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Feb 12 |
Descriptive Writing #1 |
Submit your first original, informal writing piece to D2L, using prescribed format #1. For this first story, use past tense and third person. "He/She/They" rather than "I," and "was and said" rather than "is" and "says."
-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.
The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting. Try for 1.5 to 2 pages in length. Tell what colour things are. Describe people. Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing. Informal and personal writing only. Be descriptive, colourful and interesting. (no informational pieces. No journalism) File name should start with DW1. |
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Feb 23 |
Descriptive Writing #2 |
Submit your second original, informal writing piece to D2L, using prescribed format #2. Don't write an essay. Format #2 will look like one, though.
-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.
The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting. Try for 2 to 3 pages in length because this will be double-spaced. Tell what colour things are. Describe people. Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing. Informal and personal writing only. Be descriptive, colourful and interesting. (no informational pieces. No journalism) File name should start with DW2. |
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Mar 2 |
Descriptive Writing #3 |
Submit your third original, informal writing piece to D2L, using 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.
The three-part story structure and Personal Writing Guide will help make this story interesting. Try for 1 to 1.5 pages in length. Tell what colour things are. Describe people. Demonstrate consistent verb tenses, and proper punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing. Informal and personal writing only. Be descriptive, colourful and interesting. (no informational pieces. No journalism) File name should start with DW3. |
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Oct 17 |
Reading Metacognition |
Submit a piece that has a series of paragraphs telling me everything you can think of about books you read in class. For each book mentioned, tell a) something the book made you feel, b) something the book made you picture and c) something it made you think or wonder (that's three things per book). Do a paragraph talking about your most and least favourite kind of reading tasks for your various school courses. Mention the names of many authors, and titles of many books. Book titles need capitals and italics. Discusss your experience calculating your pages per hour and anything else you can think of. Use format #2. |
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Dec 1st |
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Submit an analysis of your three autobiographical books, following these instructions, to D2L, using format #3. Here is a link to the planning sheet you should have used. |
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Dec 19th |
Autobiographical Film |
Submit an analysis of Persepolis, following these instructions, to D2L using format #3. |
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Jan 16 |
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Submit a piece that has a series of paragraphs telling me everything you can possibly think of to say about three documentaries we watched in class or which you watched outside of class. Don't go into detail about exactly what information was conveyed (summarize that.) Use www.imdb.com for additional information about it. Talk about who made it, how it was made, and its bias or message. Use format #3. |
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Jan 22 |
Two Fates |
Write two stories/scenarios, one giving a clear idea of how your life has likely turned out by 2034, given your having made all the best plausible choices, and one giving a clear idea of how your life has likely turned out by 2032, given your having made all the worst likely choices. Use Format #1 Be sure to include a lot of description and dialogue. |
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