Sheaffer - Writing on Wed Book Grading 2018-19 500 pts.
IMPORTANT: Subject to change at any time!!!!
Updated 2-4-2019
1a) 8-08: Who I
Am paper
1b) 08-15: Me –
7 sentences about yourself
2) 08-22: The
dumbest thing I ever did (3 paragraphs) 1st para: What
I did, 2nd para: Why
I did it, 3rd paragraph: What I learned.
3) 08-29: Ah-ha
Moment from NMS (2 paragraph)
4) 9-5: My name
has/has not affected who I am. (2 paragraphs)
5) 9-12: Is Jonas
living in a Utopia? Why? Why not? (2 paragraphs):
6) 9-19:The best book I have read in the past year. (3
paras) 1st & 2nd
para: what I read
(book summary), 3rd para: why I liked it. (3 Paras)
7) 09-26:Your
thoughts on school shootings, stabbings, threats, etc. (3 paragraphs)
8) 10-03: The truth
of the matter is you always know the right thing
to do. The hard part
is doing it. 2 paragraphs
9) 10-10: The Supreme Court - 3 paragraphs
10) 10-17:
No Assignment. Professional Day
11) 10-24:Veteran’s Day 2 Patriotic Cinquain Poems – 1 with Pattern A = (Line 1: 1 word, Line 2: 2 words, Line 3: 3 words, Line 4: 4 words, Line 5: 1 word) . Pattern B = (Line 1: 1 noun, Line 2: 2 adjectives, Line 3: 3 "ing" words, Line 4: a 4 word phrase, Line 5: Another word for the noun on line 1) Add to WOW.
12) 10-31: Best
Halloween Experience (3 paragraphs)
13) 11-07: Why
I am thankful for my Dad. (3 paragraphs)
14) 11-14: Why
I am thankful for my Mom. (3 paras)
14b)
11-15: Reading: THANKS acrostic and 1 paragraph using the following
vocabulary: oven, turkey, thankful, pie, pumpkin, stuffing, table, fortunate,
happy, dinner. PRE-AP Reading: THANKSGIVING acrostic and 2
paragraphs using the same vocab.
15) 11-28: Find an article from newspaper or internet. Write a 2 paragraph essay on a current hot topic with 1 citation (Pre-AP 3 paragraphs). Be sure to add a works cited at bottom of article. Attach article to WOW.
Turn in WOW journal for 1st semester WOW grade = 100 points.
16) 12-5-18: My
Christmas Wish Lish for the World (3 paragraphs)
17) 12-12-18: What I
want & what I’m doing for Christmas (3 para)
18) 12-19-18: My
Goals for 2019 (3+ paragraphs)
19) 1-9-19: What I
Got for Xmas & What I Did Over Break & Parents Reaction to Christmas
Letters (3 paragraphs)
20) 1-16-19: Why do you think Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was and still is so powerful? (3 paragraphs)
21) 1-23-19: No
W.O.W. – Around the World Project
22) 1-30-19: 3 paragraphs on What I've learned about my AtW country.
23) 2-6-19: 3
paragraphs on why English, Reading, & Grammar is important
24) 2-13-19: Write a
3 paragraph essay on My Favorite Valentine
25) 2-20-19: If you received a large sum of money as a gift, what would you do with it? (3 paragraphs)
26) 2-27-17: Write a 3 paragraph essay on a current hot topic.
27) 3-06-19: Chronological Day – 10 events, 2 other people, 3 feeling/mood, 3 settings (PreAP: 20 events, 4 people, 4 feelings, 4 settings)
28) 3-12-19: What are
some of the things you worry about? (3 para)
29) 3-20-19: No
assignment – Spring Break
30) 3-27-19: What are 3 things that make you special? (3 paragraphs)
31) 04-3-19: Why it’s hard being a middle school student. 3 Paragraphs
32) 04-10-19: Ah-ha Moment from NMS (using this year’s teachers) (2 paras)
33) 04-17-19: How I’m
feeling at the end of 7thgrade. (3
paragraphs)
34) 05-01-19:
WOW due date
35) Extra: What
I learned in the 7th grade. 3 paragraphs
36) Extra: Write a 3 paragraph essay on a current hot topic.
37) Extra: Your
choice (3 paragraphs)
Remember: Pre-AP paragraphs are minimum 7 sentences each and Regular classes are minimum 5 sentences per paragraph.
_____ paragraphs =
___________ points
_____sentences =
_____________points = _____________/500
points total