Writing Assignment (5th grade)

Writing Assignment


Due: Tuesday December 9th, 2014

This week in class we read the story “Going with the Flow”. This story is about a deaf boy who has moved and is attending a new school. We read about the struggles of making friends when you are different.

You are to:

• write a letter from Mark to his friend Jamie telling about all the new friends he has mad at the new school. Include the good and the bad. (1 page)

• How would you feel if you were Mark? (1 page)





Watch your grammar and spelling!

Writing Assignment (4th grade)

Writing Assignment


Due: Tuesday December 9th, 2014



In class we read “John Henry”. This story is a tall tale. Tall tales are humorous stories about impossible events. There is a lot of exaggeration used in the writing along with a creative setting and colorful dialogue. It features a main character that has superhuman abilities. In the story we read, “John Henry”, we saw how he was commanded to sun when to come out, grew from an infant to an adult in just days and had super human strength. You are to create your own tall tale. The writing pieces must be at least two pages long.



Be sure to have:

• Humor

• Impossible events

• Characters that display super abilities



Watch your grammar and spelling!