Weekly Assignments: August 19 – 26

Monday

Objectives:

  • Personalize your Writer’s Notebook.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 2 (Monday – parts of speech).  Bring in a notebook to use as your Writer’s Notebook.  This notebook is special.  Don’t use it for anything else.  To make it even more special, create a collage from the bits of ephemera (pictures, ticket stubs, receipts, bookmarks, scrapbooking supplies, mementos, etc).  Glue your collage to the cover of your Writer’s Notebook.  You may create your collage on the front or back cover, on the inside or outside of the cover.  You will need at least 4-6 things to create your collage.  For your first entry in your Writer’s Notebook, give a tour of your collage.  What did you include in your collage?  What do these things show about you?
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Finish writing the tour of your collage.

Tuesday

Objectives:

  • Understand how story elements impact different fiction genres.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 2 (Tuesday – sentence parts).  Discuss the story elements (character, setting, and plot) and how they change in different genres:  realistic fiction, mystery/suspense, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Begin writing in your Writer’s Notebook.

Wednesday

Objectives:

  • Understand structures of different nonfiction genres.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 2 (Wednesday – clauses, sentence type and purpose).  Discuss the elements of nonfiction genres:  memoir/autobiography/biography, informational text, poetry.  How does point of view change in each?
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Continue writing in your Writer’s Notebooks.

Thursday

Objectives:

  • Understand the structures of different formats of text.

Daily Grammar Practice Week 2 (Thursday – Correct capitalization and punctuation).  Discuss the differences between short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and essays.
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.   Continue writing in your Writer’s Notebook.

Friday

Objectives:

  • Collect ideas and topics for writing.

Create a heart map to collect ideas and topics for your writing.  Draw a large heart on a page in your Writer’s Notebook.  In your heart, write those things that matter to you.  These questions might help you think of ideas to include.  What has really affected your heart?  What people have been important to you?  What are some experiences or central events that you will never forget?  What happy or sad memories do you have?  What secrets have you kept in your heart? What small objects are important to you–a tree in your backyard, a trophy, a stuffed animal…?  What’s at the center of your heart?  What’s outside around the edges?
Homework:  Read 15-30 minutes in a book of your choice.  Finish your heart map.

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