| Introductory assignments | One Truth and Two Lies |
| Mandalas | Working with metaphors and producing Sun Shadow Mandalas Scan Mandalas
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| Web Site Creation | Students establish websites and start uploading material to them. |
| Cyber journal | Write first cyberjournal |
| Running Loose Book Blog | Write first Book Journal |
| Where I Am From | Writing Where I am From Poems |
| After School On Ordinary Days | Write Poem following this model |
| Poetry | A whole month of poetry ideas |
| Hyperlinked Haiku | |
| Practice for Soph Writing Test | Expository Essays Persuasive Essays |
| Running Loose
Multigenre
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Using Running Loose, students will write about their lives. |
| Research Paper | Powerpoint showing how to do research paper |
| October Sky | Watch Movie and write essay |
| Nikki Giovanni Poetry | Write following Giovanni models (this will be scattered throughout the semester. |
| Persuasive Essay
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Brainstorm for topic and write a persuasive essay |
| Buddy Books | Choose YA novels for lit circles and Buddy Book exchanges Enter introductory exchange in Nicenet ( I will email you our class key) and then weekly exchanges with reading buddies |
| Living Histories Research Paper | We will devote four weeks to research, interviewing, and writing this paper. |
| All Assignments listed | below are choices if we have enough time |
| Choose Your Own Adventure | |
| Mystery of Harris Burdick |
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| ITurning News Articles into Poetry | |