due Friday, March 1, 2013 (Swiftlets)

I am so proud of all of your hard work in IEW class! Our brainstorming and organizing practice was wonderful. Please use the same strategy to create your assigned essay.

The subject is: Swiftlets
The length is: 5 paragraphs

~~> Be sure to write the 3 body paragraphs first.

~~> Remember your attention grabbing first sentence followed by basic background info in your introduction.

~~> Your conclusion should summarize each main idea in the three body paragraphs.
Your clincher must tell the reader what the most significant or most important aspect of your paper was. The CLINCHER should also be tied to the TITLE.

Remember to include all required dress ups, openers, and other requirements to date.

I can't wait to hear all about swiftlets!

due Friday, February 22, 2013 (Portfolio Work & Verso L'Alto Essay Contest)

Dear Class, 

The assignment for this week is to work on your Portfolios. Every student has at least one or two complete rewrites required in order to perfect those Portfolios. 

Final Portfolio submission will be after Easter but PLEASE stay on top of this. 

If you are in the 7th or 8th grade, please be aware of the 

 Verso L'Alto Essay Contest info below. 

In honor of the Year of Faith, Frassati Catholic High School is hosting an essay contest for 7th and 8th graders.  Enter by February 23rd to win Chris Tomlin concert tickets and more!  Click here for more information.

In Christ, 

Peggy Cortez

due Friday, February 15, 2013 (Destination Description 1P)

UPDATE!!  THIS WILL BE DUE ON FEBRUARY 24, 2013 :-)

~~~~~~~>   NO CLASS ON 2-15-13   <~~~~~~~

I WILL BE WITH MY GRANDBABIES  FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS 

PLEASE REMEMBER LITTLE MAX AND JAMIE IN YOUR PRAYERS.

This week's assignment is to write a 1 paragraph essay describing a destination.

Some of the brainstorming ideas from class were very intriguing! Remember, no amusement parks, museums, zoos, or theme parks.

Try to limit your "destination" in scope. For example, writing a 1-P essay about Mexico or France is a bit too much to cover. Think, instead, of cities, communities, National Parks, neighborhoods, villages, or boroughs.

Include:
All dress-ups and openers to date
T/C (and!! the clincher must match the TITLE in some obvious way)
DECORATIONS are extra credit
Vocabulary words are extra credit if they are used properly AND indicated properly
Formatting counts
NO banned words

Remember how we set up our KWO on the board in class? You should probably have too much information after your first brainstorming session. You can cross off ideas, highlight, circle, and even add extra notes to your KWO, if necessary.

A DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY should help the reader experience your "destination" or "location" with every sense . . . . . . .
What does it look like?
What sounds reach the ears?
What does it smell like?
How does it (physically) feel?
How does it (emotionally) feel?
Are there   tastes associated with your location?

Do not let your essay become just a list of attractions. That is not the goal. Describe, describe, describe. Make the reader see, smell, hear, taste, and feel just by reading your words.

Learning to Write and THINK with IEW

due Friday, February 8, 2013 (Rough Draft 5P Saint)

The KWO and ROUGH DRAFT of the following assignment is due:

5¶ (paragraph) Essay on a Saint
You may use the research you have already done in this class from a past essay.

1¶  INTRODUCTION
3¶ BODY
1¶ CONCLUSION

• Use all required dress-ups and openers.  T/C must match in all 3 BODY ¶s (paragraphs)
• No T/C match required for Intro and Conclusion
• The clincher (last sentence) of your conclusion must tell the reader the "most significant . . . . " as we discussed in class. See the picture below.
• The clincher (last sentence) of your conclusion must match your TITLE

• Extra Credit for the following properly used decorations:
DEC 3, met., sim., alliteration, question
• Vocabulary words are still extra credit, as long as they are used correctly and indicated properly. 

• Formatting counts
• No banned words

The clincher (last sentence) of your conclusion must tell the reader the "most significant . . . . " as we discussed in class.