Don't miss out!!

We still have a few yearbooks available for purchase, and are selling them on a first come first serve basis. Any students who still wish to buy a yearbook should put $20 cash or check (payable to "WPS Escrow") in an envelope with their name, and team color and submit it to the office. 

Thanks for your support! 

Last SRI of 8th Grade!!

This is our last SRI test of the year.

Take your time and do your very best work!!

SRI Test Link

Final writing reminders!

Literary essay reminders...

Yearbooks are going fast!

We still have some yearbooks available for purchase, and are selling them on a first come first serve basis. Any students who still wish to buy a yearbook should put $20 cash or check (payable to "WPS Escrow") in an envelope with their name, and team color and submit it to the office. 

Thanks for your support! 

Get 'em while they last!!

We still have some yearbooks available for purchase, and are selling them on a first come first serve basis. Any students who still wish to buy a yearbook should put $20 cash or check (payable to "WPS Escrow") in an envelope with their name, and team color and submit it to the office. 

 

Thanks for your support! 

Lit essay outline

Outline for sections A,D & E

Outline for sections B & C

Tracking your evidence

Lit essay.... Getting started

Writing a claim (thesis statement) for your literary essay

Use the charts below to help write your claim statement (thesis) for the literary essay. 

Essay Test

Sometime over your 4-year career as a high school English student, a teacher is going to give you what is called an "essay test." We are going to practice strategies for essay tests using Lord of the Rings as a text.

The Lord of the Rings- The Fellowship of the Ring 

Choose 2 of the following Essay Prompts, and write a 1/1.5 page response for each question.

1. Discuss the evolution of Frodo Baggins as a character.

2. What is the significance of Gollum having been a hobbit prior to acquiring the ring? How can greed and envy "transform" someone?

3. How do you explain Sam's determination to stay with Frodo no matter what? 

4. Explain the relationship between Aragorn and Boromir.

5. Why is Aragorn a reluctant hero?

6. Discuss the "Everyman" archetype present in the story.

7. What does the ring symbolize?


Requirements:
-Responses should be typed in Google Docs & submitted in Turnitin
-Remember to include an introduction and a reflective conclusion
-Double space your writing
-Use evidence from text to support your answers (you won't have direct quotes, because we are using the film as a text.... but you can still be specific about explaining examples from the movie).
-Don't forget to provide your original analysis (thinking) for each example

DUE: Friday May 19th