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This week we read The Purpose of Education and they composed a response indicating their views.  The assignment required the students to read and complete comprehension questions based on the article.  Once we finished the article, the homework was to create a blog post (to be posted to their ePortfolio next week) that indicates personal views on the topic.

Literary elements/Reading skills

• Identifying Main Idea
• Summarizing
• Identifying author’s purpose

We also read The Initiation by Sylvia Plath from the textbook.  The students answered comprehension questions and took a short quiz.

Literary elements/Reading skills

• Flashbacks
• Identifying plot elements, conflicts, theme and character traits
• Summarizing

The final assignment for the story was to create a poster that displayed literary elements

Each week you will publish your work by creating several online posts.  You will either be posting to your blog or ePortfolio.

Blog Posts are to fall into the following categories:

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7 categories – blog posts that you must create fall within the following categories:

1. WJHS Life – Tell a little about what is going on at school
2. “How-To”s – Have any tips or How Tos to share?
3. Music - What music are you listening to?
4. Literature: Read any interesting … Quotes, ShortStories, Drama, Poetry?
5. Sports – What is going on in the sports world?
6. TV/Movies – What is good on tv or in the movies?
7. Current Events – What’s new? What’s going on in the world?
8. Check Ins – Tell us what is going on in your world?

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Include a TITLE for your piece and label it with any one of the tags listed above.

Your response must be a minimum of 3 paragraphs.  Here are some starters to help you out.

Category: WJHS Life.

This category is for creative pieces about miscellaneous topics that aren’t really about music, tv, movies, or sports, but might still be interesting to kids in WJHS.

Suggestions:

• Examine the pros and cons of an issue.
• Write up an interview with someone in WJHS (friend or teacher).
• Create an interesting list.
• Write about current events in the area, country, or world.
• Pose an interesting “What if” question along with your answer.

Category: How-To….

This category is for creative “How-To” pieces.

Suggestions:

• Write a recipe with instructions.
• Give advice, such as “How-To” stop bullying, be a better friend, etc.
• Write directions for an arts & crafts project.
• Write directions for a science experiment.

Category: Music.

This category is for creative pieces about music-related topics.

Suggestions:

• Review new music.
• Write an informative article about a musician or band.
• Create an interesting list (i.e. Top Ten).
• Review a live performance or music video.
• Write up an interview with someone about a musician or band.

Category: Sports.

This category is for creative pieces about sports.

Suggestions:

• Review a recent game.
• Write an informative article about an athlete.
• Compare and contrast teams.
• Write up an interview with someone about an athlete or team.

Category: Literature.

This category is for responses to novels, poetry, short stories and plays.

Suggestions:

• Use a character, scene, event or theme of interest and reflect about the importance of that element in the storyline.
• Use a picture of scene in a magazine as inspiration for a story or play.
• Submit your response by posting to your blogpage

Category: TV/Movies.

This category is for creative pieces about TV or movie-related topics.

Suggestions:

• Review a popular TV show or movie.
• Write an informative article about an actor/actress.
• Create an interesting list (i.e. Top Ten).
• Examine the pros and cons of an issue in the TV/movie industry.
• Write up an interview with someone about a TV show or movie.

Category: Check-In.

This category is for informing your adoring fans about what you are up to.

Suggestions:

• Tell us about your work in class.
• What have you been doing with your friends?
• What did you do in class this week?

ePortfolio Entries

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Your entries will be added to the following pages