Tuesday, 3/22/05
Correct Yellow Sheet.
Warm Up. COPY!!!
Check on Langston Hughes Shtuff.
If you have completed at least this much, you can work on 600 words/writing. If you haven't gotten that far, work on Langston Hughes.
Here is the Langston Hughes WebTrack.
Here is the checklist.
Here are some topics for writing:
  1. (T) Invent a new game show. Who's the host? What are the stunts/questions? How/What do you win?
  2. (P) How would the world be different if school were not compulsory until age 18? Show both "good" and bad effects.
  3. (T) Step by step: How to impress your teacher/get an A. (Could be sarcastic...)
  4. (T) Invent a new kind of furniture. Show how it would be used.
  5. (P/P-S) Which PE activities have been the best? Why? Worst? Why? Give suggestions for improving the PE program.
  6. (P-S) The problem is: Math (English, SS, etc.) is boring. Here's why, and my solutions are:
  7. (T) Write directions for how to do something--big or small. Put the directions in the voice of a character (Huck, an alien, your imaginary friend, Two-Bit, etc...)
  8. (P-S) Write a letter to the city council giving suggestions for what they could do to give kids in SLO more to do. Show them why your ideas are good, and anticipate what objections they might have.
How to post your writing so you can get to it from home:
Login to BlackBoard.
Go to the Discussion boards, and click on Tools.
Click on Digital DropBox.
Click Add File.
Click Browse, and go and find your writing on the server.
Click Submit, and then OK.
At home, Login to BlackBoard, go to Tools, and then back to the Digital DropBox. Click on your file and choose save.