4 | English 8-25.26 Assignments

Please create some sort of outline or plan that captures the anticipated structure of your speech! You may choose to complete an outline in your notebook and attach a picture. If you wish to complete it digitally, please use the second tab in the attached doc.

Please note that the purpose of an outline is to provide an overall idea of the piece's structure, and that while most types of writing have some kind of distinct opening/introduction and conclusion/closing, different types of writing often follow different structures in the middle (take a look at some of the mentor speeches). Consider a list of scenes with key details, for example! Another way to say this: Since this isn't an essay, you might not have three body paragraphs! 

If you wish, you may choose to adapt the attached outline doc that I have provided in the past! You can copy and paste a template from that doc into your own.

In the answer box below, please share with me three ideas that you are thinking about for your speech. Each idea should contain a theme statement and a sentence or two summarizing what content you would use develop the theme. You're not locked in to any of what you put here!

Example:
Theme: Consistent morning rituals help people start their day right.
Content: I want to share about how I came to appreciate coffee as more than just a drink, and how processes and hobbies can bring people calm and joy.

Theme: Internal conflict helps people understand what matters in their lives.
Content: I want to tell some personal stories about my job here at Fisher and my family all live in Minnesota. I hope to show that the distance is a challenge, but that it helps me appreciate them both.

Theme: Language is a powerful tool for reflection and personal growth.
Content: I plan to talk about my reading and writing journey, how they have helped me deal with life's challenges and made me who I am, and why I worry a little bit about AI taking something special away from humanity.

Please find a blank Google Doc attached where you can write your essay. You have the entire class period to write. If you finish early, you may silently do work for another class or read independently.

As a reminder of expectations, during the On-Demand, you may use...
Your chosen texts (paper copies and/or digital is fine)
Resources in Google Classroom
The Essay Wall (digital or analog)
Mentor Essays
Your English Notebook, where you may have notes and/or a handwritten outline with a claim, paragraph ideas, and some evidence.
The Google Docs spelling and grammar check tool!
You should NOT be copying a pre-written essay or prewritten "chunks" of your essay from anywhere, be that your notebook, another Google Doc, or the internet. As a general rule of thumb, avoid copying and pasting anything other than quotations. All work should be your own, and you should be writing your whole essay in class.

Be sure to click Turn In!

Please change the file name of your essay to "LastName Final Craft Essay." For example, my essay would be called O'Bannon Final Craft Essay. Then, attach your final craft essay to this assignment! Your document should have a full revision history available.

An example essay, the feedback form, and the digital wall are attached for your reference!

Please make sure you're on track to have a rough draft by our first class next week by submitting a "flash draft" here. Your flash draft can be handwritten or typed, but please be sure to attach something to this assignment so I can check your progress. I'll also be planning to look at your work in person during class.

Remember that a flash draft will have most of the "parts" of a final draft, but is also extremely rough and will undergo a lot of revision. You might not have a full introduction or conclusion, and it's okay to even be missing a body paragraph at this point. Don't worry - you will still be revising through next week before submitting the final version at the week's end!

This assignment is to remind you that you should have finished an outline in class. If you didn't, it's time to get on it!

No need to submit anything here - I'll come around and look at your outlines during class time.

Resources are attached if you're still working.

For this assignment, please write one to two more entries in your notebook about the craft moves and their impact in a text (this is your "chosen text" or the book or story you want to write about!). Hopefully, this brings your total entries on craft up to 6-8. As a reminder, this writing is in the style of "journal writing." It's not formal - just writing about what you notice and think - and you should not devote more than 30 minutes to this assignment.

Please take a picture of your writing and attach it to this assignment. Make sure that the image is readable (if you have a phone, that usually takes a MUCH clearer picture than your Chromebook!)

Instructions for and examples of this process can be found on the "wall" below. The information in the slides may look a little different than the exact teaching I did in class, but they'll help you with the same thinking and task.

Please submit a tentative (that means "planned, but it might change!") claim in the box below. If you're deciding between more than one, show me both and feel free to add a private comment if you have a question about your claim(s).

Example Claims with One Craft Move:
In “All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury uses the sun to symbolize hope.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Rowling uses similes to convey the goodness and evil within each character.
In The Giver by Lois Lowry, the sled symbolizes Jonas’ journey toward understanding what it means to be human.
Example Claims with Multiple Craft Moves:

In “All Summer in a Day,” Ray Bradbury uses symbolism, repetition, and descriptive language to emphasize the children’s need for freedom.
In "The Maze Runner," James Dashner uses symbolism and similes and descriptive language to intensify the character's feelings of being trapped with no way out.

