HAPPY MONDAY!!!
Together, we will read a passage. I will read the prompt to you and you will have the rest of the period to take the assessment. If you finish early, please take out your independent reading book and read silently. Do NOT disturb your classmates as they have the entire period to take the assessment. You should take your time, do your best and remember to annotate the story!
CLOSING: MAKE SURE YOUR FINAL TOUCHES ARE ON YOUR ASSESSMENT AND TURN IT IN!!!
Tuesday, 10/06/2015
Do Now (20) : Complete the Formative Assessment we started yesterday. When you are finished, please fill out the manilla folder I give you. We will organize all of our notes and graded/returned work.
Intro: Narrative Assignment
Major Essay Assignment: Narrative
PROMPT:
Write a narrative essay based on your personal experience. You may use any of the three narrative structures discussed in class, or any combination of the three.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Your narrative should be typed on a google document that you will access through google classroom. If you do not have access to a computer, or your typing skills limit your ability to turn in work online, talk to Ms. Mueller for assistance and special instructions.
- Your narrative should be between 500 and 1000 words long (2-4 pages double spaced). Use a simple font, size 12-14.
- Head your paper the way you have been instructed. See the board for an example.
ASSESSMENT:- I will look at how well you build and vary your sentences and how well you use paragraphs to tell a story.
You don’t need to show off. Be yourself. I have a saying: all “3” writing sounds the same, but each “4” essay is different. Be different, but be interesting. And don’t forget to check your copy for errors. Share it with me well before the deadline if you want me to help with that. I will do that through shared comments.
-The only real rule is to SHOW not TELL your narrative, as we have been practicing in class. Remember the elements of the stories we read. They were descriptive language, sensory details, dialogue, emotion and suspense. Go where your experience takes you. Write the essay you would like to read.
TRUTH IN MEMOIR:You must honor the truth of the memory, but you may take liberties with details. For example, if you are eating dinner in the story, and you want to put in something like, “Aunt Judy passed the peas,” you can make up the peas, even if you don’t remember what you ate. You can’t, however, make up Aunt Judy.
SHARING YOUR WORK
After you finish your story you will share it with other writers that you have chosen to be in a group with. After that, you may decide to submit the story for publication, rewrite it and submit it later, or put it in your portfolio and forget about it for awhile. It’s up to you.
Review Expectations and Due Date for Narrative Assignment!
Exit: Shout-Outs and Call-Outs
Wednesday, 10/07/15
WARM-UP: Write down three personal experiences you have gone through that mean something to you. They do not need to be especially dramatic or important, just significant to you. What makes these experiences stand out in your mind?
Read Aloud: As we work on our own narratives, we will continue to analyze story structure. Today's example is an episodic narrative. As we read, include all annotations for better understanding and identify the elements of story structure : exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Please keep these elements in mind when writing your own stories.
Brainstorm: Work quietly to begin drafting and brainstorming ideas for your own narrative. Consider using the story structure to create an outline before free-writing. Some of you may prefer to begin with a free-write. Respect your own process but do not waste time.
Closing: Shout-Outs and Call-Outs
Homework: Continue drafting your own narrative.
Thursday/Friday 10/08/2015 - 10/09/2015
Do Now: Independent Reading!!! Have your logs out on your desk to be collected and leave your homework out for a check.
Warm-Up: What is the difference in each of these? Who is speaking and what is the context?
1. Ms. Mueller said that we have another assignment due. I can't believe how time is flying.
2. Ms. Mueller said, "We have another assignment due." I can't believe how time is flying.
3. Ms. Mueller said, "We have another assignment due. I can't believe how time is flying."
Notes: You may take short hand notes during lecture, but be sure to copy all notes written in bold letters!
Using Dialogue in a Personal Narrative
PUNCTUATING QUOTES Quotes are effective tools for adding flavor to your writing by defining the character or speaker, conveying information in a colorful manner, setting the mood and scene, and breaking up large chunks of narrative. But many writers, both novice and professional, sometimes have difficulty in knowing how and when to use quotes.
Let's look at three basic sentence skeletons for punctuating quotes: · "Let's go," he said. · "Let's go," he said, "before it rains." · He said, "Let's go before it rains."
Notice the placement of the opening quote marks and the closing quote marks. Also check the capitalization and the use of the period and comma. All of these examples are correct.
In punctuating quotes, periods and commas always go inside the closing quotes as in the above examples. Colons always go outside the closing quotes. Other punctuation marks, such as the dash, semicolon, question mark or exclamation mark, all go within quotes when they apply ONLY to the quoted material. They go outside the quotes when they apply to the entire sentence.
For quotes within direct quotations, use single quotation marks. For example:
· "I saw the movie 'Twister' last night," she said.
Quotes that are longer than one paragraph don't take closing quotes until the end of the entire quote.
Each new paragraph starts with opening quotes, but does not end with closing quotes. Also remember that long quotes should start with the name of the speaker or source, and that attribution need not be repeated until the speaker has changed.
COMMON PITFALLS IN USING QUOTES Most readers don't even see the word "said" when reading effective dialogue, and many times "said" is the best choice. Don't try to find an alternate word if "said" will do. WHAT is said is far more important.
If you have written a good exchange of dialogue, the reader will KNOW just how it was said. You needn't be redundant. Many times tags are not necessary and can distract readers from well-written dialogue.
Another common mistake is knowing how to use a dialogue tag. For example: · "You look beautiful tonight," he smiled. · "I sure am tired," he yawned. · "I've have a cold for over a week," he coughed. · "Please get me a glass of water," he hiccuped.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I find it very hard to smile a quote, yawn a quote, cough a quote, or hiccup a quote. In each of these sentences, the "he" should be "He" and a period should replace each comma before the closing quotes.
