Sms Team 6-2 Language Arts- 2"! Nine weeks Writing Requirement: Minimum of 3 times each week Please write the following information for EACH new writing piece at the top of the page: 1, Topic chosen 2, Date Completed 3. Time spent writing Other Requirements: 1. You may choose any of the following topics for your writing piece. You CANNOT do one topi more than twice, 2. Literacy Notebooks will be turned in throughout the nine weeks for evaluation, so notebooks must be brought to school daily. Due dates will be posted on the calendar/homework board in your classroom. Write a true, one-time | Collecting Ephemera: | List-making is a great | “When 1 Was Young story that has Find 3 artifacts from | way to keep track of | in the Mountains” by happened to you. (It } your life. Look for | things. Imagine that | Cynthia Rylant,..Write needs a fitle, items that bring back | you are going to about when you were beginning, middle, & | memories (tickets | campandcan only _| young. end). stubs, candy brring 10 items. What | Ex: When | was wrappers, concert | 10 items would you | young on Northridge tickets, etc.) and write | bring and why? Road... about the memories | Remember: NO they bring back. You | ELECTRONICS! will glue these into your spirals so get permission first Fill a heart shape with | Write down the things | Free-write 1 page in _ | Slow down time - the music that lives in | you wonder about; | your spiral about any | explain every detail your heart, songs | questions you'd like | topic. (Look on your | you can recall about connected to to.ask the principal, | Topics page in the | one moment or moments you love. | your parents, or your | Writing Workshop —_| memory; compress best friend. section for ideas) time, like 100 moments on the school bus. Use the attached Which would you List3-5 things you | Discuss in detail comparisons sheet to | rather be: the oldest | believe in strongly _| something that you finish the similes. child, middle child, | and then write will miss forever and youngest child, or an | paragraphs foreach | something you will only child? Fill a page | belief to explain more | not miss at all explaining your in detail why you choice. believe these things.3 Choices per week: Week of Oct. 20 - Week of Oct. 27 - Week of November 3 - Week of November 17 - Week of November 24 - Week of December 1 - Week of December 8 - Week of December 15 -i Hiss BS likes Loreto. Compe al of the following a Say. whatever : comes into your mind. S ra het i Ss like... my kin is like... Blue ink wslike... Abreeze is like... Sodais like... 7 fear is like... lobe is like... A ror is like... oe are like... Fire is like ‘ice cream...” A marshmallow is like... The letter Z is like... Aviolin is like... A submarine is like... Sneakers are like... Fear is like... : Aclock is. like...” A football is like... Rubber bands are like... Chocolate cake is like... A — is like... A rauvror is like... Hint: Compare each item fo something else... “Falling leaves are like silver dollars ; "Son is like vanilla eWien I was young in the mountains, . Grandfather came home in the evening covered with the black dust of a coal mine. Only his lips were clean, and he used them to kiss the top of my head.a When I was young in the mountains, Grandmother spread the table with hot corn bread, pinto beans and fried okra.