These links could really help you with your autobiography drawing:
ADVANCED:
https://rapidfireart.com/2015/12/07/how-to-draw-a-face-in-8-steps/
https://www.yedraw.com/how-to-draw-nose.html#.WNvOpm8rK1s
EASIER:
FOR WISAM:
AUTOBIO-POEM
RUBRIC:
Your poem must be at least 8 lines.
Lines 1 and 2 should rhyme, lines 3 and 4 should rhyme (and so on).
Your poem must include at least one alliteration.
Your poem must include at least one simile or metaphor or personification. (HINT: Use all three if you want a high score.)
Skip lines.
You must use neat handwriting.
YOUR POEM MUST BE ABOUT YOU!
PRETTY EASY WAY TO EARN MORE POINTS:
- Memorize the poem after you finish writing it.
CW2 – word ladder
Neatly copy the word and the blanks on loose leaf.
Remove one letter from the first word and replace it with another letter in the same place to make the second word. Then remove a letter from the second word and replace it with another letter in the same place to make the third word. Continue the pattern down the ladder until you write the last word. The sixth word is the ANTONYM of the first word.
ALL OF THE WORDS MUST BE REAL ENGLISH WORDS!
No one from sixth hour has earned the “washing hands” extra credit.
ALL CLASSES: Bring your library book to class tomorrow. (and every day!)
“Cursive Revival” by Karen Matthews
Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.
Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, the latest of 14 states that require cursive. And last fall, the 1.1-million-student New York City schools, the nation’s largest public school system, encouraged the teaching of cursive to students, generally in the third grade.
“It’s definitely not necessary but I think it’s, like, cool to have it,” said Emily Ma, a 17-year-old senior at New York City’s academically rigorous Stuyvesant High School who was never taught cursive in school and had to learn it on her own.
Penmanship proponents say writing words in an unbroken line of swooshing l’s and three-humped m’s is just a faster, easier way of taking notes. Others say students should be able to understand documents written in cursive, such as, say, a letter from Grandma. And still more say it’s just a good life skill to have, especially when it comes to signing your name.
That was where New York state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis drew the line on the cursive generation gap, when she encountered an 18-year-old at a voter registration event who printed out his name in block letters.
“I said to him, ‘No, you have to sign here,'” Malliotakis said. “And he said, ‘That is my signature. I never learned script.'”
Malliotakis, a Republican from the New York City borough of Staten Island, took her concerns to city education officials and found a receptive audience.
Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina distributed a handbook on teaching cursive writing in September and is encouraging principals to use it. It cites research suggesting that fluent cursive helps students master writing tasks such as spelling and sentence construction because they don’t have to think as much about forming letters.
Malliotakis also noted that students who can’t read cursive will never be able to read historical documents. “If an American student cannot read the Declaration of Independence, that is sad.”
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when cursive writing began to fall out of favor. But cursive instruction was in decline long before 2010, when most states adopted the Common Core curriculum standards, which say nothing about handwriting.
Some script skeptics question the advantage of cursive writing over printing and wonder whether teaching it takes away from other valuable instruction.
Anne Trubek, author of “The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting,” said schools should not require cursive mastery any more than they should require all children to play a musical instrument.
A golden ticket is hidden in one of the books in Mr. Dobert’s room. Don’t tell anyone. Speak privately to the teacher if you would like to know how to be allowed to search for this rare treasure.
“I think students would all benefit from learning the piano,” she said, “but I don’t think schools should require all students take piano lessons.”
At P.S. 166 in Queens, Principal Jessica Geller said there was never a formal decision over the years to banish the teaching of cursive.
“We just got busy with the addition of technology, and we started focusing on computers,” she said.
Third-graders at the school beamed as they prepared for a cursive lesson recently. The 8-year-olds got their markers out, straightened their posture and flexed their wrists. Then it was “swoosh, curl, swoosh, curl,” as teacher Christine Weltner guided the students in writing linked-together c’s and a’s.
