April 26, 2010 - April 30, 2010
Weekly Agenda for Contemporary Composition
Monday, April 26th:
Warm-ups:
CST released test
Finish the sharing of "The Things My Classmates Carry"
Creative Writing Assignment:
Write a paragraph modeled on Tim O'Brien's THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Choose five high school students (they can be real, people you know, or they can be fictional) and write three things they carry in their purses or their backpacks. Each item should reveal something about themselves.
This creative writing assignment will be due on Thursday, April 29th.
Read THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Tuesday, April 27th:
Shortened Day
Your Writer's Choice is due today; Gerunds and gerund phrases; pages 519 - 520; exercises 10 - 11. Go over in class.
Read THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Wednesday, April 28th:
Warm-up:
CST released test
Read THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Thursday, April 29th:
Share with the class your creative writing assignment:"The Things My Classmates Carry".
Read THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Friday, April 30th:
Warm-up:
Write five sentences with gerunds using five words from you Unit 7 vocabulary.
Read THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