For this assignment, please write one to two entries about the craft moves and authorial goals of a text (this is your "chosen text" or the book or story you want to write about!) for about two pages. As a reminder, this writing is in the style of "journal writing." It's not formal - just writing about what you notice and think - and you should not devote more than 30 minutes to this assignment.

Please take a picture of your writing and attach it to this assignment. Make sure that the image is readable (if you have a phone, that usually takes a MUCH clearer picture than your Chromebook!)

Instructions for and examples of this process can be found on the "wall" below. The information in the slides may look a little different than the exact teaching I did in class, but they'll help you with the same thinking and task.

Please change the file name of your essay to "LastName Final Thematic Essay." For example, my essay would be called O'Bannon Final Thematic Essay. Then, attach your final thematic essay to this assignment! Your document should have a full revision history available.

A mentor text, the feedback form, and the digital wall are attached for your reference!

Please make sure your Story Catcher for the first choice story is completed (hopefully this is already done!), take a picture, and attach it to this assignment.

See me if you need a new Story Catcher!

Please complete the Lead-in Practice in No-Red-Ink. If you feel confident in your ability to write correct lead-ins, consider skipping to the final skill in this skill tree! It will allow you to test out of the earlier skills! On the other hand, if you feel you would benefit from more practice, work your way through all of the skills.

Please complete the In-Text Citations Practice in No-Red-Ink. If you feel confident in your ability to write correct in-text citations, consider skipping to the final skill in this skill tree! It will allow you to test out of the earlier skills! On the other hand, if you feel you would benefit from more practice, work your way through all of the skills.

Please make sure your Story Catcher for "The Red Fox Fur Coat" is completed (we did most of it together, but you may need to finish a couple boxes!), take a picture, and attach it to this assignment.

See me if you need a new Story Catcher!

Please attach a draft of your essay to this assignment. Do not click "Turn in" or you will lose edit access. As long as the doc is attached, you're all set! The purpose of this assignment is just to get all of your drafts in one place for me to check on :)

Remember that your draft is not final, and that we will continue to revise and strengthen it next week. A reasonable (typed) draft might be a page and a half long, and the introduction and conclusion can be only a sentence long.

Feel free to type in a Google Doc or write in your notebook. If you write in a notebook, just be sure to attach pictures to this assignment!

Please draft an outline of your essay in your notebook. You hopefully made some good progress on this during class!

I've attached my outline, which shows what my body paragraphs will be and notes the evidence I may use in each one!

Now that you have spent some time writing about a text (or some texts!), please submit three themes below. These are hopefully themes you've come up with over the course of the week. They can all be about the same text, or they can be about different ones. Ideally, one of them is the theme you're hoping to write more about for your first essay. Please number the themes and submit them in a list format!

Example:
1. Love can cause people to reject their own culture.
2. Poverty can transform even honest people into criminals.
3. The will to survive makes people forget their basic humanity.

Please make sure your Story Catcher for All Summer in a Day is completed (you may need to finish the "Themes" and "Noteworthy Craft Moves" boxes!), take a picture, and attach it to this assignment.

See me if you need a new Story Catcher!

Please write one to two more entries about theme in your notebook (or on loose-leaf paper if you left your notebook at school - just keep the papers safe in your folder!) 

If you're focused and efficient, this assignment should take less than 20 minutes. Please do not spend more than 30 minutes on it. The goal is to set you up for success with a lot of ideas next week!

When you're finished, please take a picture of what you have written and attach it to this assignment. Make sure that the image is readable (if you have a phone, that usually takes a MUCH clearer picture than your Chromebook!)

If you need guidance on what steps to follow, you can find a slides version of our lessons on themes attached.

Please write one to two more entries about theme in your notebook (or on loose-leaf paper if you left your notebook at school - just keep the papers safe in your folder!) 

If you're focused and efficient, this assignment should take less than 20 minutes. Please do not spend more than 30 minutes on it. The goal is to set you up for success with a lot of ideas next week!

When you're finished, please take a picture of what you have written and attach it to this assignment. Make sure that the image is readable (if you have a phone, that usually takes a MUCH clearer picture than your Chromebook!)

If you need guidance on what steps to follow, you can find a slides version of our lessons on themes attached.

