Tuesday, Sept. 30 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Correct Verb Tense half sheet

}Writer’s Workshop

◦What my comments mean

–Dialogue Format, Sentence Structure, Verb Tense Shift, Fluency, Show don’t Tell/more showing

–First Draft Evaluation: Exemplary, Accomplished, Promising, Developing, Beginning

◦SPQ

◦Revising to next draft

◦Should be at step 6 (revise after second draft) after today

◦Look for verb tense agreement; correct compound sentences and other sentence structure; and dialogue format

◦Final Draft due Monday: workshop time Wed and Thurs (maybe full blocks, not both)

}Hwk: AoW close read

Monday, Sept. 29 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Dialogue Format mini lesson

}Verb Tense

}AoW: Close Read Wed, Reflection Fri

}Human Experience: how does/will your story show the human experience?

◦It needs to be written in a sentence or two on the top of the document that you shared with me (draft)

}Writer’s Workshop Time

}Finish first draft

}Answer: How does your story demonstrate/reflect the human experience? What aspects? In what way?

}SPQ: peer revision

}Meet with me (if your draft was done by last night and has comments on it)

}Revise from first draft to second if you have SPQ or Comments from me

Thursday, Sept. 25 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Discuss theme, symbols and “Marigolds”

**Marigolds plot chart corrections due on Monday

}Writer’s Workshop

}Your short story: story map/plot chart outline

◦Get it checked before beginning First Draft

}POV –first, third limited, third omniscient

}Dialogue –make it sound natural

}Starting out the story –make sure you have all aspects you need to have when you write: this means you need all of the ideas we’ve looked at while reading short stories this year

}**Drafting Time –first draft needed by Friday end of work time {Shared with me, typed, double spaced }, Second draft due at the end of Monday,

Google Docs is best choice

Story Map

The Story Map can be found under Resources on the right. Click on the English Resources Link and you will find the document there.

Wednesday, Sept. 24 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Complex Sentences

}Complex Sentences in your “Cask of Amontillado” writing

}Theme and Symbol definitions (fourth block)

}“Marigolds” –pg 408

◦Fill out plot chart at pauses -due by end of hour

       **This is what I will be using to assess your understanding of the parts of      short stories

◦Theme and symbols instead of foreshadowing

◦We will discuss the theme and symbols tomorrow

}Writing your own Short Story

◦Story map/Plot chart due tomorrow, half-way through work time

}Your short story: story map/plot chart outline

◦Get it checked before beginning First Draft

Tuesday, Sept. 22 Agenda

}Bell Ringer:  With your partner, brainstorm what you think was going through Fortunato’s mind as Montressor was building the wall in the story yesterday ("Cask of Amontillado")

}Write Fortunato’s monologue –in writer’s notebook

◦Like SoT, but you are NOT changing anything, just writing from a different perspective.

◦What goes through his mind (as well as what he may say) when he realizes what’s going on and on to the end. Start his story from any point: as he’s walking down, once he gets chained, as the wall is being built.

◦Keep the same POV throughout (1st Person) –Fortunato talking/thinking, you only know what he knows

◦Dialogue

◦Keep the character of Fortunato the same as in the story –show his feelings through what he says/does/thinks-

◦Descriptive details of setting and mood as well

◦Write for the entire time given

}Share your monologue and as you are reading your partner’s, underline 2-3 sentences that you feel best show the ability to use descriptive words to develop the story

◦Be prepared to explain why the sentences demonstrate the objective

}Definition of Theme, pg 402 –notes in glossary (T page)

Monday, Sept. 22 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: prefixes

}Discuss Terms from Friday

}“Cask of Amontillado” pg 344
◦While reading, take notes in reader’s notebook of details that identify and describe setting and mood (sensory details, repetition, descriptions)

}Questions “What is the mood and what 2-3 details of setting most help establish that mood?” and 8 on pg 353

}Read “Behind the Cask”
◦Answer question 10 pg 353 about “Behind the Cask” on same sheet
◦Turn Sheet in to folder and read own book

Sept. 8 Agenda

Here's the plan for English 9, September 8th:

*Bell Ringer: Prefixes –go to your prefix/roots/suffix section

            -What are word parts? Why study/memorize them?

*What is “the human experience”? Brainstorm in writer’s notebook

*Add to glossary.  Define Textual Evidence, Inference, Explicit, Analysis/Analyze
         -Notes in the Resources link on the side of my blog

*Share Poems

*Close Reading and AoW (close read due tomorrow (usually Wed, but Respect Retreat…)