STAR Mirror Assessment

Hello! Please get out a pencil and put everything else away, unless you have your Dear Mrs. H. final draft to give me. If you still need to turn it in, please leave it on the corner of your desk.

Thank you!

Don't forget to tell your parents about Back to School Night tonight. I would love to meet them.

1. Please get out your Dear Mrs. Hislop rough draft, final draft, and rubric.

2. Put them in this order on the side of your desk: Rubric on top, rough draft in the middle, final draft on the bottom.

3. Write down your HW for this week in your binder reminder or calendar.

8/22 to 8/26

Monday 8/22:
1. Journals
2. Collect/Share DMH Final Drafts
3. Start Elements of Fiction: April in Paris
HW: STAR Mirror Test tomorrow. Get plenty of sleep, and eat a great breakfast.

Tuesday 8/23:
1. STAR Mirror Test
HW: Tell your parents to come to Back to School Night tonight at 6:30.

Wednesday 8/24:
1. Journals
2. Finish STAR Mirror
3. Elements of Fiction
NO HW!

Thursday 8/25:
1. Journals
2. Continue Elements of Fiction
HW: Study for your QUIZ tomorrow!

Friday 8/26:
1. Journals
2. Elements of Fiction QUIZ
3. Continue Elements of Fiction
HW: NO HW!

8/19 Quickwrite

Write two paragraphs contrasting your favorite band or musician with your least favorite band or musician. Remember, when you contrast two things, you point out differences between the two.

8/18 Quickwrite

When we're talking, we say suppose to, instead of the grammatically correct supposed to. But suppose to is a made-up phrase. To burn this rule into your brain, write 7 sentences that use supposed to.

Here are some topics for each sentence:
1. Justin Bieber
2. Bees
3. Hawaii
4. Halloween
5. Moustaches
6. Facebook
7. Walnuts

Quickwrite 8/17

Even the best writers rely on obvious words. Practice mental flexibility by writing a paragraph describing a typical August afternoon without using the words hot, humid, heat, or sun.

Set up a piece of paper in MLA format. Title it "Quickwrites 8/16-8/19."

Today's:
Most formal paragraphs consist of at least four or five good sentences. Usually, the first sentence of such a paragraph is the topic sentence, which contains the paragraph's main idea. The rest of the sentences in the paragraph support the main idea. Practice writing a solid formal paragraph with a topic sentence and several supporting sentences. Write your paragraph on the topic "My Most Embarrassing Moment Ever."