Assignment 7 (3 parts)

1) Make sure you posted last week's assignment (6A). When you get a chance, leave praise/suggestions for others.

2) Take your rough draft of your essay on Kit/Witch of Blackbird Pond or Amos Fortune (Assignment 6B). Make any changes that were suggested to you by your partner on Friday. Have a parent look it over and make suggestions too. Have you fulfilled the assignment?

Prepare a final draft to TURN IN this Friday. Have a parent proofread it.

3) Pretend you are a newspaper reporter and choose an exciting story from your Sonlight reading to report on.

1) Think of a short, catchy headline.
2) Cover the "5 W's"--Who, What, When, Where and Why? You may also include How.
3) Use journalistic style--see example below.
4) Pretend you interviewed a character from the book. Include a quotation that they might have said.
5) End with a short statement that either sums up or points ahead.

Sample Story:

Right Writers Banish Wordiness

The Right Writers, a homeschooled writing class taught by the mother of two of the students, are on a campaign to eliminate wordiness from their writing. In class this Friday afternoon, the students agreed to use journalistic style for their next assignment. This style is characterized by direct, straightforward sentences. "There's no room for wordiness in this type of communication," their teacher, known as Mama Hen, stated. The students, who publish their work on a class website, use pseudonyms to protect their real-life identities. One of the students, known online as Pickle13, commented, "This new assignment will be an amazing challenge for me because I really am always tempted to use a lot of words when I probably don't really need to use that many." Another student, known as The Jockulator, stated, "I think my classmates are up to the challenge." The students' assignments are due next Friday.