WRITING FOLDER  
   
   OUTLINE
   
     During the course of the semester you will hand in about 6
   writing folder pieces for marking -- about 2 per term. 
   Each piece will be different and you are encouraged to experiment as
   much as possible and to seek help from other students and the teacher
   at each stage in the process.  You will be assigned a series of types
   of writing and you will supply the topic or choose from the
   possibilities below.  In all cases you should feel that only your best
   work will be marked.  You will also be marked on your pre-writing and
   rough work. 
   
   TYPES OF WRITING (Format)
   
   1- a comparison of two things
   2- a fictional diary
   3- a review of anything
   4- a type of your own choice (the anything category-- try              
                            POETRY!)                                      
   5- a description
   6- an opinion in any form, such as a letter to the editor
   7- a fairy tale, myth, or fantastic short story
   8- a report (not a review)
   9- a point of view assignment-- you write as if you are somebody or
   something else.
   
   POSSIBLE TOPICS
   
A MANDATORY TOPIC TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE NOVEMBER 16 IS
REMEMBRANCE DAY-- THE TYPE OF WRITING IS OPEN.
   
 other possible topics are:
   
   dreams           me             heroes         pets
   the best         the worst      love           emotions
   blindness        food           holidays       jobs
   friends          enemies        machines       clothes
   groups           music          dancing        television
   school           sleep          technology     the future
   nightmares       getting older  youth          embarrassment
   war              elections      parents        pollution
   
   INSTRUCTIONS
   1- Brain storm each topic-- use a web diagram.
   2- Write a rough copy.
   3- Revise the rough copy.
   4- Get another student to help you revise and edit the rough. 
   5- Write a polished copy.
   6- Proof read the polished copy before submitting it.
   
   Each polished copy (except a poem) must be about 250 words.