Marlene H. Kennedy
First and Second Assessment Assignments
You will write a three-page journal entry similar to the literary journal,
Christmas After All
. You will imagine yourself as a child of your age living in the Great Depression, with Christmas nearby. The audience and interest level for this journal entry will range from childhood to adulthood. You will create a text, which could be published in a
Dear America
novel. You will be descriptive in your writing, use details, apply the correct conventions of the English language, and make the piece enjoyable for all to read. You will read your final copy to the class, and others will share how they felt after hearing your work. All work will be peer edited and gone over closely by your teacher. You will be graded on your work. You will receive a rubric for this writing assignment.
You will write a three-page journal entry similar to the literary work created by Minnie Swift in
Christmas After All
. You will describe Christmas as a child with your family, in the current school year. The audience and interest level for this journal entry will range from childhood to adulthood. You will create a text, which could be published in a
Dear America
novel. You will be descriptive in your writing, use details, apply the correct conventions of the English language, and make the piece enjoyable for all to read. You will read your final copy to the class, and others will share how they felt after hearing your work. All work will be peer edited and gone over closely by your teacher. You will be graded on your work. You will receive a rubric for this writing assignment.
How to Peer Edit
The teacher chooses students to work in groups of three or four. Writers receive their original papers. Editors - the remaining students in the group - receive copies of the writers' journal entries. Writers read the portion to be edited that day to the group, as the editors seek errors. When the writers are finished reading, editors suggest changes to be made and make the changes on their copies, while the writers make the changes on their originals. Writers receive copies and originals to compare and place in writing folders. When one paper is read and edited, the group moves onto the second paper, and then to the third and fourth papers, until all papers are completed.
