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Reflections . . .

5/30/2013

Prompt: This is our last Mixed Ink assignment of the year. So, think long and hard about your response. Then, in detail, explain what you learned about yourself this school year. Describe what your first year in high school felt like. What did you think about your classes? Your teachers? Your time?

Have an amazing summer and an extraordinary life! Be easy, and remember, Live What You Love! I Do!™

Tip: Make sure your story has a beginning, middle and end. DO NOT rush this story. Write believable characters, storyline and setting.

Rules:
1-Write THREE (3) correctly formatted paragraphs.
2-Write in complete sentences.
3-Use literary devices, explicitly. (Ex: See Tools & News)
4-Use academic language to write grammatically correct.
5-Think about what you are going to write.
6-Write EPIContent (engaging, powerful, informative, creative).
7-Remember CPOP and everything else I've taught you!

Deadline: May 31, 2013, 11:59 p.m. CST

Me, To the Rescue!

5/23/2013

Prompt: In class, we wrote a half-page about our rescue efforts after the recent tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Now, you will give more detail, expanding on what you have already written, and turning it into a real story of search and rescue.

You wake up in Moore, Oklahoma, after the recent tornado, to help with the rescue efforts. Describe what kind of emotions you are feeling. What does the place look like? How are you dressed? How is everyone else dressed? What will you eat? How will you help? What will you take with you to help victims? Once you rescue someone, what will you do for them? Where will you take them? Consider all these questions as you write your story.

Last, tell me the real-life effort you made to contribute in some way.

Tip: Make sure your story has a beginning, middle and end. DO NOT rush this story. Write believable characters, storyline and setting.

Rules:
1-Write THREE (3) correctly formatted paragraphs.
2-Write in complete sentences.
3-Use literary devices, explicitly. (Ex: See Tools & News)
4-Use academic language to write grammatically correct.
5-Think about what you are going to write.
6-Write EPIContent (engaging, powerful, informative, creative).
7-Remember CPOP and everything else I've taught you!

Deadline: May 24, 2013, 11:59 p.m. CST

Don't Do That..Please?

5/15/2013

Prompt: Put any two people in any room. One says, "I don't like what you're doing." Continue the drama without revealing the relationship of the two people.

Deadline: May 17, 2013, 11:59 p.m. CST

First Day at Work

5/10/2013

Prompt: Billie Battle, a young woman in her early 30s, and Avery Washington, a young man also in his early 30s, meet on their first day of their new job as fashion designers. One of them had a rough childhood.

Directions: Write their story.

Due May 10, 2013 11:59 p.m.CST

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Mixed Ink is our class blog, the window into our souls. It was designed to improve students' writing, critical thinking and communication skills by giving them a platform to provide meaningful content based on their interpretation of what they see.

Although the students receive a grade based on a rubric for completing this assignment, they are not graded on complexity of thought. This is a place where students of all levels can freely, confidently and creatively express themselves and their opinions in a nonjudgmental platform. They are required to respond to and critique each other, but degradation, slander, lewdness, etc., will not be tolerated.

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