MINI-PHOTO GALLERY FROM FROZEN TABLEAUX

WEEK 13 & 14 AGENDA: NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 6

Foci: Drafting Short Stories, Peer Editing, and Understanding Theme

Notes: We will be typing our stories in class this week and next week. If students want to transfer their pieces from home to school, flash drives and email are excellent tools.

NO SCHOOL ON DECEMBER 7 - TEACHER INSERVICE.


STAY TUNED FOR PHOTOS FROM OUR FROZEN TABLEAUX ACTIVITY - Please contact me if you DO NOT WANT your child pictured on this blog.

Homework: Daybook 55-59 due on Friday

Recent WNB's:

WNB #8 - Draft Setting and Conflict
WNB#9 - Short Story Chronology Mapping and Element Lists

MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
Mini-lessons: Point of View, Titles & Story Leads

SHORT STORY ASSIGNMENT LOGISTICS

Things to think about as you write your story:

o What stories stuck out for you that you read in preparation for this? What made them good and memorable?
o What kind of mood do you want to create in your piece?
o Who will be your narrator?
o Will they employ 1st person, 3rd person limited, or 3rd person omniscient technique?
o What does your protagonist want?
o What central conflict will your character face? What complications will occur along the way?
o Who or what stands in the way?
o What order will you sequence your events? Do you need to start at the beginning or not?
o Will your characters be dynamic or static?
o What literary techniques will you use – e.g. personification, irony, dramatic irony, hyperbole, understatement, foreshadowing, suspense, symbolism?
o What tone will you employ as an author?

TIMELINE:
Typing days in class: November 26, 27, 28, 30, 3, 4. 5, 6

Other:
Individual Conferencing throughout process
Peer Editing - November 29
Base Group Sharing – December 10 & 11

ROUGH DRAFT DUE NOVEMBER 30
2 COPIES OF FINAL DRAFT DUE DECEMBER 6

FORMAT:
You need a title, header and footer
Double space, 12-point, Arial font
2-7 pages in length (unless you chose TTT3 Exemption option)

GRADING:
Your piece will be graded according to the rubric distributed, which is based on the 6 Traits for Writing.

WEEK 12 AGENDA: NOVEMBER 19&20

Foci: Structure of a short story and story leads

Notes:
Thanksgiving Break begins on Wednesday, November 21. NO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY. Have a great holiday!!!

Homework:
TTT#3 due on Monday. Students who plan to exceed 7 pages on their short story are exempt from this piece.

No homework over break. Students are welcome to begin typing their short stories. We will begin typing in school after break.

Things to think about as you continue drafting your story:
Who will be your narrator? Will they employ 1st person, 3rd person limited, or 3rd person omniscient technique? What does your protagonist want? What central conflict will your character face? Who or what stands in the way?

MONDAY
TTT#3 due
Read "A Path through the Cemetery" by Leonard Q. Ross
Do reflection questions in base groups
Plan tableaux

TUESDAY
Tableaux scenes
Story Leads

WEEK 11 AGENDA: NOVEMBER 12-16

Foci: Sci Fi and Characterization

Notes:
Odds Bodkin at JHHS Tuesday 9-10
Homework Help on Monday of this week, not Tuesday

Homework:
TTT #2 due on Monday, November 12
TTT #3 due on Monday, November 19

We will be starting to plan and draft our short stories this week. Length is 2-7 pages. If you want to exceed this length, your option is to do so, as well as read one extra story, and be exempted from TTT #3.

MONDAY:
TTT #2 due
Finish Main Character Questionnaires
SPEED MEETING EXERCISE - Getting to know characters
Draft Opposing Characters

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY:
Introduction to Si-Fi
Story time: "There Will Come Soft Rains" - Ray Bradbury
BASE: Review Short Story Terminology

THURSDAY
WNB #8: Design Setting and Conflict
Plot Map Stories
Story Leads

FRIDAY
WNB #9: Student Prompt
Paper in the Middle: Short Story Terms Review Game

WEEK 10 AGENDA: NOVEMBER 5-9

Foci: Short Stories and Punctuating Dialogue

Notes:
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY
BOOK TALKS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
CONFERENCES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 3-7
NO HOMEWORK HELP THIS TUESDAY BECAUSE OF CONFERENCES

Homework:
Tic Tac Toe #2 due on Monday, November 12

MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
Book Talks and Punctuating Dialogue

WEDNESDAY
Organize Binders
New Base Groups
Daybook 49-52

THURSDAY:
WNB #9
Read TTT #2 story in class

QUARTERLY REFLECTION

Questions:

1) What is your overall effort in this class?

2) Are you respectful to your peers and teacher?

3) Do you come to class prepared, with all of your materials?

4) How organized are you?

5) Describe the organization of your binder, your WNB, and your writing portfolio. You may choose to use some vivid figurative language here!

6) Look back at the goal sheet you set for first quarter. Which goals have you been pursuing, and which have you met?

7) Set some goals for second quarter here.

8) Comment on your base group. What kind of group would you like to be in next time?

9) Discuss your best piece of writing in this class. Why are you proud of it?

10) What has been your favorite activity this quarter? Why?

WEEK 9 AGENDA: OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 2

Foci: Characterization and commas

Notes:
*This Friday is the end of 1st Quarter. Friday is an early release schedule. Quarterly recognition at JHMS in the afternoon.
*All missing work is due by Wednesday, October 31.
*Halloween is weird hair day!!!
*Student Dance is November 2nd.

Homework: Final 1st Quarter HW - Tic Tac Toe - due on Wednesday, October 31. One box is required. Two boxes optional for extra credit.

MONDAY
-Finish sharing "Landlady" rewritten endings
-Discuss setting and characterization in Roald Dahl's "Landlady"
-Grade Daybooks together
-Daybook p. 46 - Characterization

TUESDAY
-Commas and Comma Splices mini-lesson
-Grammar in Context: More practice punctuating dialogue - samples taken from student narratives

WEDNESDAY - WEIRD HAIR DAY
-Tic Tac Toe due
-Share Tic Tac Toe in Base Groups
-Vocabulary List #2 - 5 words from texts: "Landlady" and Tic Tac Toe story

THURSDAY
-Read "Lamb to Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
-Make 5 CM's about characterization as we read

FRIDAY - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
-Quarterly Reflection