1. Dear Parents,
For Writing this year, each student will have a homework assignment, given on Monday and due
on Friday. The assignment will be described in detail on a paper that your child will bring home at
the beginning of each week. It usually will be a composition paper covering various writing skills that
we are studying in class.
Each quarter the cumulative grades of the homework papers will count as part of the student's
Writing grade. The student must hand in the directions sheet, an edited scratch copy, and a well-
scratch well-
written final copy.
The first assignment, due August 27th, is attached to this sheet.
The first
Please sign below and have your child return this sheet the following school day.
have
Thank you,
Mrs. Shelton
These are the qualities each paper will be graded for:
will
1. Heading ---Name, date, title
---Name,
2. Five elements of good writing: PURPOSE, DIRECTION, IDEAS, STYLE, PRESENTATION
3. Topic sentence
4. Supporting sentences (at least 3)
5. Concluding sentence
6. Indent paragraph
7. Neatness (All papers must be written iin ink or typed.)
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8. Spelling
9. Capitalization
I have read and understand the responsibilities my child, ___________________________, has in
completing his/her Paragraph of the Week assignments.
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Parent's signature
signature