5 to 2 pages in length. Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing. Informal and personal writing only. Be descriptive, colourful and interesting.(no informational pieces. No essays. No journalism. Nothing meta/no stories about being assigned a story to write) Your filename should start with "DW3."
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Mar 28 |
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Using the Assignment Sheet, write an essay on a non-school topic. Every paragraph needs to mention an expert or information source helping you make your points. Retain all of the essay formatting and the wording I have given you, filling in the blanks and completing my sentences. Avoid every single of the twenty problems outlined on the Stop! Sheet. Have a peer go over your essay for you before submitting it, and include their name on your title sheet under your own. Your partner's job is to point out if you are missing any sources, haven't done MLA format for your Works Cited page, have lost the essay formatting anywhere, not retained my wording, or done anything you were asked not to do on the Stop! Sheet. |
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Apr 30th |
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Find elements from The Odyssey (<- class PowerPoint) in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Fill out this Fill-in-the-Blank-Essay sheet, changing the language slightly if you'd like to make it sound less repetitive.
Use format #2. Here is The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, in a searchable PDF to quote directly from. Here is the (searchable) script of O Brother, Where Art Thou? to quote directly from. For a passing mark, ensure every paragraph has a quotation, and make sure to quote from both The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (here is your teacher singing the song from the end of the movie.) Your filename should start with "OBWAT." |
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May 15 |
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Short Fiction #1: Use this planning chart before starting the assignment. If you have trouble with the assignment, you will be asked to submit the planing chart first. Follow these instructions perfectly, and submit your work to D2L, using prescribed format #3. Some reading choices are here... For a passing mark, quote from the story as directed. Link to "Story Machine Knobs" to help with completing assignment. Your filename should start with "SF1" |
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May 22 |
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Short Fiction #2: Use this planning chart before starting the assignment. If you have trouble with the assignment, you will be asked to submit the planing chart first. Follow these same instructions perfectly, and submit your work to D2L, using prescribed format #3. Make sure you haven't read four stories by the same author or of the same kind. Avoid choosing only the shortest stories. For a passing mark, quote from the story as directed. Link to "Story Machine Knobs" to help with completing assignment.Your filename should start with "SF2." |
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May 22 |
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Short Fiction #3: Use this planning chart before starting the assignment. If you have trouble with the assignment, you will be asked to submit the planing chart first. Follow these same instructions perfectly, and submit your work to D2L, using prescribed format #3. Make sure you haven't read four stories by the same author or of the same kind. Avoid choosing only the shortest stories. For a passing mark, quote from the story as directed. Link to "Story Machine Knobs" to help with completing assignment.Your filename should start with "SF3." |
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The Loser Story: Use this planning sheet. Then follow these instructions perfectly for the story you are going to criticize, and submit your work to D2L, using prescribed format #2.
Make sure you have read stories by at least three different authors. For a passing mark, quote from each story mentioned, including the "Losing" story itself. Your filename should start with "TLS."
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June 19
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Read through William Golding's Lord of the Flies. following these instructions exactly. (Here is some background bible knowledge helpful in understanding the character of Simon in the book.)
Show me you can correctly quote directly from the book, using the literary language I have started for you. Golding says, "_____ Try for one "Symbolism" and one "Themes" quotation per chapter pair, but if you can't, you may do two of each. |
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| June 20 |
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Turn your Lord of the Flies chapter work into an essay. Pick one symbol or one theme and just transfer only your paragraphs on it over to your essay. Use the introductory paragraph I gave you, and reword it to make a concluding paragraph too. Cite only Lord of the Flies and anything you've got from JSTOR or the Friday thinkers for your Works Cited page. Essays will be submitted to D2L to be checked for plagiarism/Chat GPT and making the due date and will not be accepted if they do not follow the instructions or are even slightly plagiarized or AI. |
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