you MUST have a printed, paper copy of your essay today
Using the checklist, you will annotate your own paper or get a peer editor to do it – the second set of eyes on your work is needed even if you edit your own work today; either way, you must hand in an authentically annotated/evidence of editing printed draft stapled to the checklist on Friday morning after you have turned in the final draft digitally to TEAMS on Thursday night:
Reading day!…but I recommend poetry for your assignment (see the poetry tab)
remember that if you decide on a Narrative that you love and want to discuss, you will write a Lyric – and visa versa – so keep this in mind as you are reading poems today
We will go over the instructions a bit more thoroughly and you will have time to work
go back to yesterday’s agenda, and practice your skills for interpretation. What is the picture communicating?… based on our discussion yesterday. Write a sentence or two. How do you know what you know? what are the surface level clues? what is the evidence for your interpretation?
Setting – what is it? – materials are on the Short Story Tab of the blog
We will read part of the story, The Friday Everything Changed, and look for the setting clues
A reminder that your HCE assignment is due tomorrow night – you will have some time to work on this toward the end of class
Intro to the short story unit – take some notes on the class discussion on a piece of paper or a Word document – title it ‘Notes on the Short Story’ and save it in your English 9 folder – Short Stories:
a. what is literature?
b. why do we tell stories?
c. why are stories important?
d. What is a short story? …other than it is short
e. How can we better understand a story when we read?
f. Brainstorm about what is being communicated in this image? AND write a sentence or two that reveals your understanding of the idea that is being communicated.