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Autobiographical Narrative - Four stories from your life in the style of Richard Wright
 in Google Classroom

Autobiographical Narrative - Four stories from your life in the style of Richard Wright

100 points
This paper will be between 9 - 12 pages in length
Paper must include the following:

At least 4 separate incidents
Dialogue throughout exhibiting 2 different formats
Formal and informal writing
One section of memory snippets
Vivid imagery and powerful word choice
Specific descriptive detail throughout
Remember - most format questions can be answered by looking at the Black Boy text
If Wright does it - you can do it.

Check out this link for info and video for some essay writing tips

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Other-Words-for-Said

In case you want to include languages other than English in your dialogue:
You have two options depending on context:

1) If it's a quick exchange and can be figured out in context, put the foreign language in italics.

"As-tu le livre?"

"Yes, I have the book here."

or inline:

"You filthy p'taQ!" B'Elanna snarled.

2) If it's a quick exchange without context, put the translation afterwards and italicize that.

"Pour ma peine, ma punition, je tourne en rond," he sighed. For my pain, for my punishment, I pace in circles. Now Picard understood.

inline:

"Qa'pla!" Success! the Klingon shouted.

In any case, I would not have more than one or two exchanges in a foreign language. Either use a tag like "she said in French" so the reader realizes the characters aren't speaking English, or note in narration "they discussed the matter in French for some time, but as Malcolm didn't speak the language, he had to wait for a translation."

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CommonLit: Juvenile Justice in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Juvenile Justice

This assignment is due 10/14/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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CommonLit: Nice Kids Finish First: Study Finds Social Skills Can Predict Future Success in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Nice Kids Finish First: Study Finds Social Skills Can Predict Future Success

This assignment is due 09/10/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

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CommonLit: Life Isn't Fair — Deal With It in Google Classroom

CommonLit: Life Isn't Fair — Deal With It

This assignment is due 08/26/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.