English: Writing Exercises

 

First Trimester 

On Writing Fiction:  "Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists. The strands are all there: to the memory nothing is ever really lost."  Eudora Welty

My First Day of School	Back to School Essay	Gargoyle Poetry	Folktale Project Packet
My Parent's Junior High Days	Contributions of Ancient Arabs Essay	Leaf Poem/ Autumn Poetry	Ray Bradbury Metaphor/ Simile Poetry
Peer Interview	America Eats Paragraph	Arab Poetry	Back to School Essay
Family Interviews	Redo Shadow Spinner Essay	Africa Flow Write Poetry	Research

Writing: Second Trimester

On Writing: "Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go" E L Doctorow

Family Interviews	Asian Folktales	Research	Valentine's Poetry
Internet Search: James Thurber	Chinese Poetry	Essay on China's Contributions	Shoguns of Feudal Japan Essay
Compare and Contrast Essay on I, Juan and Anna form	Poetry Packet	Compare and Contrast Anna and Juan	Example of the America Eats Paragraph
Essay on Role of Women in Medieval

Writing: Third Trimester

On Poetry: "Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down." Robert Frost

Extended Reading Activity	Reading Recipe	Fahrenheit 451: Background Information	Kaayva's Not So Happy Ending
Wearing of the Green Essay Paragraph

 

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