Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday, Sept. 29 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Verb Tense
}Correct Verb Tense half sheet
}Writer’s Workshop
Revising  and Editing to next draft
Yellow= Fragment, Sentence Structure Issues, Fluency, Comma Issues
Pink= Dialogue Format, Verb Tense, Other Basic Convention Issues
Six Errors Highlighted: if you want me to keep going, mark where I left off, and then ask me if I have a chance to continue reading for editing issues
}Comma Reminders
}Writer’s Workshop
SPQ
Work on step 5 (revise/edit, work on new draft, revise/edit/peer edit, work on draft, etc)
What is the theme of your story? How to reinforce?
How to revise for a final –first look through whole paper for anything that is marked or could have been marked dialogue or sentence structure, then think of your theme and other aspects of short stories
}Final Draft due FRIDAY: we’ll have some workshop time tomorrow and Thursday

}Read your book if you have time left

SPQ Directions:
}SPQ Groups:
}You need a sheet of paper with your name on the top and then the letters S, P, and Q with space next to them for your editor to write comments while reading
Summarize what the story is about (also identify the conflict, climax)
Point to sections that worked well –quote the phrases or thoughts (textual evidence)
Question anything you didn’t understand; what things does it seem like they are missing? Anything you want to say to the author goes here (questions, comments, critiques)
If you were given a paper copy and are sure of a mistake, make a correction on the story itself.  If it’s on Google docs, write your suggestion on the SPQ sheet
When you get your SPQ sheet back, read it and start making changes (deleting things that don’t work is NEVER a bad thing when working on second or third drafts)

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