Friday, 23 October

Writers had a lesson on the proper way to present dialogue.

Key points:
• Each time the speaker changes there is a new paragraph.
• Each new paragraph is indented.
• Quotation marks are used. A comma separates the quote from a tag (he said, Tony replied, etc.)

Morbid Fiction will NOT be accepted with incorrectly presente dialogue.

Writer's worked on their pieces.

Morbid Fiction is due 29 October.

Thursday, 22 October

Morbid Fiction is due in one week, 29 October!

Writers were given this syllabus for first semester, including major due dates.

Writers showed their drafts to the teacher, and discussed what they were working on revising in their drafts based on their conferences from Monday.

There were mini-lessons on tense, and other issues depending on the class.

Writers were reminded that stories are about things that happend, so are almost always in Past Tense.

Tuesday, 20 October (Karen Karbo- Memoir)

Writers worked with Karen to brainstorm a list of events from childhood e.g.: Losing a tooth, surgery and injuries
learning to ride a bike, learning to swim; falling down; nap time; faking being sick; favorite toys; furbies; 1st day of school; vacation -- Disney Land, getting food poisoining.

Then students wrote for 15 minutes .

REMEMBER: 1,000 word memoir is due on January 26th, 2010!

19 October, 2009

Writers had structured conferences on their morbid fiction drafts.

Writers requested specific feedback on one or more elements of storytelling.

Revised (typed) drafts based on these conferences are due on Thursday.