During the week of October 29 - November 2 students are working on a 5-paragraph essay. It is due on Thursday, November 1. Students have been given a guide to follow and use in completing their final copy. Also reminded students about the importance of getting all work in or their marks will be affected.

Have collected work on the Friendly Letter and Personal narrative. Working now on paragraphs for this week and early the October 22nd week. Students need to make sure they have all work passed in.

Students are completing their project for Unit 1. The assignment consists of two activities. The first involves writing a friendly letter. They have a lot of options for this activity as long as they cover the basic elements of the friendly letter and have 3-4 paragraphs. The second activity involves writing a personal narrative. This has to be 500-700 words. It should focus on one key incident, involve one setting, a short time frame and have as few characters as possible. Students must hand both their first and final draft to see the corrections that have been made. Both activities must be handed in on Wednesday, October 10, 2007.

have a good Thanksgiving Day weekend.

Writing 2203 is designed to accommodate a wide range of student interests and abilities. It offers students an opportunity to explore writing as a means of personal expression as well as a method of communication. As mentioned in class, perhaps a more appropriate name for the course should be Communication. The course provides opportunities for students to develop a portfolio of of written products in various categories including transactional writing, poetic writing, and expressive writing.



The course will require students to apply themselves diligently to the activities assigned in class. Students who do so and demonstrate an ability and willingness to grow will experience success.



The first three weeks of classes have focused on students becoming familiar with the writing process and reacting to the written word.



Students have completed a number of activities that should be handed in for feedback and assessment including;

• reacting to "Getting a Second-Wind".


• Completing a Personal Inventory, reflecting on the Inventory and providing further information on chosen items from the Inventory.


• Writing about their past and future as a writer.

Those items should be handed in as well as the Journal. The Journal has been provided and students will receive feedback on their journal selections throughout the year.