In the blank below, please let me know what book or text you have decided to focus on for this first essay. Please write the title and author.

Please also choose a text that is appropriate to your reading level and work to have a copy as soon as you can. It should be a work of fiction unless you are choosing a book club book that was nonfiction!

After next class, it gets hard to change for about two weeks - then there will be a "checkpoint" where you can change if you want.

Please complete the attached IXL to practice identifying themes based on quotations. Pay attention to the phrasing of themes! 

Themes are complete sentences about life and the world - not commands or common sayings!

Please write one to two more entries about theme in your notebook (or on loose-leaf paper if you left your notebook at school - just keep the papers safe in your folder!) 

If you're focused and efficient, this assignment should take about 20 minutes. Please do not spend more than 30 minutes on it.

When you're finished, please take a picture of what you have written and attach it to this assignment. Make sure that the image is readable (if you have a phone, that usually takes a MUCH clearer picture than your Chromebook!)

If you need guidance on what steps to follow, you can find a slides version of our lesson on themes attached.

Please complete the attached IXLs to practice with Literary Terms! Most of these should be a recap!

Please complete the attached form for EACH book talk that you heard! Thank you!

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with commas!

Please be sure to come prepared to your group's book club meeting! In order to do this, you'll need to complete your rows in the Club Meeting Document that belongs your group in the attached dashboard.

Altogether, you should...
Note and interpret a signpost
Write (but not answer) a Level One question
Write (but not answer) a Level Two question
Write (but not answer) a Level Three question
Identify a new or challenging Vocab word that appears in your text and complete the row

This assignment is your reminder to log your reading! Make sure you have filled out the form...
at least once this week!
any time you finished a book this week!

Please make sure you arrive to class with a complete idea for your artifact. You should have planned out the overall artifact and all of its components, including the signpost and character traits!

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with Appositives, Relatives, and a bit of review! There are five exercises total to complete.

Please be sure to come prepared to your group's book club meeting! In order to do this, you'll need to complete your rows in the Club Meeting Document that belongs your group in the attached dashboard.

Altogether, you should...
Note and interpret a signpost
Write (but not answer) a Level One question
Write (but not answer) a Level Two question
Write (but not answer) a Level Three question
Identify a new or challenging Vocab word that appears in your text and complete the row

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with conjunctions! There are four exercises total to complete.

Please complete the paper handout that you received in class. Work to practice identifying phrases and clauses based on whether they include subjects (nouns), verbs, and conjunctions (connector words)!

The answer key is attached below so you can check your work. In some cases, I created a dotted underline under a word - this indicates that you might reasonably have underlined it (it does seem to connect something!), but that it is technically not a conjunction.

Please be sure to come prepared to your group's second book club meeting! In order to do this, you'll need to complete your rows in the Club Meeting Document that belongs your group in the attached dashboard. Meeting two should be one of the tabs on the right of your group's document.

Altogether, you should...
Note and interpret a signpost
Write (but not answer) a Level One question
Write (but not answer) a Level Two question
Write (but not answer) a Level Three question
Identify a new or challenging Vocab word that appears in your text and complete the row

Please complete the attached EdPuzzles! The three videos are fairly quick and should be reviewing concepts you dug into in 7th grade!

Please complete the attached IXL exercises to practice working with phrases and clauses. Obtain a SmartScore of 90 on each one!
LMH Grade 7 FF.1 Is it a phrase or a clause?
XHU Grade 8 GG.1 Is it a phrase or a clause?
VSJ Grade 8 GG.3 Identify dependent and independent clauses
When you get an answer wrong, be sure to review the feedback before advancing to the next question! Also consider attempting the same skill at a lower grade level if you're stuck! Those sentences might be easier!

Please complete the attached EdPuzzles! The two videos will first show you about Phrases and Clauses more generally, and then the second will dig into Independent and Dependent Clauses.

Please complete the attached IXL exercises to practice identifying subjects and predicates and working with complete sentences and fragments. Obtain a SmartScore of 90 on each one!
AH2 Grade 8 FF.3 Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
Q8N Grade 8 FF.2 Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
UWQ Grade 8 FF.5 Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
When you get an answer wrong, be sure to review the feedback before advancing to the next question!

If you want additional practice, I recommend completing the 7th grade versions of these skills.

Please be sure to come prepared to your group's first book club meeting! In order to do this, you'll need to complete your rows in the Club Meeting Document that belongs your group in the attached dashboard.

