English Extra Credit
You may earn up to 20 points of extra credit within each
grading period of approximately six weeks. Most extra credit assignments
are worth 10 points, but some are worth 20.
10 Point Assignments
1.
As you are
reading, find five words you don't know. Copy the sentences from which
the words appear and then look up and copy the definition.
2.
Find an
online age appropriate writing contest and copy a submitted entry to bring to
class.
3.
Write a one
page letter of appreciation using letter writing standards to a person or
business that has helped you in some way. Express your gratitude to them
giving specific examples of what they did that helped you. Deliver the
letter and bring me a copy.
4.
Write a
song or poem of 20 or more lines.
5.
Read about
an author you have enjoyed and list 20 facts about this author.
6.
Write 10 original questions and interview a
parent or another adult about what life was like for them as a teenager.
20 Point Assignments
1.
Go to a
museum, live performance (ballet, theater), lecture, or community meeting.
Bring a brochure or ticket stub and write a one page summary of your experience.
2.
Read a
fiction book of 100 or more pages. Summarize the story and
then write about how the book's characters, themes or ideas impacted you as a
person.