Using Dialogue in a Personal Narrative · "You look beautiful tonight." He smiled. · "I sure am tired." He yawned. It is correct to write "You look beautiful tonight," he said with a smile. Many writers of fiction and nonfiction are often guilty of "echoes": quotes that repeat what has previously been stated in the narrative.
For example: · Johnson has been recovering from a pulled back muscle. · "I pulled a back muscle, but I'm recovering," Johnson said.
Usually echoes are not quite this obvious, but be wary of them.
What you need to remember about writing quotes: Fiction writers routinely employ dialogue to relay important information.
This is a fine example of showing rather than telling.
However, caution should be used in writing fiction dialogue, too. If the dialogue does not advance the plot, set the mood or define the characters, the writer should reconsider its value.
No matter what kind of material you are writing, each speaker gets his or her own paragraph. In reporting, make certain the attribution is given at the beginning of the sentence to signal a change of speaker. This technique avoids confusing the reader.
PRACTICE: STUDENTS WILL COME UP AND PRACTICE DIALOGUE WRITING ON THE BOARD!!!
Read Aloud: End of "The Dog That Bit People." Pay close attention to the author's use of dialogue.
Writer's Workshop: Drafting!!
You may continue to use the story structure outline OR free-draft your essay. We will share out one paragraph with our groups.
Homework: Continue working on your narrative essay assignments. First draft is due on Wednesday of next week!!!
Closing: Call-Outs and Shout-Outs!!!
Thursday/Friday 10/08/2015 - 10/09/2015
Do Now: Independent Reading!!! Have your logs out on your desk to be collected and leave your homework out for a check.
Warm-Up: What is the difference in each of these? Who is speaking and what is the context?
1. Ms. Mueller said that we have another assignment due. I can't believe how time is flying.
2. Ms. Mueller said, "We have another assignment due." I can't believe how time is flying.
3. Ms. Mueller said, "We have another assignment due. I can't believe how time is flying."
Notes: You may take short hand notes during lecture, but be sure to copy all notes written in bold letters!
Using Dialogue in a Personal Narrative
PUNCTUATING QUOTES Quotes are effective tools for adding flavor to your writing by defining the character or speaker, conveying information in a colorful manner, setting the mood and scene, and breaking up large chunks of narrative. But many writers, both novice and professional, sometimes have difficulty in knowing how and when to use quotes.
Let's look at three basic sentence skeletons for punctuating quotes: · "Let's go," he said. · "Let's go," he said, "before it rains." · He said, "Let's go before it rains."
Notice the placement of the opening quote marks and the closing quote marks. Also check the capitalization and the use of the period and comma. All of these examples are correct.
In punctuating quotes, periods and commas always go inside the closing quotes as in the above examples. Colons always go outside the closing quotes. Other punctuation marks, such as the dash, semicolon, question mark or exclamation mark, all go within quotes when they apply ONLY to the quoted material. They go outside the quotes when they apply to the entire sentence.
For quotes within direct quotations, use single quotation marks. For example:
· "I saw the movie 'Twister' last night," she said.
Quotes that are longer than one paragraph don't take closing quotes until the end of the entire quote.
Each new paragraph starts with opening quotes, but does not end with closing quotes. Also remember that long quotes should start with the name of the speaker or source, and that attribution need not be repeated until the speaker has changed.
COMMON PITFALLS IN USING QUOTES Most readers don't even see the word "said" when reading effective dialogue, and many times "said" is the best choice. Don't try to find an alternate word if "said" will do. WHAT is said is far more important.
If you have written a good exchange of dialogue, the reader will KNOW just how it was said. You needn't be redundant. Many times tags are not necessary and can distract readers from well-written dialogue.
Another common mistake is knowing how to use a dialogue tag. For example: · "You look beautiful tonight," he smiled. · "I sure am tired," he yawned. · "I've have a cold for over a week," he coughed. · "Please get me a glass of water," he hiccuped.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I find it very hard to smile a quote, yawn a quote, cough a quote, or hiccup a quote. In each of these sentences, the "he" should be "He" and a period should replace each comma before the closing quotes.
Using Dialogue in a Personal Narrative · "You look beautiful tonight." He smiled. · "I sure am tired." He yawned. It is correct to write "You look beautiful tonight," he said with a smile. Many writers of fiction and nonfiction are often guilty of "echoes": quotes that repeat what has previously been stated in the narrative.
For example: · Johnson has been recovering from a pulled back muscle. · "I pulled a back muscle, but I'm recovering," Johnson said.
Usually echoes are not quite this obvious, but be wary of them.
What you need to remember about writing quotes: Fiction writers routinely employ dialogue to relay important information.
This is a fine example of showing rather than telling.
However, caution should be used in writing fiction dialogue, too. If the dialogue does not advance the plot, set the mood or define the characters, the writer should reconsider its value.
No matter what kind of material you are writing, each speaker gets his or her own paragraph. In reporting, make certain the attribution is given at the beginning of the sentence to signal a change of speaker. This technique avoids confusing the reader.
PRACTICE: STUDENTS WILL COME UP AND PRACTICE DIALOGUE WRITING ON THE BOARD!!!
Read Aloud: End of "The Dog That Bit People." Pay close attention to the author's use of dialogue.
Writer's Workshop: Drafting!!
You may continue to use the story structure outline OR free-draft your essay. We will share out one paragraph with our groups.
Homework: Continue working on your narrative essay assignments. First draft is due on Wednesday of next week!!!
Closing: Call-Outs and Shout-Outs!!!
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