Paraphrasing

HOMEWORK: 
Do Part III of the paraphrasing worksheet. 

Descriptive Essay

HOMEWORK: 
Proofread & edit what you wrote! 

Eating Chilli Peppers

HOMEWORK: 
Read and do an outline for the essay "Eating Chilli Peppers". Also answer the questions that come at the end. 


How do you really spell it?

• The Grammarphobia Blog: Chili, chile, or chilli?

Biography Essay

HOMEWORK: 
Finish off your narrative writing (a biography essay about the person of YOUR choice). The essay should be about 5 paragraphs long or around 500 words. 
Please make sure you proofread and edit it BEFORE you share it with me. Thanks. 

Narrative - transition words

HOMEWORK: 
Do the worksheet on transitional phrases. DOC

Narrative Reading

HOMEWORK: 
Read the story "Lamb to Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. In our class slides there are TWO links, one is a PDF and the other is a google doc, I would suggest using the google doc because you can make notes and comments easily. 

If you are interested in more reading practice, you can visit the links below. 
     ** 100 Great Short Stories
     ** Classic Short Stories
     ** Classic Reader

Exemplification Essays

HOMEWORK: 
You have until Wednesday to write a 5 paragraph essay that explains or illustrates a topic of  your choice. Please PROOFREAD it before you send it to me. 

Exemplification Paragraphs

HOMEWORK:
Finish exemplification paragraphs and share with me. If you would like to do two, feel free. 

Monday - March 13 - we are in Room 3-11.

Exemplification Outlines

HOMEWORK: 
HOMEWORK to do for FRIDAY -- make a copy of the document and create 3 outlines for the topic sentences you wrote in class.

Exemplification

HOMEWORK
Answer Part I and Part II #2 in the EXEMPLIFICATION worksheet

Writing!

HOMEWORK: 

Over the next couple of days you will be preparing to write an information essay. For today, I would like you to: 

1. define your topic
2. brainstorm
3. create a brief outline

Click on the topic link to find some suggested topics.