10/13/15 - 10/16/15

10/13/15

Today is a library day! Please remember to sit with your number group and to behave in the library!!!


10/14/15

Do Now: Answer the following questions in your journal in full sentences in four minutes:

1. What has been your greatest challenge while writing your narrative so far? 
2. What has been your greatest success? 

Share Out:


Today, we will be working in our writing groups to start the peer editing process for our narratives. We will have the opportunity to choose our own groups. Please keep in mind that you will be sharing your narrative with these classmates, so please choose a team you feel comfortable with. 

WRITING GROUP PROTOCOL

1. Establish an order for feedback (who will go first, second, etc).

2. Before the work is read, ask the author if s/he would like the group to pay attention to anything in particular; for example: is it confusing?  is there too much descriptive detail or too little?

3. Listen while the piece is read through once.  Don’t stop for questions or comments.  Don’t take notes.  Just listen.

4. Take turns giving positive feedback.  Begin with, “I liked…”

5. Move to questions:  “One thing I was confused about…” or “One thing I wasn’t sure about…”

6. If the author asks for suggestions, allow them.  They should be prefaced with “One thing you might want to consider as you revise is…”

7. The writer may ask to have the piece read again, stopping for questions and comments as you go.


Closing: De-brief of the writing protocol. Shout outs and Call outs!

HOMEWORK: CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR NARRATIVES!!!!

Thursday/Friday 10/15/15 - 10/16/15

Do Now: 20 minutes independent reading. At the end of independent reading, please fill out your NEW independent reading logs!


Notes Review: Dialogue

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.

The 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.

Writer's Workshop: You will be in a writer's workshop for the FINAL DAY of narrative drafting! Please use your time wisely and carefully consider your selection.

Option 1: Working independently on drafting. This can be done on chromes. Consider moving your seat to the most effective work space.

Option 2: Complete writer's protocol with your writing group. 

Option 3: Work with a writing coach to go over your narrative (you will be called individually to do this).

Option 4: Conference with Ms. Mueller about your narrative (digitally by sharing the document with me or in person for one-on-one feedback)

If and when you finish, please carefully review the rubric in your narrative packet. This is what I will use to give you a grade. Go through your narrative and grade yourself. If it anything less than a 4, go back and make changes!!!

Exit: Come up with three goals you need to complete by next week in order to have your narrative in on time!!!

Shout-Outs and Call-Outs!