Prompt #4 (Switching Places)

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? If that seems too easy, try this one: who would you like to have spend a day as you and what do you hope they’d learn from the experience?


REMINDER: ALL PROMPTS SHOULD BE 3 PARAGRAPHS AND WILL BE GRADED TOGETHER.

Prompt #3 (Charitable)

Charitable!

You’ve inherited $5 million, with instructions that you must give it all away — but you can choose any organizations you like to be the beneficiaries. Where does the money go? Why? As always, please write three paragraphs.

Prompt #2 (The New School)

 The New School

You get to redesign school as we know it from the ground up. Will you do away with reading, writing, and math? What skills and knowledge will your school focus on teaching young minds? (3 paragraphs!)

 

Prompt # 1 (By the Skin of Your Teeth)

Avoiding Disaster


Write about a time when you narrowly avoided disaster. This means that something terrible could have happened, but you were able get away from it. Please write a minimum of three paragraphs for this assignment. (3 paragraph minimum)

Writer's Workshop Guidelines

Peer-editing is a difficult process. Here are some guidelines to help you peer-edit better:

 

• Ask a classmate to read through what you have written.
• Give them at least one thing to focus on (characters, setting, plot, grammar, etc.
• Write a comments for your peer that will help them improve their work.
• Underlining and changes are permitted, but do so in a different color so your peer is able to see your suggestions.
• Answer the questions below as well. Add comments too.

 

1. Is there evidence of prewriting activity (brainstorm, plan)
2. Are the title main words capitalized?
3. Does the title fit the piece?
4. Are paragraphs used to organize information?
5. Is the introduction effective?
6. Is the main idea clear, with a sense of purpose?
7. Is information placed in logical order?
8. Is there enough supporting evidence?
9. Does the writer stay on topic?
10. Is the writing interesting?
11. Is the word choice appropriate?
12. Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?
13. Does each sentence end with a proper punctuation?
14. Is each sentence a complete thought?
15. Are there any spelling errors (underline please)?
16. Are there other words that should be capitalized?
17. Are plurals and possessives correct?
18. Are quotation marks used correctly?
19. Is the conclusion effective and relevant?
20. Is written text well organized on paper?


Other comments:


WHEN YOU ARE DONE RECEIVING SUGGESTIONS FROM YOUR PEER, MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR WORK AND THEN TURN IT IN.

Short Story Guidelines

Bell Work: Write down 3-5 sentences describing the conflict or problem in your first story. Keep in mind that you should be using the character and setting that you worked on last week.

 

Agenda

• We are going to begin writing our short stories today.
• You should have a well developed protagonist, setting and conflict! It is now your job to put this all together and design the plot! (In other words, you are going to write the story.)

Here are the guidelines to help you get an A.

Short Story Guidelines

• Stories must be 3-5 pages typed and double spaced.
• You must use a 12 point, Times New Roman or Arial font.
• Rough Draft is due
• Final copies are due

Reminder

 

*Your planning pages will be graded. Please have them completed so you can turn them in! Finish them for homework if they are not done. All of the assignments given are posted to the blog!

 

 

Happy writing!

Designing Characters and Setting

Bell Work: What is a setting? Why is it important for characters to have a setting in a story?

Essential Question: How do I write a creative short story using complex characters?

Whole Group Time

 

1. Discuss setting

2. Essential Question

4. Arts standards

*Note: If you missed yesterdays's character profile lesson, you must complete at least 20 of the questions provided to be prepared for class tomorrow.

Arts Standards

 

Standard 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts

Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (in this case, theater) and participate in various roles in the arts. 

Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources

Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participating in the arts in various roles. 

Work Time

 

1. Choose a setting and describe it on an index card.

2. Discuss with classmates.

3. Decide if we want to swap with a partner or not.

Closure 

1. Write down homework if you do not finish today's task.

2. Clean up your space, log off your computers and push in your chairs. 

Homework

Finish your character profiles and/or setting descriptions to be prepared for tomorrow's lesson.

Have a great day!