Hello parents and students,
The following are the current writing assignments/projects that we are working on in the middle school classes. These writing assignments are currently in progress, the classes are working through the writing process; therefore, the deadline for the writing assignments will be announced in class, once I feel the students are ready for their final drafts.
6th Grade:
Sixth grade is currently working on a compare-and-contrast essay. The students were asked to compare-and-contrast two characters that we have read about in the reading book. The students are comparing and contrasting the characters' successes, failures, personalities, backgrounds, etc.
The writing process that the students are currently working on is:
- Venn diagram
- Outline - to organize ideas
- Elaboration and use of textual evidence
- Rough draft
- Final draft
Seventh graders are working on creating a short story narrative. The 7th grade students were given the writing prompt:
"How are we going to get out of here?" Tom asked Kate
"I'm not sure," replied Kate, "But we'll have to hurry."
The students have created plot diagrams for their short stories, and created characterization diagrams that depict the main characters' physical attributes, personalities, and background information. Currently, students are working on depicting the settings for their short stories. The final short stories will be five pages, typed and double-spaced.
The 8th Grade students were given the writing prompt of using a painting of Edward Hopper on page 85 of their Grammar textbook as inspiration for the short story they create. They are following the same writing process as the 7th grade class.
Thank you,
Mrs. Moussa
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