Weeds and Roses Summer Assignment What are Weeds

Weeds and Roses Summer Assignment

What are Weeds & Roses? � As I read through essays, I take notes of common errors, mistakes, misreads, etc. � At the end, I compile a list of the most grave, most heinous errors… › These are the WEEDS!! › You must pluck them from the garden of your paper!

And the roses? � The lovely, delicate, fragrant blooms cultivated in the craft of your writing. � Cherish these. Plant more. Watch them grow.

Weed #1—Author’s name � Unless you take tea with Greg Mortenson, Kerri Leonard or Christopher Greenslate, you MAY NOT call them by their first name � Acceptable ways to reference authors: › › First and last name (1 st time named) Last name only “the author” He/she

Weed #1—Author’s name � For example: Mortenson › Greg went back to Pakistan and Afghanistan and built over 55 schools.

Weed #2—Title of Books � Take note, ladies and gents, boys and girls, children of all ages…for the rest of your life, this will remain true: Underline “Quotes” Long works: “Short works” Books “short stories” Plays “title of an act” Albums “Song” Epic poems “Poems” Magazines “Articles”

Weed #3—Write in Pen �My eyes are old and crusty. They hurt. I wince often. They scratch under my eyelids. Sometimes they moan like a ninety-year-old man with a cane. � Pen helps me see. Pen helps me read all of your wonderful words. Please use pen.

Weed #4—Answer the entire prompt � What was one of the first things we did before we began writing? � Why did we do that? � How much space/time should each portion have? � If you did not address all three parts of the question, you DNAP (did not answer the prompt)

Roses!! “Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea, was a mountain climber. His ambition was to climb one of the world’s most formidable mountains, K 2. Now Mortenson challenges an equally strenuous climb: the fight for education in war-torn Pakistan. ”

Roses!! � “The average person will feel content going about life the way it is and not question the system. However, a select few individuals will feel compelled to act. These are people such as Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea, as well as Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard, who wrote On a Dollar a Day. The world has many problems and these people felt that there needed to be change…”

Roses!! � “This book will likely have a great impact on America’s eating habits as well as awareness of the very real poverty and hunger situation in the world. This book challenges Americans to take a second look at the comfortable, self-centered life most Americans live and help out the people that don’t even know if they will have another meal. This challenge struck me personally as…”

Scores: � 9 -0 � 8 -0 � 7 -0 � 6 -5 � 5 -8 � 4 -11 � 3 -8 � 2 -3 � 1 -0 Majority of scores

When you receive your paper back: Identify the weeds you have in your paper. Use the corresponding number and write that number where ever you seen your weed appear. Reread your entire essay. Regardless of what I said, what did you do well? With what did you struggle? Using colored pencils or highlighters, 1. 2. 3. › › With one color, box all the parts that discuss why the author felt compelled to act With another color, box all the parts that discuss societal impacts A final color, box personal impacts Write 2 -3 sentences discussing how you allocated your time…did you respond to the prompt evenly?