Homework 7/30

Homework: Create an expository brochure about a specific high school in the area. Use your research from your essay. Keep in mind the purpose is to inform and to persuade. Your audience is 7^th and 8^th grade students deciding what high school they would like to attend. Use the strategies discussed during class. You should have a small Works Cited section on the back of your brochure.

Homework 7/29

Homework: Write your final draft of your compare and contrast essay. This should include in-text citations and a Work Cited page. It must be 5-7 well-developed paragraphs. It should be 2-4 pages, in proper MLA formatting. You must submit a typed hard copy in class. (If you do not have a printer, put on flash drive and print at headquarters office).

HOMEWORK 7/25 and weekend!

Tonight's Homework: Create a Works Cited page for all of your research, create the in-text citations for each source used.

 Homework for the Weekend: Write the first draft of your compare and contrast essay. It should be 5-7 well developed paragraphs. Finish grammar packet if you did not already.

Homework 7/24

Homework: Compare and Contrast a specific private high school to a specific public high school. Do research, create a Venn Diagram, and then write an outline to organize your ideas. You do not need to actually write the essay yet.

Homework 7/23

1.  Read Handout on Expository Writing

2.  Take notes on separate paper - remember effective note taking!

3.  Use the Questioning Study strategy:

a.  Create at least 4 open-ended questions and answer them.

Homework 7/22

Homework: Read and answer questions for extract 1, 2, and 3

Weekend Homework

Homework: 1) Hand in your final draft of your descriptive writing.

2) Complete a one page journal reflection on how your writing has improved from the beginning of the summer until now and how you used what you learned from your last writing assignment to make this piece of writing better.