Thursday, September 28, 2017

Thursday, Sept. 28 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Dependent Clauses/Fragments
}Sniper TIQA
Write a TIQA paragraph where you explain what the theme is and the textual evidence that builds that theme. –due after 20 minutes
}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
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 figured out where to start with those comments (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 8pm tonight
}Re-Title your draft: Name Editing Draft
}Final Draft due THURSDAY: we’ll have some workshop time tomorrow and next week
}Human Experience Form –click to it from blogging blog
Human Experience: how does your story show the human experience? Be specific as to how.
Is your story’s human experience and the details in general of your story (the characters, the plot, etc.) an American experience or an international experience/ universal? What makes you say this? Are there aspects that are primarily American? Are there aspects that apply to all humans?

}Read your book if you have time left

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