My+Name+-+More+Descriptive+Writing

toc =Describing My Name= What is the origin of your name? How did you get this name? What does it remind you of? What does it sound like? Do you like it? How would you **//describe//** it!?

__**DAY ONE - 10/19/11:**__ We will read how Sandra Cisneros describes "Esperanza" from the book //The House on Mango Street//. //(handed out in class on 10/18/11)://

Researching My Name
Here is a page to get you started researching information about your name. See what you can find out -- maybe you will discover things you never knew!... //This is homework given 10/18/11//. It is __**due 10/21/11**__:



__**DAY TWO - 10/21/11:**__ Now we will explore our names with our imagination - this is a '//**Fanciful Exploration of Your Name**//' (//**to be completed 10/21/11 in class**//):

My Name Assignment
Explained and distributed //10/21/11// in class. **FIRST DRAFT IS DUE 10/28/11**. __**FINAL DRAFT IS DUE 11/1/11!**__

Getting Ideas for Writing
__**DAY THREE - 10/24/11**__
 * Hooks and grabbers** page to give you some models and ideas of how students have described their name in the past was handed out in class on Monday 10/24/11. //Sorry, there are no digital copies - please get a copy in class.//

Use this **frame** when considering your writing. See how it mirrors the complex layers of description in Cisneros' "Esperanza" read on 10/19/11 (copy above). //This frame for your writing distributed 10/24/11//

__**DAY FOUR - 10/25/11 - START WRITING**__

__**DAY FIVE - 10/26/11 - WRITING!**__

__**DAY SIX - 10/28/11 - FIRST DRAFT DUE! PEER EDIT DAY...**__

Peer Edit pages (front and back side)




__** ASSIGNMENT DUE - TUESDAY 11/1/11 **__