Home Learning:  English Language Arts – Lesson One

Write a response to the following prompt:  If you could only eat five foods for the rest of your life, what would these foods be, and why?

Instructions: spend 10 to 12 minutes writing your response (it’s okay to think/brainstorm beforehand – but you should be writing for the allotted time). Your response should begin with a list, followed by a few short paragraphs detailing your reasons for choosing these foods. Remember: you are going to be eating these foods for the remainder of your life…you must have your reasons!

Weekly writing assignment – Personal Narrative of our Christmas break

This writing piece will be due at the end of the week (Friday – 2:00 pm). A personal narrative details events on a given topic; in this case, your Christmas Break.

Instructions: Spend 15 to 20 minutes (today) writing/brainstorming this piece of writing (you will have a block of time each day to work on this short piece). You have several options when deciding how to organize this narrative. You may choose to focus on a chronological narrative (discussing events in the order in which they happened – like a timeline). You may choose to focus on interesting/fun events; you could even rank these in order of “most” to “least” fun or interesting. You may choose to focus on setting; times/places where things occurred. You may have your own method of organizing this piece of writing; it is entirely up to you how you stay organized.

Your final “finished” piece should be a minimum of five proper paragraphs and a maximum of two pages in length.

Make a note: both of these pieces of writing from today's lesson are also in your "Teams" under the Assignment link. You can submit these through Teams if you prefer.