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Students write a 5 paragraph comparison and contrast essay in the scaffolded process.

A Process Essay is a written, step-by-step explanation of a process. Choose a process that you enjoy and write a how-to essay that will help readers perform the process, even if it's something they've never done before.

A Process Essay is a written, step-by-step explanation of a process. Choose a process that you enjoy and write a how-to essay that will help readers perform the process, even if it's something they've never done before.

Process Analysis Essay scoring rubric.

Students are creating informational text news passages using a graphic organizer, editing and revising a final draft and presenting the newscast on video.

This rubric is the standard for basic journal writing and the basis for daily grade points. Use this to evaluate your performance. There are 25 possible maximum points for the week.

Assignment: Identify and explain a key literary technique (plot development, character development, foreshadowing, symbolism, etc.) used in the novel. Explain how it is used, citing 3 or more specific examples from the novel. Explain why the technique is important to the novel and how the novel might be different if the technique had not been used.

Students will read segmented independent novel assignments and complete a 5-7 sentence summary for each segement. They will include topic sentences and transitions ( in the case of 2 paragraphs) to obtain a better understanding of how to synthesize character and plot development and to write a great summary .

Write a five paragraph analysis of a character from your independent novel you are reading. The introduction needs to capture the readers attention and make them want to read the rest of your analysis. Give a brief overview of the story and how your character fits into the story. In the body you need to show how the character is identified and what his/her traits are in the beginning of the story using examples and textual evidence to prove your analysis. In the next paragraph you must show how the character changes and is portrayed in the middle of the story using examples and textual evidence. The next paragraph will show how the character has evolved and has changed in the end of the story by using examples and textual evidence. In the conclusion show what you have learned from this character.

Students will read weekly chapter assignments and complete a three to five sentence summary for each chapter. They will also complete the main idea for each chapter read. The goal of this rubric is to obtain a better understanding of how to write a great summary and locate the main idea within a chapter, while using prior knowledge and textual features to indentify unknown or vocabulary words.

Students will write a response to literature. They must include 2- 3 paragrahs per checkpoint.

Rubric for chapter summary, reflection resonse and image

Final Draft of Expository Essay (Parenthesized words indicate how to label parts of the final essay) Organizing your ideas into an expositiory essay, with (highlight) thesis statement (circle) topic sentences,(star) ideas written in compound and complex sentences, transtion words, details, and conclusion.

Write a letter of correspondence written by a character in the play to the scrapbook character discussing a memeorable time in both of their lives (it doe not have to be a happy memeory) Incorporate 3+ quotes to add voice

Students will journal from a character's point of view. The entry should be 3/4 to a page long. consider: Why does the character act that way? What is making them do this? What problems are in the foreseeable future? What is going on? Is this difficult to understand? Why are people reacting this way? Stay in character *It must be appropriate.

Create a scrapbook for one of the characters of your play using events and other characters from the story. Your scrapbook should have at least six pages including these components: images with captions, images of momentos, letter, diary entry, Be colorful and creative.

Points are earned by thorough preparation and presentation of response. Responses must:1 answer the question; 2 provide solid evidence /support from text in context; 3 reflect group collaboration

Over the course of reading our novel, you have written numerous personal narratives. For the final personal narrative assignment, you will choose one of your narratives and develop it into a polished piece of writing.

Guidelines for scoring an expository essay.

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