West English 11 Quarter 1 Summative Writing Tasks November 13-17, 2017

1. Please list five things that matter to you.

2. For each, please write 3-4 complete sentences explaining why.

3. Print.

4. Write a true personal episode, as in the book Black Boy, related to one of the things that matter to

you. Make the episode show how or why it matters to you. Include dialogue, punctuated correctly.

Spend about 30 minutes completing this.

5. If you do not finish in class, please finish as homework.

6. Print [End of Day 1]

7. Pick a thing that matters to you from your list. Invent a fictional episode related to thing that matters

to you. It could be based on a real episode, but should then be embellished with additional conflict,

elements of setting, other characters, symbolism, or other literary elements. It could also be entirely

fictional, but, again, also include some development of these literary elements.

8. Spend about an hour completing this.

9. If you do not finish in class, please finish as homework.

10. Print [End of Day 2]

11. Pick one thing that matters to you from your list. Make a list of ideas, words, and phrases about it.

You might include:

a. Description of circumstances related to the thing

b. Reasons why the thing matters

c. Descriptions of the circumstances in which it came to matter to you

d. Images you associate with the thing (sights, sounds, smells, etc)

e. Who or what opposes the thing that matters to you

f. An ideal outcome or future related to the thing

g. Challenges to the thing that matters

h. Any other thoughts or details related to the thing that matters

12. After completing your list, go back and reread it. Please highlight 15 phrases that you like for one

reason or another. Copy those 15 phrases and paste them into a new document.

13. Rearrange the phrases, filling in with additional words and phrases, and make your list into a poem.

You may add or delete anything you want during this process. You have control of the process, but

you should be writing a poem.

14. Spend about 30 minutes on this task.

15. Listen in class as Mr. West goes through several “Poetry Revision” tricks to improve your poem.

16. Revise your poem.

17. If you do not finish in class, please finish as homework.

18. Print [End of Day 3]

19. Day 4: Friday:

a. Complete the reflection provided in class

b. Print

c. Fill out the rubric provided in class

d. Gather all four written pieces, put the completed rubric on top, and then staple them

together, and turn them in

20. Have great Thanksgiving.