English and Humanities 7

with Ms. Bui

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with Ms. Bui

personal narrative

Eng: Drafting!

8 September, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

OK, so by now, you’ve learned about how to nurture your seed. We talked more about it yesterday (or today), using Ralph Fletcher’s Marshfield Dreams as a mentor text. From the chapters Statue, Words, Last Kiss, First Pen, we identified traits of a great personal narrative: Remember: write the story as if the reader WAS NOT THERE! The … [Read more…]

Tagged: draft, Marshfield Dreams, personal narrative, nurture seed

Eng: Starting the Writing Process

31 August, 2015 by tbui Leave a Comment

  Grade 7, Today, you received your Writer’s Notebooks (take home with you) and Reader’s Notebooks (leave in locker). Tonight for homework, decorate your Writer’s Notebook with images and words that symbolize and represent YOU. This may take time. (You are not expected to finish it by the next class.) In addition, in your Writer’s … [Read more…]

Tagged: personal narrative, Writing Process, English 7, gathering seed, the writing process