Norzim Lama said he prefers cursive writing to printing “’cause it looks fancy.” Camille Santos said cursive is “actually like doodling a little bit.”
Added Araceli Lazaro: “It’s a really fascinating way to write, and I really think that everybody should learn about writing in script.”
- My brother wore camouflage when he stole my chocolate.
- He capitalized on the fact that I was sleeping.
- He integrated the chocolate and some peanut butter to make a sweet treat.
- I planned out how to retaliate.
- I was excited about the disillusionment he would feel when I took the chocolate back.
- He didn’t like the insinuation when I told him he’d better run.
- I felt bad after taunting him.
- I used eloquence to explain to him that he was a donkey.
- He shrewdly decided to give the chocolate back.
- I am now speculating further retaliation.
Any class that completes CW1 today (Thursday, March 23, 2017) will earn a very nice reward.
- EVERY student in the class must have the work COMPLETELY DONE and TURNED IN before the end of class today.
- EVERY student in the class must use NEAT HANDWRITING.
- EVERY student must make NO MISTAKES.
Please take your time and focus on your work instead of your social life.
PLEASE USE THE DEFINITIONS AND THE SENTENCES IN THE ELA LIT BOOK TO HELP YOU!
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Write a paragraph about your birth and parents and what you were like as a young child.
- Write a paragraph about your life in elementary school.
- Write a paragraph about your life right now – don’t forget pets, hobbies, sports, talents, etc.
- Write a paragraph describing what you think your life will be like 10 years from now (year 2027).
(OR you could do descriptive writing see WSG7 page 554.)
(OR you could write a fantasy story – must include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution)
E.L.A. 7 WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Imagine that one day, a few years from now, you decide to open up your own restaurant.
Please write a creative, interesting description of your restaurant.
Remember to describe WHERE the restaurant will be, what the restaurant will LOOK LIKE (inside and out), what foods will be on the restaurant’s MENU, who will be the restaurant’s COOK, and, of course, the restaurant’s NAME.
Remember: SHOW not TELL and details, details, details.
- First, write a rough draft on loose leaf. Please skip lines for the rough draft. Your rough draft should be AT LEAST one page (skipping lines) but more than one page is probably better.
- Read through your draft. Use colored pencils to REVISE your rough draft. You should make at least three improvements to your rough draft.
- On a new sheet of loose leaf, write a final copy. You should take your time and use your best handwriting for your final copy. DO NOT SKIP LINES! Please try to fit your final copy on the FRONT only of the loose leaf.
- Neatly staple your final copy on top of your rough draft.
HINT: Your rough draft and final copy are due IN CLASS! Please get right to work and do not waste time in class. This assignment is worth AT LEAST 10 points, probably more.
HOMEWORK:
EXERCISE 99 – YES SPELLING COUNTS!!!
What do people do on Saint Patrick’s Day?
All around the world people celebrate St. Patty’s day – not just people from Ireland or of Irish descent. They wear green clothes and eat traditional Irish food like Irish stew or corned beef and cabbage and drink Irish beer like Guinness.
FUN FACTS & SYMBOLS
– Green is part of Saint Patrick’s Day because it’s the colour of Spring and many people wear green on St Pat’s Day.
– One of the Irish traditions is to pinch anyone who is not wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day.
– The most common St Patrick’s Day symbol is the shamrock. The shamrock is a leaf from the clover plant.
– It’s a myth that the shamrock can only grow in Ireland – the three-leaf clover grows all over the world – from Tasmania to England.
– Symbols like the pot-of-gold at the end of a rainbow and leprechauns are also associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
– The leprechaun is a small Irish fairy who dresses like a shoemaker. Leprechauns are unfreindly little men who lives alone in the forest, spending time making shoes and guarding their gold treasures. If you catch a leprechaun, he’ll be forced to tell you where he hides his pots of gold. However, the leprechaun must be watched at all times. If his captor looks away, the leprechaun will vanish along with his treasure.