September Menu
**You must choose at least ten items off this menu. All ten items MUST be a half page & completed by the last school day in
September. If you finish early, I will grade them early!  You must work on these items at the beginning of each class until they are
completed. After that, you may silent read or work on something of your choice, silently, at your seat. ALL of these items MUST be
written in your notebook. Your notebook MUST stay in your English classroom!!! This assignment is worth FIFTY points. Happy
writing!
What do you think most 6th
graders are scared of? Are you
scared of that too?
Create a morning
announcement for the 8th
graders about how they should
treat 6th graders.
Write directions to one of your
specials classes starting from
this class.
Construct a Venn Diagram
comparing and contrasting a
famous protagonist and
antagonist. (Good guy vs. bad
guy)
Write a critics review for the
latest book you’ve read.
Create a greeting card with a
message wish for a 100th
birthday.
Write a friendly letter to your
parents explaining three goals
and how you plan to achieve
them.
Write a note to your teacher.
TELL ALL!! 
Create an original recipe for
success in something of your
choice.
Write a letter to
someone whose
feelings you’ve hurt
recently.
Create a map of your bedroom.
What do you like best about it?
Retell one of your favorite
memories from this past
summer. Why was it your
favorite? What did you do?
Create a magazine cover with
your picture on it. What are
the top stories?!?
Make a list of ten things you’re
afraid of and a list of ten things
you think your parents are
afraid of.
Using a chart- describe a
spooky setting using the five
senses.
Write directions on how to
open your locker lock. (You
don’t have to include your
actual combination!)
October Menu
**You must choose at least ten items off this menu. All ten items MUST be a half page & completed by the last school day in October. If you finish early,
I will grade them early!  You must work on these items at the beginning of each class until they are completed. After that, you may silent read or work
on something of your choice, silently, at your seat. ALL of these items MUST be written in your notebook. Your notebook MUST stay in your English
classroom!!! This assignment is worth FIFTY points. Happy writing!
List the top 25 Halloween
candies
Sketch a spooky setting. List
ten adjectives to describe it.
Write a friendly letter to your
science or social studies teacher
telling them what you think of
the current topic in class.
Construct an acrostic poem from Create a five block comic strip.
the letters in the words
Include a ghost, a 6th grader,
PUMPKIN & WITCH.
and your teacher.
List the members of your family. Construct a spooky crossword
Describe each member with five using ten spooky words. Don’t
different adjectives.
forget your clues!
List the top two scary movies
you’ve seen. Write out a plot
diagram for each movie.
Write a formal letter to the
principal.
Create a flowchart describing
your routine from the time you
wake up till you get to school.
List three villains. Write a short Write a song about Ankeney.
story about each villain’s life.
Make sure it has several verses.
BE CREATIVE!!!
Write clues to a secret
location.
Come up with three GREAT
opening lines to a scary story.
(Once upon a time… & One
day…are OFF LIMITS!!)
Write out your ideal grocery
list. Include 25 items.
Create a haiku (5,7,5)
describing fall.
November Menu
**You must choose at least ten items off this menu. All ten items MUST be a half page & completed by the last school day in November. If
you finish early, I will grade them early!  You must work on these items at the beginning of each class until they are completed. After that,
you may silent read or work on something of your choice, silently, at your seat. ALL of these items MUST be written in your notebook. Your
notebook MUST stay in your English classroom!!! This assignment is worth FIFTY points. Happy writing!
Write an obituary for your
Thanksgiving turkey.
Create an invitation inviting
someone famous for
Thanksgiving.
Create a t-chart with things
you’re thankful for and why.
Write a review of your
favorite movie.
Brainstorm a web with at least Write a reflection of your year
fifteen bubbles with “first
so far. How is it going? What do
quarter” written in the middle you need to do to improve?
bubble.
How does your family
celebrate Thanksgiving? Give
details!
Draw a scene from the first
Thanksgiving. Give two facts
and one thing you believe is
false.
Agree or disagree with this
thesis statement, “You should
be thankful to be an
American.”
Write a letter to your teachers
explaining something you’re
excelling in that we might not
have noticed.
Write a letter to your BFF
Write a four line rhyming
using text lingo. Must be one poem about something funny.
FULL page.
Create three bumper stickers
of your choice. Color them if
you’d like! 
Describe a memory from your
childhood using all five senses.
If you could change the
colors of leaves what would
you make them? Why?
FREE CHOICE! Surprise me!
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