Thursday, October 23, 2014

This is what we did in class today

I made my website cleaner with organized links. 
(Hopefully it will make it easier to find what you need.)

Objectives:
Students will understand that there are various ways writers start their pieces.
Students will start to think about how they want to start their short stories.

Lessons:
  1. Examine the introduction for Esperanza Rising
  2. KBAR time
    1. Enter your idea for the introduction to your story here.
  3. Quiet typing time.
    1. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR BOOK REVIEW IN TODAY
    2. Sample Sample
    3. Requirements for the book review
    4. Submit the Word document here.
    5. You can also just tell me to take it from your wiki page.
  4. Type up your introduction to your story on your wiki or wherever.
    1. Here is an interesting article about introductions.
    2. This article looks interesting too.
      We looked at the intros for Tom Sawyer, One Last Time, and Esperanza Rising
       The introduction leads towards the final scene
                How to Write a Juicy Short Story Introduction
               Seven Types of Short Story Starters
                     Options for Introduction
                     1. Set the Scene
                     2. Establish the Conflict
                     3. Mystify the reader
                     4. The Third Person Narrator speaks to you
                     5. The First person Narrator speaks
                     6. Interesting Quote
                     7. The Puzzler