Thursday, October 14 (E9)

Today's Objective: Students will begin the pre-writing process for their Q1 final compositions.

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Today's SAT Word: Brainstorm (n., v.): A planning exercise to help generate ideas before a project.

"As a class, we started to brainstorm different possibilities for our final project."

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Today's Warm-Up Question:

What is the biggest CHALLENGE of the writing process for you?

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Today's Lesson Notes:

Quarter 1 summative writing project guidelines are available for pickup IN CLASS.

A digital copy of these guidelines is available for download here.

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Tonight's Homework:

Begin working on your Q1 final compositions. Remember:

• Completed compositions must be submitted BOTH by printed hard copy and by e-mail to john.meehan@pgcps.org no later than FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 at 5 p.m.
  
• YOU MUST submit your composition BOTH as a hard copy AND as an e-mail by the assigned due date. Failure to submit EITHER one or the other will result in an automatic 50% ("E") grade for the project.
  
• This project will count for roughly 25% of your overall assessment grade for the marking period.
  
• There will be no extensions given on this project.