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Unit 1: Short Stories, Essay Writing, and Vocabulary

Self-Manage Your Activities

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|EXPECTATION |EXCEEDING |MEETING |IN PROGRESS |LIMITED PROGRESS |

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|Students will demonstrate |Student meets all in |Student meets all “In |Student meets all in “Limited|Student meets all |

|proficiencies in |“Meeting” and improves by: |Progress” and improves by: |Progress” and improves by: |“Limited Progress”: |

Description/explanation of what you accomplished: _____________________________________________

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Creative Writing Contest:

1. New Voices, Young Writers

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• Entries accepted Nov 1 to Dec 20

2. Teen Ink (no deadlines, entries accepted year round), but you must sign-up to have an account

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3. Creative Writing Kids Magazine

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Ideas: Choose a set of three elements and write a story that contains all three of them!

← A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger.

← A taxi, an old enemy, and Valentine's Day.

← A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a lightning strike.

← An ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, a pair of binoculars, and a good-luck charm.

← The first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake.

← A horoscope, makeup, and a missing tooth.

← A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.

← *Challenge: select three random items near you

Read a Short Story of Your Choice

1. Browse the selection of short stories in your green literature textbook and choose one to read (or select a book from Ms. Weinfurter’s library bookshelf or your own book)

Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird by Toni Cade Bambara 570, Uncle Marcos from The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 577, The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko 590, The Invalid’s Story by Mark Twain 596, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 608, The Harvest by Tomas Rivera 616, The Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 96, *Rules of the Game by Amy Tan 262, Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant 282, The Interlopers by Saki (H.H. Munro) 304, One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts by Shirley Jackson 420, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst 554, The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind by Ray Bradbury 178, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber 346, Sonata for Harp and Bicycle by Joan Aiken 540

Unit 2 Vocabulary Assignment

1. Complete the workbook activities for unit 2

2. Study on

a. Type in my last name (Weinfurter) in the search box and select the unit 2 vocabulary

Create a Meme for Unit 1 (Short Stories, Essay Writing, and Vocabulary)

1. Think about your “Top 10” for the unit (tips, advice, reminders, things you learned, or anything from unit 1)

2. Create a meme (picture and text) that depicts something from unit 1to help next year’s freshman be successful

3. Use the computer or paper and colored pencils or markers to write/sketch the meme

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