Altogether, you should...
Note and interpret a signpost
Write (but not answer) a Level One question
Write (but not answer) a Level Two question
Write (but not answer) a Level Three question
Identify a new or challenging Vocab word that appears in your text and complete the row

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 4, Lesson 4. Complete the Shores Beyond Shores reading and answer the questions!

You can use the handout that you received in class to review questions for our discussion and organize your thinking about them. Write notes (not paragraphs), and avoid spending too much time on this task. If it were me, I would choose to organize my thoughts about five questions, and I would try to spend no more than five minutes on each one.

If you need a new copy of the questions and organizer, please see me!

Please work to collect some evidence from our texts that can help you respond to the essay prompt. Your objective here is to collect information and develop your thinking about the prompt - not to pick the exact quotes you will use later on. It's possible that you will never use some of the evidence you collect. It's also possible that you won't fill every row on this paper. 

A strong essay will likely be able to name two "strategies" and will have more than one piece of evidence for each strategy. Therefore, completing five rows of this Collecting Evidence paper will likely set you up for success. Your main objective is to complete the claim on the bottom of the back side. Use the Essay Prompt paper to help you fill in the third blank.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 4, Lesson 3. Complete the Night reading and answer the questions!

Please review the Book Club letter and Young Adult authorization form with an adult! Remember to have them check the applicable boxes when they sign!

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 4, Lesson 2. Complete the Maus reading and answer the questions!

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 4, Lesson 1. This reading is a graphic novel - notice that you only need to read to page 84 of the provided text.

We had about 45 minutes to work on this assignment during class. It's printed on a pink paper! If you did not finish in class, please do so as homework.

Complete the attached Google Doc by writing a CER in response to the bold question. A thorough checklist regarding what makes a good CER is on the second page for your reference. Don't forget to proofread your work before turning it in!

We completed this assignment in class and I'll be collecting it after break. If you did not finish in class, please do so as homework.

Please consider completing the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice the difference between adjectives and adverbs! There are three exercises total to complete.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 3, Lesson 3. This solo includes a short article on the November Pogroms.

Please complete the practice quiz at home! I passed them out on green paper. The practice quiz brings together all of the parts of speech we have practiced so far.

Check your work against the attached answer key!

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with adverbs! There are four exercises total to complete.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 3, Lesson 2. You'll need to read an article about Jesse Owens and answer some questions!

We completed this assignment together in class. If for some reason you did not finish it, please do so as homework. If you need to check in with me to see the video/newsreel, please do! Unfortunately, I'm not able to post it here easily.

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with adjectives! There are four exercises total to complete.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 3, Lesson 1. It includes a short reading and some questions.

If you did not finish in class, please complete the green paper that asks you to identify what readers can learn from Butter and Heck's two perspectives (something unique from each as well as something shared).

If you need an extra copy of this assignment, please stop by!

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 2, Lesson 2. We have already done this reading on the opening ceremony of the Olympics, so it simply requires answering some questions.

Please read the green paper with the excerpt from "Hitler Youth" by Alfons Heck. You received this paper during class.

Then, answer the questions on page 24 of your Holocaust: Memory & Meaning booklet.

If you find the text difficult, you can find an electronic copy in Subunit 2, Lesson 2: Card 4. The electronic version offers some definitions for difficult words.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Subunit 2, Lesson 1! We already did all of the reading, so this task is simply answering questions.

Please complete the practice quiz at home! I passed them out on pink paper. The practice quiz brings together all of the parts of speech we have practiced so far.

Check your work against the attached answer key! Note that there's an error on question 2 - the word "assignment" is a noun (not a pronoun) and a direct object.

Please complete the attached No Red Ink exercises to practice with prepositions and prepositional phrases! There are three exercises total to complete.

Please complete the Exit Ticket and Solo for Lesson 1!

We started (and you may have completed) this assignment in class. Read the attached story and "catch" twelve spooky, creepy, or unsetting details on your green Building a Mood with Spooky Details Graphic Organizer.

Please complete the attached No Red Ink Exercises (there are five of them) to practice with action verbs, helping verbs, and objects.

For this assignment, please complete the blue memoir planning paper that you recieved in class. The paper asks you to plan out a personal memoir, including a rough "plot mountain," story heart, details, and potential dialogue.

