Our last unit of the year is underway.  We are doing a novel study of the Holocaust memoir I Have Lived a Thousand Years.  This novel is one that will stay with you for years to come, and it is a great way to review all the literary terms we’ve been studying this year.  Students are to be keeping notes on the novel in their notebooks, and we will have a notebook check next Thursday, 5/16/19, for our last grade of the year.  PLEASE be sure to keep up with your notes as there will be no time no make-ups.

Typed Dory essays are DUE on Wednesday!  We’ve been working on these for a couple of weeks now…but…If you are behind, now is the time to catch up!

Lost?  See me during Flex!  🙂

We are beginning our last Writing Goals Project of the year!  Please remember to keep up with your weekly drafts; being the end of the year, there won’t be much room for procrastination, so let’s get to work!  The persuasive draft is the required one for this term.

See your 365 English page if you need another copy of the goals direction sheet.   🙂

We’ve got just a ton of things we’ve been working on the past few weeks that are due this week.  Just wanted to remind you about these approaching deadlines!

Wednesday (by midnight):  No Red Ink — Parts of Speech Diagnostic

Friday (by 3PM): Journals & Goals Packets

Friday (by midnight):  Final Typed Goals Draft & No Red Ink –Parts of Speech Practices 1 & 2

We are working on these every day this week, but if you are behind, you’ll need to work hard to catch-up.  Remember that the Goals Project is worth a 200 point test grade, so be sure to follow directions and do your best!  🙂

Just a reminder that you should be working on your weekly writing goals drafts.  Draft #3 is due this Friday, so if you are behind, be sure to use your Wednesday Study Hall/Activity period to catch up!  Just a reminder of the due dates for the rest of the term:

2/1–Draft #3 Due

2/8–Draft #4 Due

2/15–Peer Review Due

2/20–Revised Draft Due

2/20, 2/21, 2/22–Type Drafts in Class (Follow direction sheet given in class)

2/22–Writing Packets Due by 3:00 PM & Final Typed Copy Due by 11:59 PM   (This includes sharing draft on Office 365 & Submitting your Paper Rater online.  Projects are NOT considered complete until both of these are done.  Due dates apply to both of these as well.)

We are more than half-way through this term’s writing goals project.  If you haven’t completed 3 rough drafts by now, you are behind.  Please make every effort t o catch up!  I promise it will make your end product easier if you are on top of things!  🙂