Friday / Monday 7 / 10 October

NOTE: TO ACCOMODATE THE PSAT SCHEDULE PERIOD 7 HAS A DUE DATE FOR THE SHORT STORY OF TUESDAY THE 11TH!

We began class with a free write.

Next writer's checked out a copy of Writing Down the Bones from the library.

Writers were assigned the following:
Every two weeks for the rest of the semester they are to have at least fifteen (15) pages of writing completed in their spirals / writing journals. In class writing is counted, but students will need to write on their own.

We reviewed how to punctuate and format dialogue using the following as an example.

Writers were given the following criteria for their short story final drafts:

Wednesday / Thursday 5 / 6 October

Writers began with a focused free write on the "aha moment" "light bulb moment" epiphany, moment of realization.

We then study this conferencing protocol

and used it to conference on the drafts that were due today.

Students will have time to peer edit (spelling, grammar, format, etc. on Friday and Monday.

Short stories are due on Tuesday / Wednesday of next week 3-4 pages, double spaced.

Monday/ Tuesday 3/4 October

Writer's began with a prompt of their choice from the 14 Very Strong Motivators list.

We discussed the exercise that was due today; how it worked, and who it worked for andy why.

We read the piece "Sh***y First Drafts" by Anne Lamott; writers took time to review the piece. We discussed as a class her advice on drafting and revising.

Writers then choose  passage of their work to share in a random group. Responders asked "What if?" questions of the writers in order to offer them other/ new/ different possibilities for their work.