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Tuesday, January 8-Friday, January 11

1/11/2019

 
This week, we are practicing skills needed to complete the final exam, such as showing vs. telling and how to use dialogue tags. Please see the resources page for the documents we used to facilitate those practices. Otherwise, we are working on the final project, which is due on Tuesday. 

On Thursday and Friday, we will be beta reading each other's stories. Here are the partner groups: 

1Sheppard, AnnCarter, JessieAbbott, Annabelle
2Jones, PeytonBartholomew, NoahMayhew, Emily
3Coots, GraceKolbeck, CallianaContreras Michuy, Francesca
4Badger, DariaSchumann, ClaireWheeler, Megan
5Kolbeck, JosephineRay, LaurianneDill, James Christopher
6Akins, SallyNadeem, HananEstes, Isabelle
7Savino, MeriElleHill, LindseyWright, Hannah
8Lutes, EllaPeppers, MatthewMelton, Madelyn
9Stockell, LydiaBilecki, SavannaO'Neill, Jillian
10Arache, LeninPanjoj, SavannahKrasner, Erika
11Vaughan, GraceMoore, AndrewRedfield III, Daniel

The documents, and instructions for this activity are also listed on my resources page. 

Finally, on Friday, we will have our final open mic, and we will be color coding the final project. Again, the instructions for this activity can be found on my resources page. 

Monday, January 7

1/7/2019

 
Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt
2) Read "I Used to Live Here Once" and discuss ambiguity and sensory details
3) Answer questions about I Used to Live Here Once
4) Writer's workshop: work on your story

Coming up:
Your final project is due on Tuesday of next week, during the final exam period

Friday, January 4

1/7/2019

 
Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt: Instructions for a Bad Day
2) Open Mic!
3) Review the rubric for your final paper
4) Writer's workshop! Work on your story

Thursday, January 3

1/3/2019

 
Today's agenda:
1) Independent reading
2) Ambiguous endings (see power point in resources page)
3) Writer's workshop: work on your final short story. Finish 4.5 pages by the end of the day on Friday!

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