Imagine one morning there’s a knock at your front door. You open the door, and to your great surprise, you find an alien standing there. What do you do? What does it look like? Write a story about your encounter with this alien.
Respond to the following prompt. Remember to write a minimum of three paragraphs (to receive full credit).
Imagine one morning there’s a knock at your front door. You open the door, and to your great surprise, you find an alien standing there. What do you do? What does it look like? Write a story about your encounter with this alien.
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Below is the prompt for this week. Remember that you must write three paragraphs in order to receive full credit. If you write one paragraph, you will not receive credit.
Rewrite the story "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". You will tell this story from Sneezy's point of view. You will not include all aspects of the original story, but you will include details that support what you are writing about. Be creative in your writing!! Respond to the following prompt. Remember, you must write three paragraphs to get full credit.
Your mobile phone rings and you answer it. The voice on the other end you recognize, but you are utterly shocked that this person should be calling you. Continue this idea describing who the person is and what might they want. Respond to the following prompt. You will need to write a minimum of three paragraphs.
Think of a situation from your past when you were unsure of what to do and wished for someone's advice or opinion. Describe the scenario and ask specific questions about your next course of action, as if you were posing the issue to an advice columnist. Then, write respond to the prompt in the form of an advice column response to yourself. Analyze the situation objectively—cite relevant anecdotes, examples, or hypothetical outcomes—and share words of guidance, insight, and encouragement with your past self. Welcome to SmithsBlogs! This weekly assignment will help you in your writing throughout the school year. It is important that you complete this blog each week, not only for grade purposes, but also to improve your writing (evidence, citations, etc). Each blog must be three paragraphs in length (5-8 sentences). If you do not write three paragraphs, you will not receive full credit (a daily grade and a homework grade).
For your first blog of the year, you will respond to the following: Write two paragraphs about yourself so we can get to know each other. Be specific as you possibly can and write whatever you want to tell about. In your third paragraph, what are your expectations for your final year of middle school. Be detailed in your explanation and provide evidence on how you plan to meet your expectations. For your last blog of the 2014-2015 school year, you will be writing a letter to upcoming 6th graders. In your letter, you will talk about the school (in a positive manner) and give any advise to these students that will help them adjust to ECMS.
Your letter MUST be a minimum of three paragraphs and you MUST elaborate on anything that you write about. Again, this letter is not a negative letter. You are writing about the positives of the school and you are giving these students advice on how to be successful at ECMS. This will be our next to last blog for the 2015-2016 school year!! Make sure that you write three paragraphs for your response (writing three paragraphs will get you full credit).
As you are preparing the enter a new chapter in your life (entering high school), what goals do you wish to achieve? How will you achieve the goals that you have set? List three or more goals that you wish to achieve. You must supply evidence that will help you achieve this goal. Also, don't forget to elaborate with the evidence that you use. NO BLOG DURING GEORGIA MILESTONES TESTING!!!! CHECK BACK AFTER ALL TESTING IS COMPLETE FOR THE NEXT BLOG.
Your response must be a minimum of three paragraphs. You will not receive credit if you respond with fewer than three paragraphs.
Imagine that you could give advice to someone—it could be someone you know personally, a historical figure, or a famous person living today. Write three paragraphs that identifies the person and the advice you would give. Choose a familiar subject so that you can provide details and elaboration that explain why this person needs your advice. If you have not completed the previous three blogs by 4/1, you will need to respond to this prompt.
Write three paragraphs explaining how you changed when you entered middle school. Support what you write with a minimum of three pieces of evidence. |
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