7th ENG – Short Story

Posted on November 6, 2009 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

Final Draft of the Short Story is due FRIDAY, NOV. 20th!!

Please include an illustrated cover page with the TITLE, your name, date, and class number. Thank you!

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7th ENG – Essay to Young America

Posted on May 20, 2009 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

To create your own Essay Map online, go to the following link:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

You can type in all of your information for the Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion. After you are finished, just click “Review My Map” and print from there.

REMINDER:

  • The revised Essay Map is due tomorrow THURSDAY, MAY 21st
  • First Draft of the Reflective Essay is due WEDNESDAY, MAY 27th

FINAL DRAFT GUIDELINES:

  • Typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
  • Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs must be a minimum of 3 sentences.
  • Thesis statement must be UNDERLINED!
  • Body paragraphs must be a minimum of 6-8 sentences each.

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7th REL & ENG – Assignments

Posted on January 9, 2009 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English, 7th Religion.

Reminder!  Don’t forget that your KWL chart on Jesus and your Modern Fairy Tale Chart/Characterization are both DUE ON MONDAY JAN. 12th!

If you need these documents, you can download them here:

KWL Chart

Modern Fairy Tale Story Elements Chart

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7th ENG – Short Story Final Draft Guidelines

Posted on November 3, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

All short stories must be submitted ONE WEEK after your conference.

Final drafts must…

  • be typed
  • be double-spaced
  • use Times New Roman, font size 12
  • have 1-inch margins
  • include a TITLE PAGE (see sample below) with illustration, full name, story title, and publishing date

* NOTE:  You need to turn in your 2nd draft and Writer’s Checklist with your Final Draft! (Please do not staple them together.  Staple the pages of your Final Draft together – no plastic covers, please!)

SAMPLE TITLE PAGE – “You Are Here Like the Wind”

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7th ENG – Starting Your Story

Posted on October 1, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

Download the sample that we did together in class to help you with your story beginnings. The 5 STORY BEGINNINGS are due FRIDAY 10/3!

Ways to Start Your Story

GUIDELINES FOR SHORT STORY ROUGH DRAFT:
- 5 pages typed
- DOUBLE-SPACED!!!
- Times New Roman, size 12
- 1-inch margins
- Full Assignment Heading at the top (Class #, Name, JMJ, Date + English: Short Story Rough Draft)

ROUGH DRAFT OF SHORT STORY is due WEDNESDAY 10/8!

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7th ENG – Punctuating Direct Quotes (Dialogue)

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7th ENG – Author’s Notebook: Gathering Seed Ideas

Posted on September 8, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

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7th ENGLISH – Letter to Self PERSUASION ASSIGNMENT

Posted on May 18, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

Instructions:

You will write a persuasive letter to “Present Self” from your “Older Self”, advising a change in behavior. Make sure you provide THREE reasons why you must change, and include THREE facts/examples for each reason. (Keeping in mind the theme from A Christmas Carol!)

Objectives

Students will:

  • develop and support a position on a particular behavior that needs to be changed by writing a persuasive letter to themselves.
  • use a guide to help them organize their persuasive ideas into written form.
  • outline a persuasive piece that expresses points in a clear, logical sequence so the reader can follow their reasoning.
  • publish their persuasive piece as a letter.

Please refer to the following links to complete your persuasive letter…

Persuasive Map due WED May 21st
Rough Draft of Letter due TUES May 27th
Your “Letter to Self” FINAL DRAFT is due on FRIDAY, May 30th
(25 points – ENG; 15 points – SPELL)

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7th ENGLISH – Earth Day ESSAY MAP

Posted on April 24, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

To create your own Essay Map online, go to the following link:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/

You can type in all of your information for the Introduction, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusion. After you are finished, just click “Review My Map” and print from there.

REMINDER:

  • The Essay Map is due on FRIDAY, APRIL 25th
  • Final Draft of the Reflective Essay is due WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th

FINAL DRAFT GUIDELINES:

  • Typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
  • Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs must be a minimum of 3 sentences.
  • Body paragraphs must be a minimum of 6-8 sentences each.

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7th ENGLISH – Earth Day REFLECTIVE ESSAY

Posted on April 22, 2008 by mdyogisjs.
Categories: 7th English.

Remember, a reflective essay is:

  • written in first person (“I”)
  • presents a writer’s thoughts about ideas or experiences

You will write a 5-paragraph reflective essay answering the following questions:

  1. What do you do now to protect the Earth? Do you think you do enough?
  2. What more can you do to protect the Earth?
  3. Why is it important to make an effort to protect our planet?

The Final Draft of the essay is due on Wednesday, April 30

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