Due Friday, September 20, 2013 (FI#3 & Aesop Fable)

Remember, we will meet from 10:00 to 12:00 at St. Simon and Jude's next week. (Friday, September 20, 2013) 

Dear Students and Parents,

I enjoyed listening to you read your essays in class. I think we have a talented group of writers in our 2013- 2014 IEW class! I am expecting great work from each and every one of you.  

Your 7 assignments: 

DUE September 27, 2013 

1) Literature: long paragraph 

DUE September 20, 2013
2) Final Essay: Re-write one of the four Aesop’s Fables (@ the bottom). 

Remember to include the two “dress-ups” that we discussed:  a who/which clause and an “ly”word (adverb). Properly "indicate" them. They should be bolded and underlined.
If you include vocabulary words, remember to highlight them in blue.

3) KWO
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS do your KWO first. Then try to "re-write" your essay without using the original fable.  Hand-write your KWO on a separate piece of paper that has your name and due date on the top right. 
Staple your KWO to your essay as the last page.

4) Rough Draft
Using just your KWO, compose the rough draft of your essay. Many teachers and parents call this the sloppy copy. 
After you write the rough draft, ask someone older and wiser to read it and help you edit. You may write more than one, or two, or even (gasp!) three rough drafts . . . . that is great, awesome, and AOK!! Each new draft will include improvements.
Staple @ least one rough draft of your Aesop Fable to your final essay and KWO.

Artist: Ajeetesh Mishra

5) KWO for The Statue of Liberty paragraph which was handed out in class. You may write it directly on the hand-out. Be sure that your name and due date are written on the top right part your KWO paper.
If, by any chance, you have misplaced your hand-out, text me to request an e-copy. I diligently try to get back to questions via text within 24 hours. 
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6) Four Vocabulary words: 
Define, name the part of speech, and write a sentence that uses the word correctly.
Hand-write this on a separate piece of paper that has your name and due date on the top right.

7) Fix It #3
Name over due date (9-20-13)  on the top right.  Determine if it is necessary to indent. Be sure to underline subjects and verbs appropriately.
This week you will find your first faulty homophone. Be sure to "Fix It."

~~> A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but may be spelled differently (for example: sail & sale).

Also, if you see both conversation and an attribution, be sure to identify the subject/verb in both of them. 

~~> An attribution tells you who said the words in the quotes. “I love you,”said Mom.

“I love you” is the quote; “said Mom” is the attribution.

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“That Tom will play hooky from school today,” she thought too herself.

During supper Aunt Polly questioned Tom in a roundabout way.
 
“The heat must ‘a’ been overpowering in school today, hmm, Tom? Maybe you wanted a swim?”
  
Suddenly wary, Tom replied coolly, “No’m, but we dunked our heads under the pump, Auntie.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Remember, we will meet from 10:00 to 12:00 at St. Simon and Jude's next week. (September 20, 2013)

~~> If you have questions about formatting, please refer to the Essay Format Requirements.

~~> If you have questions about how to properly indicate this week’s two required dress-ups, please refer to the Required Indicator Examples.

~~> If you have questions about the FIX-ITs please refer to the FIX-IT Help. 

Here are the Aesops Fables. Choose one.
  
The Goose With the Golden Eggs      
     One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him.  But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.   As he grew rich he grew greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing.  

The moral of the story: Greed oft o'er reaches itself. 

The Dove and the Ant     
     One day Ant, walked to a nearby river to get a drink. Alas, he fell in and was carried along in the stream. A Dove, taking pity on Ant, threw into the river a small bough. The Ant gratefully climbed onto the bough and floated to the shore. The next day the Ant spotted a man with a fowling-piece. The hunter was aiming at the Dove. Ant stung him in the foot sharply, and made him miss his aim, and so saved the Dove's life. 

The moral of the story: Little friends may prove great friends. 

The Four Oxen and the Lion   
     A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they fell a-quarrelling among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in a separate corner of the field. Then the Lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end of all four.    

The moral of the story: United we stand, divided we fall.

The Ant and the Grasshopper    

      In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content.  An Ant passed by, carrying an ear of corn that he was taking to his family's hill. It was very heavy for the tiny ant but he did not give up even as he huffed, and puffed, and strained under the weight of it. The Grasshopper asked him to stop and play instead of toiling, moiling, and working all day. But the little ant explained that he was laying up food for the winter and recommended the grasshopper do the same. The Grasshopper thought it too much bother to plan for the winter because he saw the food growing in lush abundance all around him. Without a care about the winter, the grasshopper continued to play. Industriously, the Ant went on his way and continued his toil.  When the winter came, the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.  Then the Grasshopper understood. 

   
The moral of the story: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

Information for Mrs. Cortez 

Correlation to 2011-2012 Lesson Plan: The Goose with Golden Eggs

Correlation to 2012-2013 Lesson Plan: The Effects of Vanity