Welcome to SREB & Creative Writing

SREB  (1st & 2nd Block)

Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts:

• ELA Standards: Reading: Informational Text - 1, 2,5, 6
• ELA Standards: Writing: 2, 4, 10
• ELA Standards: Speaking and Listening - 1

Assignments for 01/06-01/09:

Activity 1 - pg. 5 - Student Survey

• Answer the survey questions the best you can.

Activity 2 - pg. 6 - Net Enthusiasts/Net Skeptics

• You will answer each of the 4 sections under 'Net Enthusiasts' and ‘Net Skeptics'.

Activity 4 - pgs. 11-17 - Consulting an Expert

• Read the interview of Clifford Nass. ANNOTATE as you read. For this annotation exercise, use the following symbols for your annotations:
  M = anything that adds to or changes our understanding of the definition of “multitasking.”
  B = big ideas that are important for our understanding of the experiment that Nass and his colleagues are doing.
  In addition, underline or highlight the specific text that you are targeting with your annotation. 

Activity 6 - pg. 18 - Homework Prep (in class work)

• Answer the 3 areas pertaining to "The Shallows: Chapter 1."

Creative Writing (4th Block)

Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards for English Language Arts:

• W.11-12.3b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

Assignments for 01/06-01/09:

• Students will choose a writing prompt to begin a conversation that tells a story through dialogue. Students will be reminded to use punctuation correctly and  to indent every time a new character speaks. Students are encouraged to use descriptive dialogue and are required to have 12 exchanges of dialogue. Students will work independently, but they can ask peers to proof their work before submitting it to be graded.