In the space below, write two comments about student Tiny Memoirs in the attached document. Choose two of the memoirs and write one comment about each. In your comment, include praise and a suggestion. Make sure you include the four key components of strong praise and the four key components of a strong suggestion. The slide decks from class are attached for your reference.

As you're writing your comment, it may help to look at your yellow packet of tiny memoirs. Those mentor memoirs show several strong writing moves that these student authors (and you!) might also use...

Please format your response by writing the name of the memoir you're commenting on, hitting enter, and writing your comment. Then, add an empty line before repeating the process for the second comment.

Example:
Tiny Memoir Title
Your comment

Tiny Memoir Title
Your comment

Please make sure you have completed the "Dialogue that Matters" section (the bottom half of the back page) of the pink packet, which asks you to consider a line of dialogue in three tiny memoirs.

This post is a reminder to complete the Showing, Not Telling side of the pink paper you received in class.

Please make sure you have completed the "Showing, Not Telling" page (one side) of the pink packet, which asks you three questions (about an angry person, an apple, and a messy classroom), and then requires you to identify and explain "showing" details in some Tiny Memoirs. 

If you need an extra copy of this paper, please stop by!

Please make sure you have completed "The Heart of the Stories" section (the top half of the back page) of the pink paper, which asks you to consider the "heart" or central topic or issue of Tiny Memoirs.

In the space below, write two positive comments about tiny memoirs from the yellow packet. Choose any two memoirs and write one positive comment about each. Make sure you include the four key components of strong praise in each comment! The slide deck from our class period is attached for your reference.

Please format your response by writing the name of the memoir you're commenting on, hitting enter, and writing your comment. Then, add an empty line before repeating the process for the second comment.

Example:
Tiny Memoir Title
Your comment

Tiny Memoir Title
Your comment

Please log in to NoRedInk (use Clever!), establish your settings, and work on Noun and Pronoun Practice.

Please create a document to attach to this assignment and create an MLA heading!

View the attached document for directions.

Please complete the paper that asks you to diagram the plot of two tiny memoirs (a comic strip on the front and a traditional plot digram on the back). 

If you need an extra copy, you can print the attachment or come get one from me!

Since we're going to the library next class, it's a great time to bring and return your Frankenstein book. Tuck it in your backpack so it's ready to go! Otherwise, you'll have to deal with returning it to the library on your own time.

Please complete the Solo. This solo is a bit different because it asks you to read a Greek myth and make some connections to Frankenstein!

Please complete the Solo! A screencast is attached to this assignment to support your reading.

Complete the attached Google Doc by writing a CER in response to the bold question. A thorough checklist regarding what makes a good CER is on the second page for your reference. Don't forget to proofread your work before turning it in!

Please complete the Solo prior to next class! A screencast is attached to this assignment to support your reading.

Please complete the Solo before next class! I've attached a screencast of the reading to support you!

Please answer the questions in the Google Form!

Please complete the Solo before our next class meeting! We completed the reading in class, but the screencast is available below if you need it!

Complete the attached Google Doc by writing a CER in response to the bold question. A thorough checklist regarding what makes a good CER is on the second page for your reference. Don't forget to run your proofread before turning it in!

Please prepare for the Socratic Seminar by taking notes on the attached organizer. You should have received a printed version in class and you can have it in front of you during the seminar.

The attachment is only in case you lose the paper copy!

Please complete the Lesson 8 Solo!

Complete the attached Google Doc by writing a CER in response to the bold question. A thorough checklist regarding what makes a good CER is on the second page for your reference. 

You can also view the attached slide deck, which breaks down every part of a CER in detail and includes leveled examples from the Lesson 2: Write. Don't forget to proofread!

Please complete the solo for Lesson 7!

Please complete the solo for Lesson 6!

Please complete the solo for Lesson 5!

No need to do the highlighting on Bubble 2!

Please finish the reading we started in class and read up through page 62. A screencast is attached, and we had already watched more than half of it in class! If you just watch to the end), you'll be done!

Also answer the two questions on Lesson 3: Card 10 | Exit Ticket. The link below should take you right to it!

Please complete Card 8 of Lesson 3 - it looks a lot like the activity we did in class, but it's about a different part of the text!

Remember that bubble 1 asks about Victor's feelings, but bubble 2 asks about your feelings.

Please complete Lesson 3: Card 11 | Solo by reading up through page 70 and answering the questions.

I've attached a screencast of the reading below, but don't forget to answer the questions!

We completed this together in class!

