Current Writing Assignments in Middle School

Hello parents and students,

Here are the current writing assignments we have completed or are in the progress of working on:

6th Grade:

Sixth grade has completed a personal narrative detailing an exciting event that occurred over the summer.  The students walked through the writing process by:

• Brainstorming ideas of possible events to write about
• Creating a web with their ideas
• Developing an outline and organizing ideas into an outline format
• Drafting a rough draft of their personal narrative
• Peer editing/revising of their rough draft with classmates during class
• Typing their final draft 

7th and 8th Grade:
Seventh and Eighth grade is currently in the final stages of creating a short story that is geared towards an audience between the ages of 8-10 year old.  This is a fun assignment to get the students excited about writing, and a way to review the necessary elements needed for a short story (beginning, rising action, climax//conflict, falling action, and ending.)

7th Grade:
The students' completed rough drafts were due last week, and the final draft is due on Tuesday, September 9th, 2014.

8th Grade:
The final drafts have been turned in.

The writing process the students walked through for this project included:

• Brainstorming ideas about what an average 8-10 yrs. old child would like to read about
• Creating a web of ideas
• Choosing appropriate topic and creating a Plot Map 
• Finalizing a Plot Map and making sure the short story has a climax/conflict
• Drafting the rough draft of the short story
• Peer editing/revising of the rough draft in class
• Typed final draft of the short story