Due Tuesday/Wednesday

Typed drafts due! We will be peer-editing.

Due Monday!

A complete vignette (5 paragraphs) modeled after the Sandra Cisneros "My Name" piece we read in class. The vignette should use a range of figurative language to express implicitly your feelings about your name. It also needs to include an anecdote (mini-story) expressing an event or moment connected with your name.

I look forward do seeing your drafts!

Homework Update!

Because of a few scheduling things, we will not be working on the Vignette until Thursday and Friday in class. That means that the rough draft is going to be due Monday rather than at the beginning of class Thursday and Friday (something I had scheduled in Synergy). Stay posted for the new final draft due date.  I will make changes in Synergy to indicate the change.

As for homework due Wed./Thurs. and Fri. of this week--there is none. Come prepared with your composition notebook, a pen or pencil, and your folder and your SSR choice book for class.

Due on Monday!

Monday please remember to bring supplies: composition notebook (okay if wide-ruled), pen/pencil, and a folder with pockets (or other organizational tool of your choice for worksheets and homework).

Also bring an SSR book, and your completed 15 Sentence Portrait (Autobiographical Poem). This can be typed but does not need to be.

Past due: signed syllabus and formal letter.

Enjoy the heat!

Welcome!

Welcome to Ms. Brandy's blog and to Sophomore English at Grant High School!

Reminders for Thursday/Friday:

• Complete the formal letter to me. This may be typed or handwritten, but it must be representative of your best work as it functions as a pre-assessment and it shows me how well you are able to follow written instructions.
• Bring your syllabus back, signed by you and a parent or guardian, showing that you have discussed the content and expectations of the course.

Bring Your Best Work!

You will be adding your best work from the school year to your portfolio. Make sure to bring 3-4 pieces of work you are proud of from the year. This can include essays, but also anything else you think shows your creativity, critical thinking, growth, and ingenuity.

Over the Weekend!!!

Last week of school!!!

All of you:
By Monday finish The Alchemist
Bring in your Dream Mandala and your explanation of the symbols.

If your research paper isn't in, or isn't revised, you MUST have it in by Monday if you wish to get any feedback.

Students in period 2 check the post below and answer the Paulo Coelho questions. Answer and bring in completed in your notebook.