Writing+110

Wednesday, Sept. 4 -- complete forms and writing inventory.
Thursday, Sept. 5 -- Bring novel for tomorrow.

Friday, Sept. 6 -- complete preliminary writing sample for Monday. Bring novel and writer's notebook to class.

Monday, Sept. 9 -- no homework assigned for tomorrow.

Tuesday, Sept. 10 -- complete prewriting exercise (clustering)

Wednesday, Sept. 11 -- Broad and focused topics exercise

Thursday, Sept. 12 -- writing variables exercise for Monday.

Monday, Sept. 16 -- no homework tonight.

Tuesday, Sept. 17 -- paragraph assignment (have your idea for a descriptive paragraph about a place).

Wednesday, Sept. 18 -- prewrite and draft descriptive paragraph. Revision, editing, and proof reading will be done in class on Thursday.
Thursday, Sept. 19 -- good copy of descriptive paragraph.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 -- WN will be collected on Wednesday, Sept. 25, flash fiction should be done by Friday at the latest.

Friday, Sept. 27 -- complete prewriting for narrative essay for Monday.

Monday, Sept. 30 -- flash fiction for Tuesday (Wednesday at the latest). First draft of personal narrative essay due by the end of class on Thursday.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 -- flash fiction due tomorrow. Narrative essay draft by Friday.

Friday, Oct. 4 -- last class to work on narrative essay revision is Monday. All work, including the final copy, is due on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 -- narrative essay (and all related work) is due tomorrow. WN collection date -- October 16.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 -- complete worksheet on punctuating dialogue. Begin to think about ideas for your short story.

Tuesday, October 15. WN will be collected tomorrow. Work on character development for your short story. Late personal narrative essays must be completed and submitted.

Wednesday, October 16 -- continue with story development. We will begin serious drafting on Friday.

Monday, Oct. 21 - Wednesday, Oct. 23 -- drafting of short story. Draft due at the end of Wednesday's class.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 -- Please be aware of the following dates re. your short story: Oct 21, 22, 23 -- writing classes Oct. 23 -- draft complete by the end of class Oct. 28 and 29 - revision, editing, and rewriting/typing classes. Oct. 30 -- final copy due. All draft work completed.

Wed., Oct. 23 -- one day extention on short story draft. Tomorrow will be the last in class writing day. Revision, editing, and final collection date has not changed.

Thursday, Oct. 24 -- short story drafts should be finished. Revision on Monday and Tuesday.

Friday, Oct. 25 -- No new homework. Revision and editing of the short story on Monday.

Monday, Oct. 28 -- tomorrow is the final class period to work on your short story. It is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, Oct. 29 -- short story due tomorrow. If you need time to answer the reflection questions in class, you will have about 20 minutes for that.

Oct. 30 --LATE SHORT STORIES ARE EXPECTED IN TOMORROW!

Monday, November 4: complete draft of process essay (max. 1 1/2 pages)

Wednesday, Nov. 6 -- drafts of descriptive and process essays are to be completed for class tomorrow. You will choose ONE of the drafts to revise, edit, and prepare in final copy. That will be due on Tuesday, along with your Writer's Notebook.

Thursday, November 7 -- class cancelled tomorrow (assembly). Writer's notebook and one essay (either descriptive or process) due on Tuesday.

Tuesday, November 12 -- See above. Many students came to class unprepared today. Plenty of time has been provided in class to complete the above work.

Wednesday, November 13 -- complete editorial draft.

Thursday, November 14 -- final copy of either the problem/solution essay OR the editorial to be completed for Monday.

Monday, November 18 -- tomorrow will be a writing class for your cause/effect essay. Make sure you have a topic so you don't waste time in class when you could be productively writing! Tuesday Nov. 19 -- you should have had time in class today to finish your cause/effect draft. On to compare/contrast tomorrow.

Wednesday, Nov. 20 -- we started the compare/contrast essay today. Work time scheduled tomorrow to finish the draft. Thursday, November 21 -- writing class today. Final copy of either compare contrast or cause effect essay is due on Monday. WN is due on Tuesday.

Friday, November 29 -- prose memoir finished for Monday -- be ready to start the memoir poem.

Monday, December 2 -- first poem will be collected on Wednesday (include draft, revision, and self evaluation)

Tuesday, December 3 -- first poetry assignment due tomorrow

Monday, December 9 -- WN due on Friday, free verse poem (and self-evaluation) due tomorrow

Tuesday, December 10 - begin working on a collection of poetry of your own choice (topic and form)

Friday, Dec. 13 -- continue working on a collection of poetry of your own choice (for Thursday)

Wednesday, Dec. 17 -- Poetry (own choice) is due on Thursday. Portfolio information has been given to students. Portfolios are due by January 9 and we will have inclass time to work on them after the Christmas break.