mrs. cannon's english blog: November 2012

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Writing Contest Guidelines

Here is the website with the Scholastic Art and Writing categories and guidelines.

http://www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/how-to-submit/categories/

Scroll down the page to find the writing categories.

I'm so excited to help any of you who are interested in getting stories and poems ready for the contest.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

ME 2-5 Due November 29th - Free Choice from Writing Journal

Free Writing Assignment: For this writing assignment, you can use any of the formats from the Menu Entrée page (look for it on my blog at mrscannonsenglishblog.blogspot.com).

· Use ideas from at least 3 pages in your writing journal

· Keep the assignment between 100-200 words

· At the top of the paper, include which three pages and ideas from your journal you are using

· Be sure to include your standard heading and turn in the assignment typed

· Also include “ME 2-5” at the top to indicate Menu Entrée Term 2, assignment 5

· Have fun with this!

Sample:

Jane Dough

English - Period 17

Mrs. Cannon

ME 2-5

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

ME 2-4: Menu Entree - Due November 15th - Setting Description

Menu Entrée 4 – Setting Description – Due Thursday, November 15^th

Write a 100-200 word description of a setting of your choice using one or more of the tools listed below.

1. Think of someplace or remember someplace you have spent considerable time.

2. Next decide what you want to say about the setting and tell about it the setting using adjectives.

3. Now use each of the following devices to show rather than tell about the setting.

a. Simile, metaphor, or personification

b. Dialogue

c. Tell about a common, simple event that might happen there.

d. Imagery

Example:

Laguna Beach in the off-season
Warm sun, light breeze, quiet, peaceful, not very many people.

Simile, Metaphor, Personification: The sun was a soft light, warming the sand. The breeze played with my hair, brushing it occasionally across my face. The beach was like an enchanted, deserted island, with nothing to interrupt the peace.
Dialogue: “You know, we could be doing homework right now,” she laughed. “Yeah,” her brother said, “and chores.” “Instead here we sit with no one to bother us or tell us what to do.” “I think we should say we’re never coming back. I like the idea of spending the rest of my life just watching the seagulls run away from the waves.”
A Simple Event: They sat there barefoot in their beach chairs watching the sunlight on the waves, when a woman far down the beach walked slowly, wading in the very edge of the water. She stopped every few yards to face the big ocean in some kind of meditation, arms outstretched, a sandal in each hand, bringing the peace and strength of the ocean into her soul. It was like she was washing away all of the stresses of the day and replacing it with the warmth and quietness of the beach. OR There, where the sand met the water, was a lone, red plastic bucket, filled with a sludgy, sandy mixture that kept it from washing out into the ocean. Next to it were the remains of a child’s sand castle, but there were no children in sight today. The seagulls ran up and down the shoreline, unbothered, looking for sand crabs and the only other noise was the quiet lapping of the waves as they came and went.
Imagery: There was that misty salty flavor in the air and a teasing breeze played with the edges of my book as I sat half reading, half meditating on the vastness of the water in front of me. The seagulls were kind enough not to interrupt my solitude with their games and I wiggled my toes deeper into the cool sand. It was like a big calming breath of fresh air wrapped up in a little package for me to drink in. Occasionally a jogger would come steadily down the beach and slowly disappear into the distance, but they were just part of the scenery – not really registering in the atmosphere that was calming me breath by breath, like one big wave washing over me.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Bronze Bow Reading Schedule

The Bronze Bow Reading Schedule

Name:_________________________________Period_____________________________Date________

Date Assigned Chapter Date Due

November 8 - Wednesday Chapter 1

November 9 – Thursday Chapter 2

November 10 – Friday Chapters 3-5

November 12 – Monday Chapter 6 (Quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 12 – Chap. 1-6)

November 13 – Tuesday Chapter 7

November 14 – Wednesday Chapter 8 (Quiz on Thursday, Nov. 14 – Chap. 7-8)

November 15 – Thursday Chapter 9

November 16 – Friday Chapters 10-12

November 19 – Monday Chapter 13 (Quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 20 – Chap. 9-13)

November 20 – Tuesday Chapters 14-16

November 26 – Monday Chapter 17 (Quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 27 – Chap. 14-17)

November 27 – Tuesday Chapter 18

November 28 – Wednesday Chapter 19 (Quiz on Thursday, Nov. 29 – Chap. 18-19)

November 29 – Thursday Chapter 20

November 30 – Friday Chapter 21-23

December 3 – Monday Chapter 24 (Final Test)