Unfortunately, this section does not have audio and definitions, but the pictures are vivid! Please review Vol 2: Chapter 1 (pages 72-78) and complete the form attached to this assignment.

Note: All of the pages of the reading are inside the form (for your convenience). Remember that I'm not trying to trick you with the questions - our goal is to move forward with a shared understanding of what is going on in the novel.

Please complete Lesson 2: Card 5 (Bubbles 1 & 2) by reading pages 36-40 and answering the corresponding questions. You can skip question five on Bubble 2 (which asks you about a discussion with your partner). 

Be sure to use the pictures in the graphic novel version to help you!

The link below should take you directly to the card!

We will be completing this assignment during class time.

Please read Chapters 4 and 5 of Frankenstein. You should be able to access audio and definitions within Amplify for Chapter 4, though unfortunately we cannot access them for Chapter 5 (don't worry, though! Chapter 5 is only a few pages!). I've also attached a screencast of the reading that covers Chapter 4.

Then, complete the attached Google Form "quiz." It is not a quiz the way you might think of quizzes - the goal is to have you review and digest what you have read by answering these questions. When you open the quiz, you'll see that I have included ALL of the required reading pages WITHIN the quiz to help you process and respond to the questions.

Please complete the attached Google Doc by writing a CER in response to the bold question. I recommend using a quotation from page 34 or 35 of the text (which you can find in your graphic novel, in the digital version in the library or in Lesson 2: Card 6). 

A thorough checklist regarding what makes a good CER is on the second page of the doc for your reference, and you can also reference the CER Overview slide deck if you need to!

Please complete the reading (three pages) and answer the questions in the Lesson 1 Solo!

Remember that you can play the audio recording and check definitions as you read! Also remember to open the graphic novel version of the text in a second tab if it helps you to consider the pictures while you read.

In order to succeed on multiple choice questions, follow these steps:
     1. Read the question carefully
     2. Consider the answer in your head without reading the answers
     3. Revisit the text to find support for the answer in your head
     4. Read the answer choices
     5. Use the process of elimination to eliminate any choices you know are wrong
     6. Check your top choices against the text

Please complete this assignment by skimming Volume 1: Chapters 2&3 of Frankenstein and answering the questions in the attached Google Form.

Your goal is to move through the Google Form quickly. The questions will draw your attention to the key points of the reading that I want you to note.

Please complete ten boxes on the yellow CER Examples paper that we worked on in class. If you were absent, just check in with me when you return!

Please be prepared to turn in your finalized hexagon and illustrated Six Word Memoir before leaving Wednesday's class!

You'll have about twenty minutes to work during Wednesday's class.

Hexagon Requirements:
Your name in the middle (in fine-tipped sharpie)
Six sides of yourself (one on each edge - also in sharpie, and aligned with any "matches" you made in pencil on the backside)
*optional* doodle
*optional* light background color in colored pencil
Six Word Memoir Requirements:

Your Six-Word memoir (neat and easy to read)
Some type of illustration or visual symbol that represents your memoir - in color and with bold lines! Neatness counts!
Your full name visible on the front
You can see examples in the attached slide deck

Please complete the attached Formative by answering questions about the class syllabus and student handbook. You can find the syllabus in Google Classroom and are welcome to reference it as you answer questions.

Complete this independently, but know that you get a second attempt if you need it!

Please follow these directions in order to continue the assignment we completed in class!

1) Draft six different six-word memoirs in your notebook. Be sure to use craft moves and choose the right words. (15 mins)

2) Submit five of them here in a numbered list by writing them in the answer box and clicking "Turn in." Indicate your top choice with *asterisks* (see below). Also, your peers will be able to see your post, so make sure that you choose the five that you're okay sharing - I tried to give you one freebie to leave out since you should have written six! (5 mins)

3) After you have submitted your memoirs, a tab should appear at the top of the screen allowing you to see some of your classmates' posts. Enjoy reading through them! (3 mins).

Be ready to have me "check" your top memoir and I'll provide you with cardstock. Then, you'll have some class time to create a visual! Use examples from past years as a guide! Color and bold lines are a must!

Mr. O'Bannon's Example:
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1. *Summertime Gabbing: Nana knows me now.*
2. Brothers talk till dawn, say farewell.
3. Father's Day diploma. His quiet pride.
4. My pink coat. I "lost" it.
5. Sometimes "takeoff" means leaving dreams behind.