8th Grade ELA with Hana and Paula
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Important Dates and Deadlines:
Friday 9/7—Friday 9/21
Collecting, experimenting, practicing, and brainstorming
Monday 9/24—Thursday 9/27
In-class memoir drafting
Friday 9/28
Independent first draft due via google docs by 3:30PM
Monday 10/1-Friday 10/5
Revising
Tuesday 10/9
Editing
Revised memoir due at the end of class via google classroom
Monday 10/15
Revising with teacher comments
Tuesday 10/16
Final printed memoir due (See below for final draft packet guideline)
Publishing party
Memoir Guidelines. Your memoir should...
Be written in 1st person
Be 2-4 pages in length
Include an original, creative title
Have a clear structure including a beginning, middle, and end
Focus on one or more collected small moments that express a larger meaning about growing up in New York City
Be edited to show off all that you know about grammar, punctuation, and spelling conventions.
Final Draft Packet
should include in this order
from top to bottom
Rubric
Editing checklist
Final typed personal narrative
Any and all earlier drafts, plans, and revision work
Home
ESCHS CALENDAR
Check PupilPath
Homework
ELA Sites
Good Reads
NEWSELA
Time for Kids
Poetry Foundation
BBC Wordmaster Game
WattPad
PBS News Hour
Poets.org
Youth Speaks
New York Public Library
Contact
Units
NYC Memoir
Literary Elements Mini Unit
To Kill a Mockingbird
Mockingbird Monologues
Persuasive Speeches
Social Issue Book Clubs
Comparative Literature
Independent Reading
IR Materials and Expectations
Student Book Recommendations
Hana's Favorites
Paula's FAVORITES
FAQs