Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Homework 11/7 11/10 11/12

11/7 Show Not Tell: Setting, Mood, Character Traits & Making Inferences
  • Take a line from a story you put on the board and write a story that uses setting, mood and character traits to tell the story.
  • Find or draw a photo or image to accompany your story and turn it in with the story.
11/10 Plot, Setting, Character, Theme
Write an autobiographical or fictional narrative (story) in first or third person.
  • This should not be a couple sentences long. This is a story you will be using to create your final project to end the Narrative Unit.
  • Be sure your plot, setting, characters and theme are developed.
  • Use descriptive writing.
11/12 Structure of a Good Story
  • You have now written an autobiographical or fictional narrative (story) in first or third person. Now you’ll need to Revise and edit your piece so that it reflects a good plot, setting, characters, conflict, resolution and theme.
  • Use the editing & proofreading guide given in class, revise and edit your work.
  • Pay close attention to:
  • Words, phrases, ideas that don’t make sense or could be said better another way.
  • Spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.

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