Week Nine: POV and Openings
Attention: this week the assignments are different for the two periods! Period 6, read on!!!
Period 4:
Mon 3/31--Draft of story due for 1/2 of class (the other 1/2 will hand their stories in tomorrow)
Make THREE copies of your story to pass around
Your story must have:
A title
Dialogue
Conflict, crisis, and resolution
Significant and sensory detail
Feelings described within the body
Word count: 900 words
Students handing in their stories today are: Peter, Isabel, Ari, Peet, Julia, Sophie, Lizzy, and Zander
Tues 4/1--Students handing in their stories today are: Ben, Joseph, Kitrea, Jabari, Rachel, Emme, Ellie, and Lucy
Read stories by your classmates. Please write comments in the margin, but make sure those comments are either respectful questions (e.g. "I don't quite follow what's happening here") or comments on stuff that works ("what a great detail!") or spelling/grammar corrections.
Further guidelines:
a. Everyone’s work remains private.
i. Does not leave your group or this class.
b. This is NOT about your likes and dislikes.
i. Refrain from expressing your dislikes on the story.
ii. You can, however, write in the margin parts that work for you especially well.
c. Ask questions in the margins.
i. E.g. Instead of writing “This is confusing,” write “Can you clarify whether it was Mrs. Dangerfield or Little Alfie who picked up the knife?”
d. Remember that these are still early drafts, not finished pieces of writing.
i. Your job is not to criticize but to help the author fulfill her/his vision for the piece.
e. Be gentle!
i. Think of it like a first date: you want to be extra-courteous and respectful to an author whose work you've never commented on before.
f. Tomorrow, your job will mainly be to tell the author what happened in the piece and how you understand/picture the main characters. Keep that in mind as you read the pieces tonight.
Thurs 4/3--Writing workshop day #2 (please read the remainder of the stories)!
Fri 4/4--Final draft of story due! Please post it on turnitin.com.
Period 6:
Mon 3/31--Read "A Shinagawa Monkey" in reader (83-94).
Tues 4/1--Draft of story due.
Make THREE copies of your story to pass around.
Your story must have:
A title
Dialogue
Conflict, crisis, and resolution
Significant and sensory detail
Feelings described within the body
Word count: 900 words
Thurs 4/3--Read stories by your classmates (ten pages of reading total). Please write comments in the margin, but make sure those comments are either respectful questions (e.g. "I don't quite follow what's happening here") or comments on stuff that works ("what a great detail!") or spelling/grammar corrections.
Further guidelines:
a. Everyone’s work remains private.
i. Does not leave your group or this class.
b. This is NOT about your likes and dislikes.
i. Refrain from expressing your dislikes on the story.
ii. You can, however, write in the margin parts that work for you especially well.
c. Ask questions in the margins.
i. E.g. Instead of writing “This is confusing,” write “Can you clarify whether it was Mrs. Dangerfield or Little Alfie who picked up the knife?”
d. Remember that these are still early drafts, not finished pieces of writing.
i. Your job is not to criticize but to help the author fulfill her/his vision for the piece.
e. Be gentle!
i. Think of it like a first date: you want to be extra-courteous and respectful to an author whose work you've never commented on before.
Tomorrow, your job will mainly be to tell the author what happened in the piece and how you understand/picture the main characters. Keep that in mind as you read the pieces tonight.
Fri 4/4--Writing workshop day #2 (please read the remainder of the stories)!