September 8th-September 11th.

September 8th, 2020-Tuesday

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. What is your name?

2. Who did you have for English last year?

3. What do you like most about English?

4. What do you like least about English?

5. Tell me something you would like me to know about you; something that motivates you, favorite sport, activity etc.

Due Sptember 18th-Friday

The first assignment of the year will count as two quiz grades. I want you to take your time with this assignment. I want you to first make an outline or a rough copy (for your personal use). I want you to take a night to culminate your thoughts , then a night to organize them (an outline or a rough copy) and then I want you to take a a day to write. 

I don’t want this to come off of the top of your head. I want you to have vivid examples , thought provoking ideas, and imagery that catches my attention.

So…..

As a diagnostic (aka pre assessment)of your writing ability, please complete the following:

In a five paragraph essay, tell me about you. In most writing, we know that we are not supposed to use personal pronouns ( I, me). However in this assignment it is allowed.

I want the standard 5 paragraphs; Introduction, Body, Body, Body, Conclusion.

For the three body paragraphs I want to know about any or all of the following:  your family, friends, sports, activities, neighborhood, vacations, relatives , school experiences, challenges , hopes and dreams !

AS WITH ALL ASSIGNMENTS, if there is a personal reason that you may not want to write about something in particular, that is okay, let me know, and develop one of the other topic areas listed above.

September 21-October 2, 2020

Students are sharing their essays and doing paragraph by paragrapgh revisions through discussion and advisement.

October 5-October 9, 2020

We have spent a lot of time dissecting your autobiographical essays. After doing this, you should write at the top of the essay, the two things you noticed were a problem in your ✍🏼 writing .
Document two things that we discussed in individual essay conferencing that you need to work on.
Ex: repetitive , extraneous information , switching tenses, lack of proofreading etc.

October 13-October 16, 2020

In a 10-12 sentence composition, tell me what The Black Lives Matter movement means to you. Explore the positive things that have come out of the movement. Do you feel any negative things that have come out of the movement? Explain your answer.
Cite at least two quotes from social media or news articles to support both sides of the argument.

October 19 -October 23, 2020

Should men have the same right's as woman do to an unborn child. Explore the case we discussed in class. Is it fair/ Why or Why not? Support your espose. USE RACE!!

October 26-October 30, 2020

Should a parent have the right to refuse a sex to a child when they are born? Should the child decide their sex? Will this cause struggles to the child. Why or Why not? Support your response. Refer to the model's case that is in the news now.

November 2-November 6, 2020

What are your thoughts on the Presidential election? Do you think it has been fair? What are the parts you disagree with? Who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Why?

November 9-November 13, 2020 

Pfizer has announced that they have a promising Covid vaccine. Address the possible challenges involved in mass producing a vaccine and the possible pushback from every day citizens.

November 16-November 20, 2020

Brittany Maynard and the Right to Die Laws.

November 23-November 27, 2020

Go over journal-Thanksgiving Break!

November30-December 4, 2020

The Death Penalty.

December 7th-Decmber 11th, 2020

Whirligig, by Paul Fleischman

December 14th-18th, 2020

Death by Text

December 21st-23rd, 2020

Holiday Journals-Traditions, Variations. Global Pandemic Impact.

December 24th-January 3rd, 2021

Winter Break

January 4th-January 8th, 2021

Review of RACES

Writing assignment on "What is a Sport".

January 11th-15th, 2021

Regents Prep Review Regarding Claim/Opposing Claim

Writing on "Transgender Athletes in Sports"

January 16th-22nd, 2021

Regents Prep Review Regarding Claim/Opposing Claim

Capitol Incident January 6th

January 25th-January 29th, 2021

Regents Prep Review Regarding Calim/Opposing Claim

One on One Review of Writing

Making changes in real time.

February 1st-5th, 2021

Importance of textual evidence in Writing

One on One Review of Writing

February 8th-12th, 2021

Arguementative Writing

View Videos

February 15th -19th, 2021

Snow Days-View Videos Begin writing

February 22nd-26th, 2021

Finish Writing

One on One Review of Writing

March 1st-5th, 2021

March 8th-2th, 2021

Student choice topic-Tiger Woods

Videos

Discussion

March 15th-19th, 2021

Tiger woods write up.

March 22nd-26th, 2021

Spring Break

March 29th-April 2nd, 2021

One on One Review of Student Generated Topic

April 5th-April 9th, 2021

Argumentative Writing

Claim/Opposing Claim

April 12th-April 16th, 2021

New Topic