Mrs. Etter's English Emporium: 8th Grade--9/30

Friday, September 30, 2011

8th Grade--9/30

Today we began our first fiction writing story start, focusing on horror writing in honor of the month of October. To prepare for this, students read one of Poe's works, either "Tell-Tale Heart" or "Pit and the Pendulum". We began class by discussing the idea of fear and sharing our own fears. We compiled a list of these, and then used that list to create a truly frightening horror story, as opposed to a story that was "campfire scary". You will have two more days to work on these stories in class before submitting them for reading and recall.

Due Monday...

-Bring your signed IR log

Long term deadlines...
-Finish OMAM for Wednesday, October 5th

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Mrs. Etter's Essay Marks

AQD= Analyze your quote directly

Usually this means that you are not staying focused on your quote during analysis. Also, you may need to use language from the quote in your analysis if your are not already doing so.

RTT= Relate to thesis

This means that you aren't connecting the analysis in your body paragraphs back to the overall message of your thesis.

WC= Word choice

This means that the word you are using is either overly casual, not being used correctly, or could be replaced by a stronger and more sophisticated word.

TS= Topic sentence

This either means that there is no topic sentence present or that it needs some serious rethinking

VSS= Varied sentence structure

This often means that you're using too many simple sentences in a row.

AWK= Awkward wording

Reword this section for more clarity.

FRAG= Fragment

This is not a sentence, dude.

SP= Spelling

This word is not spelled correctly

Q=Quote

Used as shorthand when I mean to say "quote"

BP=Body Paragraph

Used as shorthand when I mean to say "body paragraph"

CVT=Consistent Verb Tense
Verb tense should be consistently present tense or past tense unless you are intentionally switching.