Tuesday, 30 October, 2012

Class began and ended with writer's sharing their morbid fiction and receiving positive feedback from their peers.

Writers made a list of things that they are grateful for. Writers shared their lists, and wrote down items they heard others share that they also were grateful for.

Writers wrote about how and why they are grateful for one of these things.

The list and writing done from the list is the beginning of the next two units. This month writers will be creating a toast, a short speech of gratitude or thanks, and will begin working on a personal essay (the kind written for college applications).

Monday, 29 October, 2012

Class began with the prompt, "It was a dark and stormy night...."

Next writers worked on a self-evaluation of their morbid fiction. Topics addressed in the self-evaluation are:
What I liked about my story:
Writing techniques that I used well:
The story needs improvement in:
The grade I deserve for this piece of writing:

All writing to the above prompts should include the question stem, and a detailed explanation of "why" including evidence from the story.

While writers share their stories other writers take notes on aspects of the story or lines of the story that they like. These may be borrowed in future writing assignments, and are being used to provide positve feedback to the authors.