Monday, December 12, 2011

Agenda, December 13

Due Every Day: Bring your personal reading book. 
Due Every Night: Read for 15 minutes (or more). Fill in your bookmark when you finish reading.
Due Now: Rough Draft of Short Story
Due Wednesday: Test on Elements of Literature
Due Friday: Final draft of story and all freewrites. We'll type your stories in class. If you want to work at home, use google docs (just add to your intro) and be sure to bring something to keep you productively occupied during class.

Extra Credit Forms Due Friday.

  1. Reading time
  2. Wondrous Words
  3. Decoder Practice
  4. Writing Traits Notes
  5. What's on the test tomorrow?
  6. Write 3 test questions and their answers
  7. Read around groups / drafting time for unprepared writers
Learning Goals: I can think about unfamiliar words in my personal reading. I can share my writing with others.

Unit Goal: I can analyze a short story using the elements of literature. I can incorporate the elements of literature into a personal narrative.
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2 comments:

  1. Cameron DavisDecember 13, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    How long does the rough draft have to be?

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  2. EdDecember 13, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    You need a little exposition, three events of rising action, a climax, one event of falling action, and a resolution. Lots of writers will put their falling action and resolution in a single paragraph.

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