Thursday, September 29, 2016

Thursday, Sept. 29 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Dependent Clauses/Fragments
}Writer’s Workshop
What my comments mean
Dialogue (natural), Show don’t Tell/more showing, development of aspects of a short story (exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions, resolution), character details (backstory)
First Draft Evaluation: Exemplary, Accomplished, Promising, Developing, Beginning
}Writer’s Workshop
Meet with me (if your draft has comments on it, you have written how it demonstrates the human experience, and you have done what the white board says)
Revise from first draft to second if you have Comments from me and have met with me (or second to third if you self-revise a bit more)
Revising: working to make the ideas of your story stronger, adding more showing/details, removing parts that don’t work, adding more character detail, move ideas and sentences around, substitute words (stronger descriptions, details, etc)
}Editing Draft due end of class today
}Re-Title your draft: Name Editing Draft
}Final Draft due Tuesday: we’ll have some workshop time tomorrow and Monday

}Read your book if you have time left

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