PreAPENGLISH 10: October 17-21

Greetings Jr. APEs!

We have a good bit to cover this week, so let's not waste any time.
You will be getting your report cards. If you are disappointed in your grade, consider that you may have failed to turn in your summer reading or your Obama speech analysis, which did have an effect on several people's grades. It is too late to turn in work from the first nine weeks, so do not ask.

I expect every student to register for Moodle, since I will require you to turn in assignments on Moodle from time to time. If you do not have a computer or internet access at home, please see me about scheduling time to stay after school and use a school computer or make time to visit the public library.  If you have difficulty logging on, please submit your name and birthday to me so that I can have your password reset. I will email the person in charge of setting up Moodle with student names on Friday, so if you have not told me of your difficulty by then, I will presume you are registered or that you have chosen not to follow instructions. Assignments that are to be submitted to Moodle will NOT be accepted in any other format. Please submit all assignments as .rtf files. I will demonstrate this changing file format in class.

This is October, as you know, and I always choose October for writing narratives. This week, I will review the important parts of a narrative and give you instructions for writing your own narratives, which must be submitted to Moodle before October 27. We will share our narratives in class, so don't come unprepared.

I want your narratives to be interesting and fun to share, so I am challenging you to include lots of vivid description and exciting twists and turns. Or, you can use interesting symbolism or foreshadowing. Whatever you choose to write about, make sure you make your stories, since that is what narratives are, appropriate for school.

Here are a few links that might help you in creating your short story.

http://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/article-writing-a-good-narrative-essay.php 

This, while a bit too formulaic for my tastes, is a good starting point if you are having difficulty knowing how to format your narrative:
http://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/StructureofaPersonalNarrativeEssay.pdf

Outline graphic organizer
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/874_01.pdf



So, I want you to think about your narratives, but I also want you to remember that we still have other tasks to do in class. You will have the test we reviewed for on We will be reading several Native American myths and the comparative accounts of Plymouth and Jamestown by Bradford and Byrd respectively, so bring your books to class. We will also review different sentence structures and have a vocabulary quiz, I will post the words or give you a list for lesson six.

Poetry Out Loud school competition is Tuesday, October 18 after school. Don't forget to practice your poems!

See you in class!

Mrs. SO