Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Twenty-Second Class Period: Dialogue (Wed. Periods 5 & 6; Thurs. Periods 1, 2, & 7)

Students wrote in their journals in response to chapter twenty of The House on Mango Street, "Hips." Describe how Esperanza feels about the changes in her body? Quote from the text to support your answer. and respond to one or more of the following options to fulfill your half-page minimum: --Describe when and how you first found someone else attractive. --Describe the bodily change that most troubled you. --Describe the bodily change that brings you the most pride. --Describe the bodily change to which you are most looking forward. --Describe the bodily changes you have noticed in classmates since last year. Do not use names of other students in your description. Mr. Stone went over the rules for writing dialogue. Students received a handout listing the rules with examples. Homework: Complete rough draft of short story. The draft must be double-spaced typed using a 12-point font. The paper should be in the Modern Language Association Format. There should be one inch margins on all sides. (Be careful. Default settings for many word processing programs is 1.25 inches.) The entire document should be double-spaced. (Be careful. Check to make sure that your word processing program is NOT set to add an extra space after each paragraph.) Your last name and the page number should be right-justified in the header of each page. A heading should be made on the top right of the first page. The heading should be left justified. The heading's first line should be the student's first and last names. The heading's second line should be the teacher's name (Mr. Stone). The heading's third line should be the class for which the paper is written (English I, Period X). The headings fourth line should be the paper's due date written in the international date format (29 September 2011). The paper's title should be centered on the next line. (Remember that this entire paper is double-spaced.) Indentations should be a half an inch.

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