A look ahead - The Final Countdown!

Hello Essentials families,
As the weeks fly by, barreling toward that Memory Master time of year, I wanted to give all of you a look at the schedule of writing assignments through week twenty-four.

Weeks 18 and 19 - IEW Ancients Lessons 21 and 22 - Unit 7 CREATIVE WRITING
                               A Personal Essay "If I lived in ancient times I would miss..."
Level A students may choose to write either one, two, or three paragraphs.
Level B students should try a five paragraph essay, writing the three body paragraphs for lesson 21 and add an introduction and conclusion for lesson 22.

Weeks 20 and 21- IEW Ancients Lesson 13 Unit 9 CRITIQUING STORIES
                                                     (Fiction Book Report Option)
*Students may choose to critique the Greek myth "Pandora's Box" or use a fiction book for this unit on critiquing stories.*
Week 20: Sections I-IV (rough) Week 21: Section V plus final draft

Week 22 - IEW Ancients Lesson 1 POETRY: The Ancient World - The last of the ancient assignments:)

Week 23 - Letter Writing IEW Letter Writing Model
This lesson will focus on the structure of a friendly letter IEW style.  It will be a label-free assignment and can be hand-written or typed.  The focus is FUN with writing!
*****Students will write a letter to themselves about their experiences this year.  Students may choose to write about one, two, or three topics.  For example, what they did, what they remember, and what they are thinking about the future.  This letter will be sealed until their senior year of high school in a "time capsule."  I enjoyed an assignment/project similar to this when I was an eighth grader.  It was exciting and hilarious to open my letters (we wrote letters to friends and to ourselves) during that senior year of high school.  This will be a celebration assignment, learning the structure of a friendly letter, but emphasizing the joy of this year.*****

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Blessings,
Tina