Final Review Day 3

Construct 10 lunes.

Final Review Day 2

Your assignment is to write 10 cinquains.

Final Exam Review

In preparation for the final exam, you must construct 10 haikus today.

Why the fire?

Standing in the dark at the foot of the property, I watched.  It was hard to believe.  I shielded myself from view, leaning against one of the many pine trees in the woods that ran up to my backyard.  I had gone through with it.  I had burned down my house.

Write a 500 word story using this passage as a starting point.  It is due Thursday.  It must be free of errors.

Free Write

250 words if you are done with bio. Post here.

Spectrum Bio - NOT OPTIONAL

The last time this assignment was attempted, it was completed incorrectly. Please follow the directions.

1. Write a short bio about yourself - max 2 paragraphs. What you include is up to you, but here are some suggestions:

• your name, age
• favorite activity
• personality
• friends. family
• things that are important to you
• plans for the future
• why you write

Make a list of the following things IN ADDITION TO the bio. DO NOT include these in the bio.
1. Favorite quote and the source
2. Favorite books and authors
3. Birthday
4. Appropriate personal picture (can be with friends and family) emailed to Mrs. Ell (elll@dunellenschools.org)

I must have these ASAP so that the "Spectrum" editors can complete their work. If you would rather email me the whole thing rather than post it here, that is fine too.

Mothers and Madness

Respond to this quote, either in an essay format (non-fiction, explaining the quote and how it applies to your life and the observations you make around the world) or with a fictional story (creating characters and situations that demonstrate the quote).

Due at the end of Wednesday's class. 500 words.

"I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met." - Marguerite Duras