Unit 4/Week 4 Work

This week we will go back to creative writing. A descriptive writing piece is one that shares an experience with your reader. That is, you will explain a place, feeling, object or person using your sensory descriptions.

Remember to include each of your five senses, as well as using language we discussed in our group talk about figurative language. (Figurative devices and their definitions can be found here:


You do not need to use them all, but be sure to include a few that will make your writing more interesting.

The standards we are addressing this week are:

ELA10RL1: The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (examples of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events and main ideas) in a variety of texts represetnative of different genres (poetry, prose, drama) and using this evidence as the pasis for interpretation.

ELA10RL4 The student employs a variety of writing genres to demonstrate a comoprehensive grasp of significant ideas in selected literary works. Thes tudent composes essays, narratives, poems or technical documents.

ELA10RL5 The student udnerstands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing.

ELA10W1: The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout and signals closure.

ELA10W2: The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres

ELA10LSV1 The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student and group verbal interactions

Unit 3/Week 3 Work

This week we will return to NovaNet and complete more conventions. At the end of this week, you should be at the half-way point in your NovaNet (through Module 5).

The NovaNet and any class discussions will meet the following Georgia Performance Standards. Please rewrite the following standards in your own words on your blog:

ELA10C1: The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.This includes:

• Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, diction and syntax.
  
• Correctly use clauses, phrases and mechanics of punctuation
  Demonstrate an understanding of sentence construction and proper English usage

Unit 2/Week 2 Work

This week you will begin writing, editing and revising your first piece of work for this class. Your first writing assignment will be to write a first person narrative, or autobiography. When you write this piece, remember that you are not telling your entire life story, but rather just one moment that is important. Here are a few suggestions as to how this can be done:

• Your most embarrassing moment
• Your first day at a new school or job
• An important family event

Your piece of writing should be two pages, typed, double-spaced in a Times New Roman 12-point font. This assignment fits the standard:

ELA10C2: The student demonstrates understanding of manuscript form, realizing that different forms of writing require different formats. You should:

• Produce writing that conforms to appropriate manuscript requirements.
• Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
• Reflect appropriate format requirements, including pagination, spacing, and margins, and integration of source material with appropriate citations.
• Include formal works cited or bibliography, when applicable.

Don't forget to rewrite the standard using your own language on your blog. After you have completed all of the steps of your writing (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) please return to your blog and tell me how your assignment fit the required standard.

If you have trouble remembering what each step of the writing process is, check out this link: http://www.ezwebsite.org/Photos/files112/5%20Steps%20of%20the%20Writing%20Process%20chart.doc

Check your pacing guide to view the dates your rough draft is due, when you will peer edit and when your final draft is due. (Your final draft will both be emailed to me as an attachment and posted to your blog to display your fantastic final product!)

Unit 1/Week 1 Work

Before beginning this unit, you should review the Georgia Performance Standards we are about to address.

Each week as we begin a new unit or address a new standard, I would like you to access your personal blog. I would like for you to rewrite the standard using your own language, which should take only about three or four sentences. Then, after completing all of the work for the unit, you should write how the assignment(s) you just completed fit your summary. Aagain, this could be done in approximately three sentences.

Think of this as a way for me to judge whether or not you truly learned what you were supposed to. If you can't say that it did, you may need to work with me and attempt the assignment again with a different stategy.

The first week of class will cover NovaNet modules 1-3. These modules address the following standards:

ELA10C1: The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

This includes:

• Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, diction and syntax.
• Correctly use clauses, phrases and mechanics of punctuation
• Demonstrate an understanding of sentence construction and proper English usage.

Check your pacing guide to deteremine what unit of NovaNet you should complete each day. The lessons you learn will include, but are not limited to: capitolization, punctuation, proper structure of a paragraph and scanning versus skimming for research.

Attendance Policy

I abide by the very strict attendance policy put into place by the PLC. In the course of our 12 weeks together, you are allotted no more than four absences. If you are ill or have an otherwise excused absence, you may call me or email me prior to the start of class. If you do so, you may make up the time during Friday school, and will not receive an absence. This is a new feature the PLC is offering this year, which we hope will benefit those of you who must miss class but do not want to get behind.

However, if you do not attend Friday school for the date I assign, your absence will stand. Because I show leniency in this way, I do not offer appeals for students going over in attendance. (The only exception to this is if all of your absences are excused and consecutive, meaning you have not yet had the opportunity to attend school on a Friday. That is a rare circumstance.)

Do not expect to be able to make up class time for the following reasons:

slept through alarm
didn't feel like coming in, etc.
an otherwise excused absence in which you did not alert me that you would be absent

Just remember, if you hold up your end of the deal and try your best, you will excel and learn a lot in this class!

Welcome to Class!

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for checking in to your class. I hope we have a great, productive school term together. This class is Tenth Grade Literature and Composition credit, in which we will discuss reading, literature, writing, conventions and listening, speaking and viewing, as required by the state of Georgia for a credit towards graduation.

There are many things that you will need to keep in mind for this class, so each major point will have its own link on this blog.

For example, be sure to read the links for the syllabus and attendance policy and pay careful, close attention any time you see the words "Georgia Performance Standards (GPS)."

Each of your assignments will be explained here fully, so be sure to read the information before attempting to complete the work.

Enjoy!

Mrs. Scredon