//ahs.slzusd.org/apps/classes/978690/assignments/ Class Name: English 11 Instructor(s): Justin Melville en-us SchoolSitePro //ahs.slzusd.org/homeworkItem5435615 //ahs.slzusd.org/apps/classes/978690/assignments/ Thu, 07 May 2020 11:29:41 PDT //ahs.slzusd.org/homeworkItem5797888 //ahs.slzusd.org/apps/classes/978690/assignments/
Like I said, this is optional, but the more letters I have for next year, the better. Please be real with this if you choose to do it. I'll be having a lot of students coming in who will be confused and a bit unfocused. These letters could go a long way in helping them.

I appreciate you! Thanks for an amazing year.

-Mr. Melville
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There will be a total of four drafts. After each draft, I will provide feedback on how to expand and improve your writing. Take that advice into account when you begin writing each time. You may have to add in certain details that may or may not have happened to reach word count, but try your best to stay true to the memory.

I get around to this project every year because it's vitally important. Your elders will not be around forever, and the one thing you will keep as you age is your memory of them. This project may help you learn something new, or it may help you discover some details you never knew about them. This could be a memory that you pass down to your children or grandchildren one day. With everything that's going on, it's important for us to cherish and love our family. Speaking of which, I'm an ass. Got into an argument with my own mother last night over the phone, who's currently doing chemo plasma to fight her kidney disease. I'm going to call her and apologize. Again, our loved ones will not be here forever.

To help you expand each draft, keep in mind that I'm looking for the following:
-An attention grabbing hook
-Dialogue
-Descriptive Writing (show-not-tell writing)
-Paragraphing

Like I said, I'll help you with suggestions for each draft. The first draft (250 Words) is due this Friday. This will give me time to read your writing and provide feedback for the next draft, which will be due next Wednesday, 5/20. For each draft, click TURN IN. I will return your memory with feedback to help you expand for the next draft. We will use the same document throughout this process. Follow the schedule below:

1st Draft Is Due: Friday, 5/15
2nd Draft Is Due: Wednesday, 5/20
3rd Draft Is Due: Monday, 5/25
Final Draft Is Due: Friday, 5/29

Hope you and your loved ones are doing well. I'm tired of hearing and reading it myself, but... stay safe, everybody.

-Mr. Melville

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I’m posting a free PDF version of Misery on Google Classroom for you to continue reading. Pickup where we last left off. It was a couple of chapters after Paul wrote the first chunk Misery’s Return (the one Annie’s enjoying). Read the whole book. It’s amazing, and escalates, escalates, escalates. Use the space below to write down important quotes and page numbers.

When we return (hopefully) to school, I will give a major assignment that will assess whether you read the book or not. Hint: it will require specific quotes. We will also continue working with our sock puppets, and we’ll also watch the incredible film.

You will continue reading your independent reading book and posting two summaries/responses a week. You will also finish reading Stephen King’s Misery. Happy reading!

Take care of yourselves.

-Mr. Melville

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