Homework for Monday, Oct. 29:  Complete this "Pre-writing" sheet for the Senior Profile.

Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 30:  Revise your first draft of the "I Miss" poem making sure to add alliteration, sensory imagery, similes/metaphors, and assonance.

Homework for Thursday, Nov. 1:  Final Draft of the Senior Profile is due in class.

The homework for Writer's Workshop for Thursday, October 25 is to write a draft of the "I Miss" poem.

The handout for this assignment is :

Description:  Write your own “I Miss” poem, modeled on the sample “I Miss” poem that we examined in class.  Your poem must include the following elements:

·         sensory details

·         metaphors and/or similes

·         it must explore your topic through clearly developed “snapshots” that fit together (it should not be a random assortment of images that don’t connect, in other words)

·         a title that suits the poem and provides a sense of the topic (DON’T TITLE IT “I MISS” or “I MISS POEM”!!!!)

·         alliterative phrases

·         line lengths and line breaks that enhance the meaning

·         correct language, grammar, and conventions

·         distinct voice

·         follows the correct format (*see below for instructions on correct formatting)

Refer to the scoring guide on the other side for details about scoring

*Your poem should be typed, SINGLE SPACED, 12 point font, and be in a simple, readable font.  The poem should be at least 25 lines long.

*The poem should include a title in bold at the top.

*Format your name and class information this way:

Your First and Last Names Writer’s Workshop Period ___ Warfield Due Date Title _________________________________ ____________________________ ________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________ _____ ________________________ Etc.

On Thursday Oct. 11, we worked on brainstorming some of our "favorite things" and writing about a few of them in detail.  This will be the foundation for a poem assignment later next week.  We also read a sample text from the novel Alligator Bayou and discussed the sensory images in this piece.

Homework is to write a short piece that is modeled on the Alligator Bayou piece.  Your piece should be about the same length as the sample text and it should also contain at least one image for each of the five senses.  This assignment is due Tuesday, Oct. 16.

Tuesday, October 2:  we have been working on revising the Middle School Narrative.  The Final Draft of this assignment is due on Thursday, October 4.