Thursday, April 10, 2014

Write a dialogue that describes this story.

We talked about dialogue and how to use it in your story. Remember that dialogue has to serve a purpose. It should drive the plot forward, explain something that happened in the past, or explain something about a character's past or personality.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

•  After the writing prompt we talked about setting and how to create a vivid, clear, descriptive setting for your story. Remember that setting should describe what you actually see as well as how it smells, sounds, and feels.
• We finished up the class by working on our narratives. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Make sure you explain your answer in today's writing prompt.

•  We discussed the five parts of a narrative: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.You can look at the PowerPoint HERE. 
• With a partner analyze "The Most Dangerous Game" and pull out the five parts of a narrative. Specifically note where the exposition ends and the rising action starts.
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• “The Most Dangerous Game”
• Identify the following points in the story
• Exposition:
• Rising Action:
• Climax:
• Falling Action:
• Resolution:
• Then we discussed what makes a well developed character. This would include:
• A physical description
• Background
• Personality
• Values
• How they interact with other characters
• Attitude
• We finished the class by thinking about what you will write your narrative about and begin developing our characters. 

Monday, April 7, 2014

Come on! Be imaginative and write a good story.

•  Since just about everyone missed at least one day last Thursday and Friday for a lot of various reasons we will be finishing "The Most Dangerous Game" today. 
• Again, please make sure you actually read the story. 
• The Reading Guide Questions are due tomorrow. 

Thursday & Friday, April 3-4, 2014
The writing prompt for Thursday:

•  We read "The Most Dangerous Game" and answered the questions on the The Most Dangerous Game Reading Guide. 
• We are going to be using this story next week as an example for our narrative we will be writing. It is very important that you read this story as we will be using it as a stepping stone for what we do next.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014
For today's writing prompt make sure you describe your creature in great detail and then give an explanation as to why it would be scary.

•  Today we did the vocabulary for "The Most Dangerous Game". 
• If you finish the vocab you can go ahead and start reading the story. Make sure you are completing the reading guide as you read.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Today we played vocabulary games in class. There were only a few students in each class due to the ACT test.