Homework: September 8

English 12 (D block)

• Get your syllabus signed, and your intro letter completed. Get a composition book. (Ms. McMahon checked at the dollar store and said there are tons!)
• You have a choice for HW tonight. (Whichever you don't do tonight, you'll do tomorrow to start class.) Either:
• Write a first draft of a vignette (short little "snapshot" story, about 4-6 paragraphs), based on one of your neighborhood stories; OR
• Read AND MARK UP the three stories I gave you in class (they're examples of vignettes). Look at WHAT the author is saying, and HOW she is saying it.  

Honors English 11 (F block)

• Get your syllabus signed, and your intro letter completed. Get a composition book.
• Pick one of the stories from your "What I Did Over Summer Vacation" handout, and write it up!

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Get your syllabus signed, and your intro letter completed. Get a composition book.
• Be prepared to write about your summer reading books in class on Thursday.
• Read the three vignettes I gave you, marking them up to notice WHAT the author is saying, and HOW she is saying it.
• Write your own vignette about an aspect of your neighborhood--a person, a place, an event...choose one!

English 11 (A block)

• Get your syllabus signed, and your intro letter completed. Get a composition book.
• Write up a story about one of the events on your "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" handout. It should be about a page long. Remember what we discussed about qualities of "good stories"!