Important clarification:
The rule for paragraphing dialogue--
is NOT: begin a new paragraph every time someone speaks.
it IS: begin a new paragraph every time the speaker CHANGES.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday/ Thursday 26/27 October
Important clarification:
The rule for paragraphing dialogue--
is NOT: begin a new paragraph every time someone speaks.
it IS: begin a new paragraph every time the speaker CHANGES.
Writers first got the following handout on editing marks.
Then periods 4 and 5 got back their first short stories.
Mr. Zartler apologized to period 6 that he had not responded to all of their papers yet. Any writer who has problems on their Morbid Fiction that they also had on their first paper will be allowed to edit / revise the morbid fiction piece and resubmit for a higher grade once they get their first story back.
After writers had time to review their pieces and Mr. Zartler's comments about them, Mr. Zartler used examples of student writing to teach common problems, as wells as to show examples of excellent writing. In particular writers need to be aware of, and focus on, properly formatted and punctuated dialogue.
Students read an story rich in figurative language and motifs of death and dying called "In the South."
The rule for paragraphing dialogue--
is NOT: begin a new paragraph every time someone speaks.
it IS: begin a new paragraph every time the speaker CHANGES.
Writers first got the following handout on editing marks.
Mr. Zartler apologized to period 6 that he had not responded to all of their papers yet. Any writer who has problems on their Morbid Fiction that they also had on their first paper will be allowed to edit / revise the morbid fiction piece and resubmit for a higher grade once they get their first story back.
After writers had time to review their pieces and Mr. Zartler's comments about them, Mr. Zartler used examples of student writing to teach common problems, as wells as to show examples of excellent writing. In particular writers need to be aware of, and focus on, properly formatted and punctuated dialogue.
Students read an story rich in figurative language and motifs of death and dying called "In the South."
MORBID FICTION IS DUE
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER or MONDAY 31 OCTOBER
Monday / Tuesday 24/25 October
The writing prompt for the day began as a coordinate plane. Here are two examples. After filling in examples for each quadrant writers choose one or more examples to write about. The suggestion was that they choose an example that could be part of a new scene in the Morbid Fiction piece that is due Friday/ Monday.
Next students received the following conferencing protocol. Writers must include this sheet, and their response to the prompt at the bottom of the sheet with their finished morbid story.
All writers were told to begin to bring Writing Down the Bones with them to class.
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