Next we discussed FEARS.
"It's always good to face your fears," is an age old adage (vocabulary word this week). Sometimes when we boil it down, our fears aren't horrible; they can be tackled and tamed.
We watched a 10 minute clip from "What About Bob?" and discussed the characters and their true fears. As Bob talks with Siggy about his fear of diving he says, "So what is about diving? Break it down for me."
In your writing assignment I want you to face fear. There are a number of acceptable ways you can do this:
- HOMEWORK Assignment #1: A writing on FEAR
- OPTION #1: By taking one of my pre-written titles and rolling with it in a short-story format or a personal essay format. Make sure if you are choosing this type of writing you MUST type it and include the proper MLA format in the upper right-hand corner:
- ___ (#) steps to conquering ____
- I Ain't Afraid of ____
- My Fear of _____
- or make up your own title and go with it!
- OPTION #2: Poetry/Creative Approach: Since this approach will probably be "less" writing, make sure it shows SOLID effort and time spent on the assignment.
- A 5 senses poem on Fear (Fear smells like..., tastes like..., looks like..., feels like..., sounds like...). This could be a five lined poem or a poem with a number of lines in each stanza.
- A "Fear Is" poem. Using a variety of the sentences where each like is a metaphor. Each line begins Fear Is...
- A Comic strip with a character battling a fear/coming to a resolution
- Acrostic Poem
HOMEWORK Assignment #2: Finish Vocabulary Unit 1 in workbook
In addition, you must finish Vocab Unit 1 work (page 26 & 27). All work MUS T BE completed. I will be checking for COMPLETION of UNIT 1 on Monday. Your vocabulary test will be Tuesday.
You will need to know how to spell all 20 words and know the definitions for all of the words.
