Mr. Sweetman

In My Day We all know of or have seen depictions of the “typical old guy/gal” who is always talking about, “back in the day when…”. Your creative writing task is to create an “in my day” paragraph where you take the point of view of this “old guy/gal” and tell how things were for you, ‘back in the day”. The topic(s) are up to you but it must be school appropriate and, should connect. In other words, while we may “suspend our disbelief” a little, there should be a healthy dose of verisimilitude in your writing. REQUIREMENTS:   A paragraph of 8-10 complete sentences. Give lots of detail and be specific. Do not use quotation marks/dialogue unless you know how to do it right. A narrative paragraph does not require quotation marks. You may have to read your paragraph aloud. Prompt for Writing Activity: In MY Day . . .From a Washington Post Report, in which readers were asked to tell Gen-Xers how much harder they had it in the old days: Runner-Up : In m...

Here is the English nine exam outline and review 2014 for Chester Area Middle School. Print a copy by following this link :  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ynAIByZb-PmZKYzGpAmviU4SRLErdqxGjhM4FLN38JE/edit?usp=sharing English Nine Exam Outline Exam Time January 29th, 2013 Part A) Students will read a short story and answer three different levels of short answer questions . 1) Literal questions can be answered by searching the text 1) What age is Ponyboy Curtis? - For full points they should be answered correctly in a full sentence. 2) Inferential questions : Compare and contrast Ponyboy’s brothers Sodapop and Darry? - For full points answer the question in 2 to 3 sentence explaining your answer 3) Interpretive questions : A question where you take your knowledge from the text, and life from outside the text to create an answer. Will the Socs and the Greasers ever stop fighting? - For full points answer the question in three to four sentences ...